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�PR I VAT E LAND ST EWARD SH I PADIRONDACK CLUB AND RESORT

Led by Dan Plumley,AfPA continued its fight against‘dumb growth’ for the Adirondacks. By working withsister groups and Concerned Citizens of Tupper Lake,we persuaded the NYS Adirondack Park Agency (APA)to hold a public hearing on the sprawling, 700+ unitAdirondack Club and Resort proposal. The hearing beganin May and AfPA has petitioned to be a formal party.AfPA collaborated with the Natural Resources DefenseCouncil (NRDC) to generate over 4,000 messages to APA.

COURT CHALLENGE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY

AfPA also joined with the Residents’ Committee toProtect the Adirondacks and Concerned Citizens ofTupper Lake to challenge in court the Town of TupperLake’s illegal re-zoning decision for these lands, an actiontaken to facilitate the Adirondack Club and Resort.Morethan 30 area landowners are active co-petitioners andfinancially support this important challenge.A decisionis pending.

SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT

AfPA fought hard with many landowners who live near orwhose property abuts Union Falls Pond to persuade APAto hold a public hearing on the 21-lot Stickney PointDevelopment proposal.After APA denied a hearing andissued the permit,AfPA joined Sierra Club in a legalchallenge, asking the court to require APA to rescind thepermit and hold a public hearing.A decision is pending.

�COMMUN I T Y CON S E RVAT I ONADIRONDACK ENERGY $MART PARK COALITION

AfPA is gaining recognition as a leader in efforts to charta cleaner, greener,more sustainable energy future for theAdirondack Park.Mike DiNunzio coordinated ourrecently completed Adirondack Energy Forum that wasattended by two dozen energy experts, governmentrepresentatives, non-profit professionals, and others.Allpledged to comprehensively address the energychallenges facing the region as a coalition.

ADIRONDACK GREENWAYS

AfPA’s criticism of the NYS Department of Transportation(DOT),APA and Department of EnvironmentalConservation (DEC) after widespread tree cutting alongState Route 3 a year ago led directly to a legal order anda new staff coordinator to ensure that state highwayprojects are undertaken with greater sensitivity to theForest Preserve and result in an Adirondack “Greenways”Program throughout the park.

ADIRONDACK ECOSYSTEMS

AfPA has worked with the NewYork Power Authority(NYPA),members of the New York State Legislature andsister organizations to achieve first passage of aconstitutional amendment to permit a new 46-kilovoltpower line that will serve Lake Placid and Tupper Lake

residents to pass through a short section of isolatedForest Preserve along State Route 56.An alternative routethrough private lands would be far more damaging torare low-elevation boreal ecosystems.

ADIRONDACK WILDLANDS

Wild Forest: AfPA and three other Adirondackorganizations have challenged in court the DEC’s andAPA’s decision to permit large,mechanized trackedgroomers, a form of motor vehicle, to groom snowmobiletrails inWild Forest areas of the Adirondack ForestPreserve. Creating road-like conditions for snowgrooming violates the Master Plan and DEC regulations.Expanding motorized activity in the preservecompromises the “forever wild” clause of our StateConstitution.

Ecological Integrity: AfPA joined with members of theJordan Club and other landowners in commenting onproposed new motor vehicle access routes through thenew Raquette-Boreal Wild Forest and Primitive Areaseast of Carry Falls Reservoir. This area is particularlysensitive to the impacts of new roads and motor vehicleuses. Together, these comments helped block theseproposals from moving forward.

Wilderness Values: AfPA and collaborators havepersuaded DEC to review its policies with respect topermitting competitive group events or races throughdesignatedWilderness areas in the Adirondack ForestPreserve.We believe the practice of issuing permits forcompetitive athletes to race throughWilderness areasseriously compromises critical symbolic values ofWilderness as well as damages natural resources.

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TH E FOR E S T PR E S E RV EEDUCATIONAL FACIL IT IES

The Center’s Catskill Bluestone Amphitheatre constructedfrom Catskill bluestone and Helderberg limestone is nowcomplete. The amphitheatre is a well-landscaped,outdoor focal point for delivery of Adirondack musicalperformances, book and poetry readings, outdoorworkshops on conservation and natural history topicsand lectures during spring, summer and fall. Theamphitheatre was built by Rick McCormick of Split RockLandscaping.

Thanks to volunteer Phil Adams, the Center now has awonderful new trailhead kiosk—truly a functional workof art—at the entrance to the Reist Wildlife Sanctuary.Inside the kiosk is a new Field Guide to the Schaefer Trail(Reist Wildlife Sanctuary) written by Carl George,illustrated by Ken Rimany and designed by Janet MarieYeates. Great thanks are owed to our generous funders ofthese projects.�

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G R E E T I N G S F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T

R E P O R T F R O M T H E E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R

I t ’ s been a year of real growth and strength for theAssociation At the heart of our work over the pastyear have been our partners.

