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Book Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York

Download or read book Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York written by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Forest  Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York

Download or read book Annual Report of the Forest Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York written by New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Forestry Publications

Download or read book Forestry Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Documents of the Senate of the State of New York

Download or read book Documents of the Senate of the State of New York written by New York (State). Legislature. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report

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  • Author : New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1910
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 584 pages

Download or read book Annual Report written by New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The World s Work

Download or read book The World s Work written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of our time.

Book Palisades

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert O. Binnewies
  • Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
  • Release : 2021-05-04
  • ISBN : 0823293726
  • Pages : 424 pages

Download or read book Palisades written by Robert O. Binnewies and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the famous and not-so-famous like-minded citizens all gave their time, expertise, and money to build a park legacy of incomparable benefit The Palisades park and historic site system in New York and New Jersey is a significant anchor-point for the spread of national and state parks across the nation. The challenge to protect these treasures began with a brutal blast of dynamite in the late nineteenth century and continues to this day. Palisades: The People’s Park presents the story of getting from zero protected acres to the rich tapestry that is today’s Palisades park system, located in the nation’s most densely populated metropolitan region. This is an account of huge determination, moments of crisis, caustic resistance to the very idea of conservation, glorious philanthropy, a steep learning curve, and responsibilities for guardianship passed with care from one generation to the next. Despite the involvement of men of great wealth and fame from its earliest beginnings, the Palisades Interstate Park Commission faced an early and ongoing struggle to arrange financial support from both the New York and New Jersey state governments for a park that would cross state lines. The conflicts between developers and conservationists, industrialists and wilderness enthusiasts, with their opposing views regarding the uses of natural resources required the commissioners of the PIPC to become skilled negotiators, assiduous fundraisers, and savvy participants in the political process. The efforts to create Palisades Interstate Park was prodigious, requiring more than 1,000 real estate transactions to establish Sterling Forest, to save Storm King Mountain, to preserve Lake Minnewaska, to protect Stony Point Battlefield and Washington’s headquarters, to open Bear Mountain and Harriman state parks, and to add the other sixteen parks to the Palisades Interstate Park System. Beginning with the efforts of Elizabeth Vermilye of the New Jersey Federation of Women’s Clubs, who enlisted President Theodore Roosevelt’s support to stop the blasting and quarrying of Palisades rock, author Robert Binnewies traces the story of the famous, including J. P. Morgan, the Rockefellers, and the Harrimans, as well as the not-so-famous men and women whose donations of time and money led to the preservation of New York and New Jersey’s most scenic and historic lands. The park experiment, begun in 1900, still stands as a dynamic model among the nation’s major environmental achievements.

Book Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York

Download or read book Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York written by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes special sessions.

Book A Selected Bibliography of North American Forestry

Download or read book A Selected Bibliography of North American Forestry written by Edward Norfolk Munns and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the New York State Botanist

Download or read book Report of the New York State Botanist written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report

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  • Author : New York (State) State Botanist
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1915
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 552 pages

Download or read book Report written by New York (State) State Botanist and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlases of plates accompany reports for 1895.

Book The Hudson River Highlands

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  • Author : Frances F. Dunwell
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 9780231070430
  • Pages : 314 pages

Download or read book The Hudson River Highlands written by Frances F. Dunwell and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the area's folklore and history, its portrayal in art, the role of West Point as a gateway to America, and the creation of Bear Mountain Park.

Book Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture

Download or read book Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Forestry

Download or read book American Forestry written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hudson

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  • Author : Frances F. Dunwell
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2008-04-10
  • ISBN : 0231509960
  • Pages : 403 pages

Download or read book The Hudson written by Frances F. Dunwell and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-10 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A commanding and inspiring biography of a river that gave rise to an art movement, progressive social quests, [and] landmark environmental cases.” —Booklist (starred review) Includes maps, photos, and illustrations Frances F. Dunwell presents a rich portrait of the Hudson and of the visionary people whose deep relationship with the river inspired changes in American history and culture. Lavishly illustrated with color plates of Hudson River School paintings, period engravings, and glass plate photography, The Hudson captures the spirit of the river through the eyes of its many admirers. It reveals the crucial role of the Hudson in the shaping of Manhattan, the rise of the Empire State, and the trajectory of world trade and global politics, as well as the river’s influence on art and architecture, engineering, and conservation. “A story of interaction between people and the environment and a story of continuing inspiration and renewal.” —Library Journal

Book Power on the Hudson

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  • Author : Robert D. Lifset
  • Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Release : 2014-07-31
  • ISBN : 0822979551
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Power on the Hudson written by Robert D. Lifset and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beauty of the Hudson River Valley was a legendary subject for artists during the nineteenth century. They portrayed its bucolic settings and humans in harmony with nature as the physical manifestation of God's work on earth. More than a hundred years later, those sentiments would be tested as never before.In the fall of 1962, Consolidated Edison of New York, the nation's largest utility company, announced plans for the construction of a pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant at Storm King Mountain on the Hudson River, forty miles north of New York City. Over the next eighteen years, their struggle against environmentalists would culminate in the abandonment of the project. Robert D. Lifset offers an original case history of this monumental event in environmental history, when a small group of concerned local residents initiated a landmark case of ecology versus energy production. He follows the progress of this struggle, as Con Ed won approvals and permits early on, but later lost ground to environmentalists who were able to raise questions about the potential damage to the habitat of Hudson River striped bass. Lifset uses the struggle over Storm King to examine how environmentalism changed during the 1960s and 1970s. He also views the financial challenges and increasingly frequent blackouts faced by Con Ed, along with the pressure to produce ever-larger quantities of energy. As Lifset demonstrates, the environmental cause was greatly empowered by the fact that through this struggle, for the first time, environmentalists were able to gain access to the federal courts. The environmental cause was also greatly advanced by adopting scientific evidence of ecological change, combined with mounting public awareness of the environmental consequences of energy production and consumption. These became major factors supporting the case against Con Ed, spawning a range of new local, regional, and national environmental organizations and bequeathing to the Hudson River Valley a vigilant and intense environmental awareness. A new balance of power emerged, and energy companies would now be held to higher standards that protected the environment.