Description: Contested Terrain explores the competing understandings of how best to manage this spectacular natural resource. Terrie introduces the key players and events that have shaped the region and its use, from early settlers and loggers to preservationists, year-round residents, and developers. This new edition includes a comprehensive account of the Pataki years, an era of stunning conservation triumphs combined with unprecedented pressures on the region's ecological integrity.
Review Quotes: Provides an insightful framework through which we can hear the many voices debating the past, present, and future of the Adirondacks. If any one book is to be read on the Adirondacks, this is it.-- "New York History"