The partnership we have enjoyed with the ConcernedCitizens of Tupper Lake and the citizens who live near

Union Falls Pondhave beengratifying and

important to the Association. This relationship with somany fine people who care about their community andenvironment has been carefully fostered and nourishedby our Dan Plumley. It has made the fight against thekind of “dumb growth” in the Adirondacks verypersonal and meaningful.With their crucial help, wesucceeded in convincing the APA to hold a formalpublic hearing on the Adirondack Club and Resortwhich is only now (May, 2007) getting underway. OnUnion Falls Pond, Dan teamed with local people whoknow and love these waters and, later, with the SierraClub to challenge the APA’s approval of intenseshoreline development permitted in the absence ofany public hearing. Together, we must partner withlocal governments,APA, DEC and Governor Spitzer topromote different proposals that work with, not againstthe land to benefit communities and the park.

Our partners in the Adirondack Energy $mart Park

Coalition have also been outstanding.We are verygrateful to Community Energy Services,AdirondackSustainable Communities and the Community PowerNetwork of NYS for the work they undertake toenvision and transition towards a cleaner, greenerAdirondack Park.We have just left our two-dayAdirondack Energy Forum in Lake Placid where over20 organizations and individuals committed to worktogether to promote wise energy use and production inorder to build Adirondack economic and communitystrength, and protect the park’s unique environmentalheritage in ways that will benefit Adirondack residentsand communities. Great thanks are owed MikeDiNunzio and Peter Brinkley for their efforts organizingthe forum.

Finally, I take my hat off to: Ken Rimany for hisremarkable efforts at the Center as our Director ofOperations; Karmel DeStefano for creating a full-service, energized Development and Membership Officein partnership with our donors and board members;and the amazing April VanHeusen for heradministrative talents without which we would all belost. This core team is larger than the sum of its parts.For their fine work and friendship I am extremelygrateful.�

T hose of us in the Association believe twoquestions are key to our Adirondack future:(1)Who will benefit from the new Adirondack

land rush, and who might be left holding the bag?(2) How can the park make a relatively smoothtransition from fossil fuels to a cleaner, greener energy

future?

We seek answersto the first question largely in our hearts.We know thatthose who have a passion for the Adirondacks—whether year-around resident or visitor—will not beleft holding the bag if they put aside their differencesand recognize the elemental bond they share incommon: a passion for the land resulting from a deepattachment to it.

We also are convinced that those who come to theAdirondacks merely to exploit the park’s endowmentof natural riches are, sadly, unattached and ambivalentto this special place called the Adirondacks. Noincentives and no permits should be offered those whowant to build sprawling, ex-urban subdivisions in themountains. Let those who are here through greed facetheir substantial financial risks alone. However, thoseof us who wish to take another path recognize in thesemountains the enduring values of rugged terrain,

unbroken natural landscapes, and communities awareof their advantages of place, ready to seize theopportunities the future holds for them—which leadsme to my second question.

We held an Adirondack Energy Forum in Lake Placidin May. That gathering uncovered many risks toAdirondack communities related to continued relianceon distant, expensive, polluting, nonrenewable sourcesof energy. Our forum also found that in ourcommunities, in our forests, and among our friendsand neighbors are sources of renewable, sustainableenergy, value-added forest products, and jobs. In anEnergy $mart Park, new markets, local jobs andbusiness opportunities await those who can sustainablyharvest the riches of the Adirondack environment whilepermanently protecting the Park from subdivision,development, and loss of the region’s heritage ofnaturalness. This is one of several visions givenexpression at our Energy Forum. The E$P coalition hasgreat potential to unify all of us who wish to pass onthe tradition of stewardship that is our endowment asNew Yorkers.We inviteyou to join us.�

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2 Highlights of theYear3 President/Exec.Director Reports4 Protecting the Park’s Backcountry5 Power to the People Report6 Adirondack Research Library

Staff/Trustees & Zahniser AwardTreasurer’s ReportDonor RecognitionSupporting the Association’sWorkSnapshots from Events this Year

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STANDING FOR CHANGE IN 2006–2007The Association’s North Country Program centered onchange for the NewYork State Forest Preserve and the

Adirondack Park.We confronted theAdirondack Park

Agency (APA) when it wrongly permitted damagingdevelopment projects in the park’s sensitive backcountry andalong critical park shorelines.We fought for higher standardsin the way the NewYork State Department of EnvironmentalConservation (DEC) manages the publicly-owned ForestPreserve. Finally, we awakened and assisted action ofconcerned citizens in a number of park communities thatface massive development projects.

