The Adirondack Research Consortium (ARC) and the Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies (AJES) will be transformed this year. The ARC, a volunteer association since January 1994, will become a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization eligible to receive grants and donations to promote its missio...
"The Adirondacks Demonstrate the Restoration Thesis" explores the proposition that environmental restoration is the only acceptable alternative to a world left with diminishing natural regions. The article reviews the ethical debate concerning the moral obligation of humankind to restore regions tha...
Since the 1996 article about Beech Bark Disease in Adirondack forests by Dick Sage appeared in AJES, we have gained some valuable information about effects of the disease on forest structure and wildlife. However, a lack of public awareness and research funding have limited the progress in understan...
The history and current programs of the Adirondack Mountain Club are outlined from its inception in 1922 up to the present. Though originally formed with a prime interest in trail construction and hiking in the Forest Preserve, the organization has evolved with an equal emphasis on conservation and ...
With tight growth restrictions placed on communities in the Adirondacks since 1973, we looked at the Town of Lake George to see what changes over a 30 year time period have occurred. We found that the percentage of renter occupied to owner occupied housing dropped 4 percent, while seasonal-use housi...
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