Z Adirondack Links
Adirondack Links:
“The Adirondack Council is a not-for-profit environmental organization that has been working since 1975 to ensure the ecological integrity and wild character of the Adirondack Park.”
“The Adirondack Explorer is a non-profit, bimonthly magazine devoted to the East’s great park and how to use it wisely, enjoy it fully and protect it permanently.”
Adirondack History Center Museum - Essex County Historical Society, Elizabethtown, NY
Adirondack Humane Society “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” -Mohandas K. Ghandi
Adirondack Journal - site containing a comprehensive list of “non-commercial links to environmental resources and historic-based websites related to the Adirondacks.”
Adirondack Journey - an online guidebook of photos, text and maps for the Adirondack High Peaks.
Adirondack Museum Visitor’s Guide - “Twenty buildings on 32 acres of grounds and gardens, house exhibits on logging, boats and boating, mining, outdoor recreation, transportation, rustic furniture … and on-going programs and special events offer a variety of interesting activities for the whole family.”
“The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) is a 14-county association in New York’s North Country that is committed to economic improvement. Since incorporation in 1954, ANCA has worked to create a greater sense of regional identity and pride through advocacy and promotion.”
Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc. – “The Property Rights Foundation of America is a national, grassroots, New York-based not-profit organization dedicated to the right to own and use private property in all its fullness as guaranteed in the United States Constitution.”
Adirondack Park Agency (APA) - New York State government agency “responsible for maintaining the protection of the forest preserve, and overseeing development proposals of the privately owned lands.”
“The Adirondack Park Agency Reporter (APAR) is an independent monthly newsletter covering the actions and deliberations of New York’s Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The APAR is not affiliated in any way with the APA, any other state or local government agency or office, or with any private organization. It contains no advertising and receives no governmental or private grant funding.”
“The New York State Adirondack Park Agency Visitor Interpretive Centers (VICs) in Newcomb and Paul Smiths were created to introduce residents and visitors to the wonders of the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park, the East’s greatest wilderness. They serve as environmental education and visitor orientation centers, complete with trail systems, visitor information services, special events, historical and environmental exhibits and a year-round schedule of public programs.”