APA SE T S A LOW STANDARDPerhaps the greatest conservation challenge to the park’smost protected private land classifications (ResourceManagement and Rural Use) resulted from APA’s decisions toapprove major subdivision and development projects alongthe shores of remoteWoodhull Lake and Union Falls. Bothsubdivisions were approved without public hearings andwith poor,“cookie-cutter” lot designs along remote, wild,relatively undeveloped shorelines. In approving them,APAdemonstrated a particularly low standard for environmentalreview and for public involvement.

Together, these two proposed projects on opposite ends ofthe park subdivided over 1,600 acres of backcountry landsand nearly 5 miles of relatively wild shoreline. In both cases,the Association’s North Country staff led or supported localorganizing efforts to pressure APA to address critical issuesin the projects’ design and environmental analysis.APAchose to approve these projects without public hearings andthe Association joined the Sierra Club in filing article 78proceeding in the Union Falls case.A ruling is expected soon.

The result of APA’s failures to subject these subdivisions togreater public and environmental scrutiny has been a wake-up call for local communities that wrongly assumed APAwould stand with them for the protection of the park. Sadly,that is not always the case. Communities need help, as doGovernor Spitzer and the State Legislature to address betterpark protection strategies that can gain broad support.

AD I RONDAC K C LU B AND RE S ORT—THE LO OM I NG DANG E RWhere the Association has been truly leading is the stilllooming threat posed by the proposed massive resort inTupper Lake known as the “Adirondack Club and Resort.”In 2006 the Association led the effort to gain APA approvalfor a full adjudicatory hearing for this complex, sprawling6,400 acre, 700 plus unit development scheme emanatingfrom Mount Morris to the shores of Tupper Lake, LakeSimond and the Raquette River.

The Association is now fully engaged in very broad citizeneffort to gain party status in the adjudicatory hearing phase.An administrative law judge, Judge Daniel O’Connell, isconsidering our petition and those of more than 40 otherparties and individuals. The pre-hearing conference isadjourned until September 21, 2007. The Association’sobjective is to have the APA deny a permit for this disastrousproject design that would carve up the backcountry whileoverwhelming community character and resources.We willassert that the Adirondack Park Agency’s primary, statutorypurpose should leave no place for resort development that sothreatens the region’s wild, rural character. Looking beyondAPA’s regulatory process, we will continue to advance a moreproductive dialogue among residents and landowners aboutthe future of Tupper Lake and the Adirondack Park.

CON S E RV I N G TH E W I L D COR E , O U RPUB L I C LY- OWN ED FOR E S T PR E S E RV EOur conservation staff worked with APA and DEC staffto live up to the ideals of “ForeverWild” as well as theprinciples of sound wilderness management embodiedwithin the State Land Master Plan. The Association reviewedmany unit management plans and worked with arearesidents to earn important changes in several of them.We also demand that DEC stop the practice of issuingpermits for competitive racing events inWilderness areas,such as the Giant MountainWilderness.

AfPA embraces the larger challenge of comprehensivelyplanning for and protecting the Forest Preserve’s “ForeverWild” character while calling for policies that buttress trueecological integrity—the naturalness inherent in the letterand the spirit of Article 14 of our State Constitution, supportedby the people of NewYork State for well over a century.�

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a particularly low

standard for environ-

mental review and for

public involvement.”

PRO T E C T I N G T H E PA R K ’ S BAC KC O U N T RY A N D C OMMU N I T I E S

DAN PLUMLEY

NORTH COUNTRY DIRECTOROF PARK PROTECTON

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Below: Aerial photo lookingsouth/southwest at the existingski slopes of former Big TupperSki area (top-right), showingCranberry Pond (middle-center), the existing golf course(right-center), the existing SkiTow Road (right-center) andsummit of Mt. Morris atelevation 3150' in the far (top)distance. The developerproposes intensivecondominium developmentsand road development to crowdboth sides of the steep,undeveloped forested ridgelineto the right of the existing skislopes. Other developmentclusters would occur onundeveloped forest land justnorth and east of CranberryPond (left-center and lower-left) which would receive muchof the development’s sewageeffluent. The outlet of CranberryPond drains to Tupper Lake.

Intern Josh Wilsonmeasures illegal trailwidening for use bysnowmobile trailgrooming machinesand resultingdamage by ATVs inthe Watson’s EastTriangle Wild Forestin the westernAdirondacks.

Photographs byDan Plumley;inset, Dave Gibson

Above: Key to the Energy Forum, l to r, Peter Brinkley David Orr,Mike DeWein and Jim McKenna

Above, right: Participants at the Energy Forum deliberate about avision statement. Mike DiNunzio, forum organizer, is at the center, rear.

Center, right: Ann Heidenreich, a community energy services leader for the Adirondacks,with Peter Brinkley at the Energy Forum

Far right: Heaven Hill Farm, site of the Energy Forum, from the farm’s “sugarbush.”

Lower right: Participants at the Energy Forum deliberate at Heaven Hill Farm, Lake Placid

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T wo years after its inception, the Adirondack Energy$mart Park initiative (E$P) has matured into thecornerstone of the Association’s community

conservation programming. This initiative provides a directlink between our traditional work in wildlands protectionand in private land stewardship with our interest inpromoting the economic health and overall vitality of thePark’s human communities. Together, these three programareas form the foundation for all that we do in pursuit ofour mission.

The Association has a long and proud tradition of being ateam player, sharing our expertise and resources withothers in collaborative relationships that leverage ourcapacity to do more without growing beyond our means.In this spirit, we worked with a diverse set of partners overthe past year to design, organize, and host an AdirondackEnergy Forum at Heaven Hill Farm outside Lake Placid overa three-day period in May. It was made possible by aleadership grant from the NewYork State Energy Researchand Development Authority and from generous supportfrom National Grid, the Henry Uihlein II and Mildred A.Uihlein Foundation, the Center for Humans and Nature, andfrom SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

The forum was attended by over two-dozen energy experts,elected officials, non-governmental organizations, andrepresentatives of New York State agencies and authoritieswho found common ground on the need to help theAdirondack region transition to a clean, green, Energy$mart future.

Buoyed by the success of this gathering, we are nowworking with our E$P collaborators to gather baselineinformation on regional energy use and demand, to exploreways to encourage and facilitate energy conservation andefficiency, to implement a set of model Energy $martprojects, and to provide a focal point for contact with thepublic and the dissemination of information about theprogram.

We recognize that outreach to park residents and othergroups and individuals will be critical to the ultimatesuccess of the E$P initiative. Please join us in this importantwork, which has been called the great challenge of ourgeneration. To learn more about the Energy $mart Parkinitiative, visit our web site www.protectadks.org or contactus directly at mdinunzio@protectadks.org, or 518.377.1452.

“The forum was

attended by over two-

dozen energy experts,

elected officials, non-

governmental

organizations, and

representatives of New

York State agencies

and authorities who

found common ground

on the need to help the

Adirondack region

transition to a clean,

green, Energy $mart

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MIKE DINUNZIO

DIRECTOR OF

SPECIAL PROJECTS

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T H E A S S O C I AT I O N ’ S U P C O M I N G E V E N T SJULY 31 – Niskayuna Central SchoolsContinuing Education Program,Adirondack Orientation at the Center,7 p.m. FMI contact Ken Rimany.

AUGUST 2 – An Adirondack Evening withthe Rebecca Kelly Ballet in Lake Placid,hosted by the AfPA as part of its DonorRecognition Program, at the Lake PlacidCenter for the Arts. FMI contact KarmelDeStefano.

AUGUST 16 – AfPA’s ConservationCommittee meets in the Adirondacks.FMI contact Dave Gibson.

SEPTEMBER 23 – AfPA’s Catskill BluestoneAmphitheatre Dedication. FMI contactKen Rimany.

OCTOBER 12 – AfPA’s Howard ZahniserAdirondack Awards Dinner, GideonPutnam Hotel and Conference Center,Saratoga Spa State Park, SaratogaSprings. FMI contact Karmel DeStefano.

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A D I R O N DA C K R E S E A R C H L I B R A RY ( A R L )

T hi s has been a banner year for the AdirondackResearch Library as professional staff has beenengaged and valuable collections donated.

Two part-time librariansemployed this year havemade major

contributions to progress in organizing the collections andserving those who conduct research at the library. DorothyBarnes is cataloguing and overseeing volunteer assistants.Gretchen Koerpel is an archivist working on the collections.She preserves indexes and prepares descriptions to havethem ready for cataloguing. The Flickinger collection(see March 2007 Issues&Actions Journal) is almost finished.Next, Gretchen will start working on the Bob Marshallcollection, recently donated by author Philip G. Terrie.

The impact of these two professionals is that we are reachinga professional level beyond the talents of our wonderfulvolunteers who, in turn, spend hours organizing technicalreports,Association papers, State conservation materials andpublications, all in boxes, shelved and labeled.

Donations this year include collections from Carl George,Tom Cobb,AnneWeld, Kay Flickinger Dockstader and fromDr. Philip G. Terrie. Researchers using the library this yearhave been seeking a great deal and variety of information,including CCC Camps of the 1930s, railroads, Boquet RiverLodge,Verplanck Colvin, newspaper articles of varioustopics and photographs of Bob Marshall and IrvingLangmuir.

A professional appraisal of the ARL collection has given us aclearer picture of its value.An expanding roster of volunteersstrengthens our ties to the community and widens thelibrary’s visibility.With professional librarians working on aregular basis, we can expect a much expanded use of thisterrific community asset in the year ahead.

In the year ahead major concentration will be focused on thePaul Schaefer collection. Twenty boxes have been worked onalready.Among those most recently unearthed are some ofthe most valuable items in the collections. It will beinteresting to see what surprises are in store! If yourinterests lead you to our doors in the year ahead, pleaseknow that we welcome you and will help you all we can topursue your Adirondack research. �

NORMAN J . VAN VA L K E N BU RGHARCH I VA L COL L E C T I ON

B Y E D I T H P I L C H E R

O ne of our most valuable collections is from NormanJ.Van Valkenburgh, former Director of Lands andForests for the NYS Department of Environmental

Conservation. Long interested in Forest Preserve history, heis author of several books and a slide show.

Norm was a close friend of Paul Schaefer, and a foundingmember of the Adirondack Research Library. He served asARL’s vice chair from 1979 until his retirement in 1986. Hisarchival collection reflects his public and private contributionsand interests in Adirondack history and scholarship.

It was Norm who tracked down the last, long lost report byVerplanck Colvin, which covered his work on the AdirondackSurvey in 1898. In 1980 Norm persuaded the DECCommissioner to grant publication rights to ARL, and hebegan working to prepare the report for publication. His60 page introduction to the book includes a brief biographyof Colvin, and a comprehensive summary of all the ColvinReports—a unique contribution to Adirondack history. Itwas published by ARL in 1989-90 thanks to the dedicated,painstaking efforts of Maryde King, then Library chair.

In 1985 Norm was in charge of DEC’s celebration of theForest Preserve Centennial, and afterwards he presented toARL four large file cartons of records and related materials.

In 2005 Norm donated several more boxes containingwritings and wilderness management files, as well as manybooks and other publications.Most interesting are his filestitled “Early Sources of ForeverWild”—seminal sources ofthis historic clause in the NewYork State Constitution; it hasproven to be a popular and exciting resource for recentresearchers at ARL.Also included is a manuscript for anunpublished book,The Adirondack Park—Its First 100 Years,co-authored by Norm and Fran Rosevear. Both men arewidely recognized as authorities on Colvin and hisAdirondack Surveys. �

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“With professional

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community asset

in the year ahead.”

LIBRARIAN:Dorothy Barnes

LIBRARY PHONE NUMBER:518 377-1452 X307

E-MAIL ADDRESS:librarya@nycap.rr.com

MAILING ADDRESS:ARL of TheAssociation for theProtection of theAdirondacks897 St Davids Lane,Niskayuna, NY 12309

B Y B E T T Y D I E T Z

Below, left: Bill Healy and Edith Pilcher review parts of the librarycollection

Below: South Bay, Lake Simond in the mist

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BETTY DIETZADIRONDACK RESEARCHLIBRARY CHAIR

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N EW S TA F FJOSHWILSON is a 26-year old Paul Smith’s College senior andLake Placid resident and a new spring-summer intern withAfPA, working directly for Dan Plumley. Josh is assisting Danin development and outreach for the activist and wildernessstewardship training programs, park monitoring and fieldtrips to Forest Preserve. Josh’s goal is to pursueenvironmental protection and gain experience inAdirondack Park advocacy, stewardship and environmentallaw. He is majoring in Natural Resources Management andPolicy. Josh has extensive work experience as a leadprofessional river guide withWhitewater Challengers on theBlack River and as a leader of backpacking and canoeingtrips for the Skidmore College Outdoor Orientation Program,where he teaches incoming freshmen essential backcountrytravel skills, techniques, Leave No Trace ethics andAdirondack natural history.

JUERGEN KLINGENBERG is our new webmaster. Juergen isfounder of Hound Dog Graphics, a Saratoga Springs-basedgraphic design and interactive web-based developmentagency (www.hounddoggraphics.com). Juergen and hiscompany combine traditional design with an emphasis ontypography and innovative new media.As Juergen remindsus, when it comes to the internet “content is king.”Quotingfrom their web site, Juergen writes “the way we see it, there’san increasingly integrated world out there and we believeour partners and clients should have every opportunity totake advantage of it.”We are blessed to have Juergen involvedin our work and with his help we plan to make our web sitemore colorful, helpful and interactive in the months ahead.

GRETCHEN KOERPEL is part-time archivist with ourAdirondack Research Library, joining a talented teamcomprised of ARL Librarian Dorothy Barnes,ARL ChairBetty Dietz and the entire ARL committee. Gretchen bringsto the organization tremendous background and talents inarranging and describing manuscript and archivalcollections. She develops and documents processing plans,assures appropriate archival housing of collections, identifiesand refers items for conservation treatment, prepares findingaids and works with our cataloguers to create MARC-AMCrecords. Her recent work in arranging and describing theFlickinger collection (see March 2007 Issues&ActionsJournal) is ample proof of Gretchen’s great contribution tothe work of the Adirondack Research Library.

R E T I R I N G T RU S T E E SLINDA GOODMAN (2003-2007) has served on AfPA’s EducationCommittee and provided very helpful inspiration, ideas andadvice for the educational programming, particularly forchildren and neighbors at our Center for the Forest Preserve.Linda and her husband Steve’s dedication to the Center hasbeen extremely valuable and we will miss her but hopeLinda will visit often and rejoin the Trustees in future years.

DAVID QUINN (1998-2007) has provided inestimable serviceto AfPA as our Treasurer, Trustee and member of ourExecutive Committee over these past nine years. David’ssteady advice and counsel, consistent involvement andextraordinary support have meant a great deal to all of us.We trust he will remain active in the organization and hopeDavid can return to the board in future years. �

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J o i n us in honoring Elizabeth Thorndike and NormanJ.Van Valkenburgh at a Gala Dinner celebrating theiroutstanding contributions to the wilderness and

environment of the NewYork State Forest Preserve in theAdirondack and Catskill Parks. The award will be conveyedat an awards dinner on Friday, October 12, 2007, at theGideon Putnam Hotel, Saratoga Spa State Park in SaratogaSprings beginning at 6:00 pm. Invitations will in yourmailbox, but please mark your calendars now.

AWARD BACKG ROUNDThe Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award is presentedannually by the Association to a person or persons whoembody the vision, sentiments and actions of HowardZahniser, the author of the National Wilderness Act of 1964.

LIZ THORNDIKE was one of the most influential members ofthe New York State Adirondack Park Agency during herfifteen year tenure from 1980 to 1995. She chaired APA’sPlanning Committee during that period and brought herdetermination to end the scourge of acid rain on AdirondackMountains and lake ecosystems, as well as her commitmentto uphold the wilderness management purposes of theAdirondack Park State Land Master Plan.More recently,

Liz has taughtWilderness Management to students atCornell University.Appointed by Governor Pataki in 1997to the board of the NewYork State Energy Research andDevelopment Authority, she remains today as anenvironmentalist and champion for energy research,conservation and efficiency. Liz also chairs the AdirondackResearch Consortium.

NORMVANVALKENBURGH has spent a lifetime in the outdoorsas a surveyor, land manager and precedent-settingadministrator for the Forest Preserve.As Director of theDivision of Lands and Forests from 1977 until his DECretirement in 1986,Van Valkenburgh worked to ensurefaithful compliance with the “forever wild” clause of the NYSConstitution at the DEC.His many accomplishments includethe purchase of tens of thousands of acres for theAdirondack and Catskill Forest Preserve and creation of theBureau of Preserve Protection and Management. He hasauthored many books about the Forest Preserve includingThe Forest Preserve of New York State in the Adirondackand Catskill Mountains: A Short History and his latest,The Catskill Park: Inside the Blue Line, co-authored withChristopherW.Olney, published on the occasion of the100 year anniversary of our Catskill Park. �

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Zahniser Award honoreesElizabeth (Liz) Thorndike andNorman J.Van Valkenburgh

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T R E A S U R E R ’ S R E P O R T

F isca l Year 2006-2007 was another exciting year forthe Association.With the completion of the CapitalCampaign the prior year, the Association could now

focus on its primaryconservation mission.Several new initiatives

were begun or expanded, in part made possible by thehiring of Dan Plumley (Director of Park Protection), KarmelDeStefano (Director of Development and Membership),Dorothy Barnes (part-time Librarian) and GretchenKoerpel (part-time Archivist) in 2006 and early 2007.Filling these positions was a key component of ourKeystone Strategic Plan.

Funding our regular programs and staff was always achallenge over the years. The added costs associated withnew conservation projects and new staff members made2007 an even more challenging year. But through carefulcost control and increased fund raising efforts, theAssociation met this challenge and even ended the yearwith a slight gain. Revenues increased by over 12% from theprior fiscal year to slightly over $462,000. Just five years agoour total revenues were only 225,000! In particular, grantincome was up over 220%,membership dues 11% andcontributions were even up slightly from the lofty 2006 level.

Expenses, in general, were in line with our budget. Legal

expenses associated with our various conservation effortswere up. Offsetting this was lower than expected expensesfrom the center. (Note: Fiscal 2006-2007 was the center’ssecond full fiscal year of operation.)

Changes to the Association’s internal processes continued.During fiscal year 2006, the Accounting System wasoverhauled to make reporting more efficient. These changescontinued into 2007.Moreover, the Accounting Systemserved for many years as our primary development tool.During 2007, a substantial amount of time was committedto creating a true Development System. This system nowprovides critical information for planning/implementingour fund raising.While separate, the two systems are totallyintegrated so that information flows from the AccountingSystem into the Development System, saving a substantialamount of manual entry.

As we continue to expand our programs and conservationinitiatives pursuant to our Keystone Plan, increasing ourfunding sources becomes even more critical.With acommitted Board, staff and membership, we are steadilybuilding our capacity for program growth and will continueto make our mark as a leading Adirondack organization.�

Sincerely,

F I S C A L Y E A R E N D I N G M A R C H 3 1 , 2 0 0 7

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($ in 000) 3/31/05 3/31/06 3/31/07

Beginning Cash – Checking Account2 $72 $39 $43

Add: Receipts1

Dues $43 $45 $50

Contributions 171 323 342

Grants 20 19 44

Programs 20 19 21

Other 1 4 5

Total Receipts $255 $410 $462

Less: Disbursements

Payroll & Benefits $173 $181 $270

Program 67 126 122

Office Expense 33 60 45

Corporate Expense 15 39 24

Total Disbursements $288 $406 $461

Ending Cash – Checking Account $39 $43 $44

AC T UA L — F I S C A L Y E A R E N D

DAVID M. QUINNACTING TREASURER,TRUSTEES

KenRimany

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1 Unrestricted Funds2 Includes Restricted Funds received in prior years, scheduled to be expended in current year

“As we continue to

expand our programs

and conservation

initiatives pursuant

to our Keystone Plan,

increasing our funding

sources becomes even

more critical.”

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Every effort has been made to accuratelylist our donors. If your records indicatedifferent information, please contact theDevelopment Office at 518 377-1452 x303.

FOREVERWILD STEWARDSGibson Family

SECOND CENTURY STEWARDS$25,000 – $99,999Peter & Barbara BrinkleyEric JohansonDavid M. Quinn

ADIRONDACKS ANDCATSKILLS STEWARDS$5,000 – $24,999Julia M. CadburyYvette & Larry GrallaStewart Skinner HudnutMr. & Mrs. Lawrence KingClarence A. PettyMr.William H. SavageHarvey & Margaret SchadlerEllen M. Scholle

CONSERVATION STEWARDS$1,000 – $4,999Guilford & Gwen BabcockMr. & Mrs. Robert N. BischoffDr. & Mrs. Sheldon BrownAnthony ChimbloCharles M. ClusenThomas L. CobbAlene CobbPeter & Rhoda CurtissJoan K. Davidson(J.M. Kaplan Fund)

Jack and Susie DelehantyJohnW.Douglas, Jr.EarthshareJohn P. FreemanCarl & Gail GeorgeSteven & Linda GoodmanJeff GronauerGary Glenn HartwickThomas & Deedie HudnutAnne G.HudnutDr. & Mrs. Herbert B. Hudnut, Jr.Jack & Connie HumeJames Talcott FundTerry L. JandreauDale JeffersJocelyn R. JerryMr. & Mrs. Harvey M.KelseyMr. & Mrs. Edwin J. NiedhammerEstate of Edith ReadNicholas A. RobinsonPeter RoemerMr. & Mrs.Arthur V. SavageDavid SiveTwitty J. StylesMr. & Mrs. Stewart C.WagnerDr.Margaret Rosenfeld &Dr. Daniel Weld

Anne C.WeldMr.&Mrs.TheodoreWickersham

SUPPORTING$500 – $999Elizabeth L.AndersonBruce & Martha BlanchardDr. & Mrs. Sherret S. ChaseVera O. ChaseAlmy & Anne CoggeshallJohn ColleyMrs.Arthur M. CrockerGeorge D. & Anita DavisStrachan DonnelleyAnonymousJoanneW.Dwyer

Harvey & Mary FladAnonymousAlex HaddadJerrier HaddadAnonymousMr. & Mrs. Kent H. JonesBenW.KoehlerArthur B. LawrenceMr. & Mrs. Ellice McDonald, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Donn B.MillerCharles C.Morrison, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence PaulEdward Everett Post, Jr.Patricia H. PrindleMr. & Mrs.Whitelaw ReidJames & Carol RicherWalter & Anne RobbMr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Stevens, Jr.Richard TuckerElaineYabroudy & Peter Littlefield

SUSTAINING$250 – $499Mr.& Mrs. Christian BallantyneCharles R. Beers, IIIMr. & Mrs. John ButterworthAlan Cole & Louise TrevillyanElizabeth M. CollinsJohn Henry CondeSalome DalyJamesW.DavidsonAmy Durland & Robert MainsFrances Beinecke ElstonJohn FenaroliEllen GibsonGeorge L. GibsonNeil & Jane GolubJoyce B. HundleyAnonymousMargaret Jameson KaiserMr. & Mrs. Ernest E. KeetRobert & Jane LewitLaura Lee & Clarence H. LinderMr. & Mrs.Alfred H. LoweKatherine S.Merle-SmithMr. & Mrs. RichardW.MooreDr. & Mrs.Marvin MoserRobert & Stephanie OlmstedPeter S. Paine, Jr.Phillippe Family FundFrederick & Phyllis PierceMarty PodskochKatharine M. PrestonRobert D. PrevilleRobert & Helen RingleeNancy RogalMr. & Mrs. F.B. RosevearMarianne & Norman SpragueJohn & Peggy Van DelooJoseph L.VidichPaul VidichMr. & Mrs. Gerold M.WunderlichAnonymous

$100 – $249Philip & JoAnn AdamsMr. & Mrs.Milton L.AllenLeonard AndrewDuffield Ashmead IVAusable Acres Property OwnersAssoc., Inc.

Betty Lou BaileyRichard & Susan BakerClaire & Timothy BarnettWilliam & Mary Lou BatesDouglas Bateson

Emily M. BatesonMr. & Mrs. FrederickW. BeineckeMr. & Mrs. Edward S. BeltPeter A.A. BerleBibliomaniaAlice H. BirdEleanor BowmanJason & Heather S. BrechkoJack & Mary BrennanKate Miller BrownMartin BrownBruceWeber Nan BushFoundation, Inc.

Joseph BruchacJ.T. Terry BruneStuart A. BuchananDavid & Lucy CarsonCatskill Center for ConservationDrs.Denis &Mary Brita ChagnonCamp Chingachgook YMCADonald K. Clifford, Jr.Edward Comstock, Jr.David & Bette CondeMr. & Mrs. Harold ConnollyClinton Andrews & Ellen CotterLouis C. CurthHoward O. Cushing, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Richard DaigleMrs. Stewart DallDr. Robert S. DavisRoy & Louise DavisJohn R. DavisPhilip & Barbara DavisDr. & Mrs. James C. DawsonMary H. DeGarmoKarmel A. DeStefanoSally & Peter H. DeanJanet P. DeckerGeorge H. Dein, Jr.Anne P. DennisMr. & Mrs. John H.Denny, Sr.Harry A. DiakoffMichael DiNunzioBetsy DirnbergerBarbara Dobbins-StrattonAnonymousMarilyn Murphy DuBoisJack & Gloria EricsonMr. & Mrs. Thomas P. FarrellRaymond & Jane FisherMr. & Mrs. Esty FosterStephen C. FrauenthalMr. & Mrs. J.G. Fritzinger, Jr.Clarence GalstonRobert & Jacqueline GarrettWilliam & Dorothy GayFrederick & Gloria GleaveMr. & Mrs. C. Convers GoddardJames A. GoodwinPatricia A. GordonMitchell GoroskiThomas H. GosnellMr. & Mrs. Oscar A. GottschoRichard & Maria GrantMr. & Mrs. Donald T. GreeneJohn & Katherine GreenthalLouise L. GreggMr. & Mrs. Charles D. GreskovichArthurW.HaberlSteven K.HalaszMarcia Hanson & Paul DeanKatherine HargisMrs. Kate HarrisSally HartDouglas C. HarveyJoan H.Hawkey

Andrew &Virginia HoodMalcolm D.HortonGlennW.Howard, Jr.Roger H.HullJames E. Hunt, Sr.Carol A.Hyde & Sanjay M.CorreaAmanda JeffersMr. & Mrs. Pliny Jewell, IIIWallace H. JohnRichard C. JohnsonTheodore J. JonesRichard JungeMr. & Mrs. Robert KafinSandy & Fred KaplanGearon & Maureen KimballNorman R. KucharDr. Douglas S. LangdonRose LansburyFredericaW. LawrenceDenise &William LeaderJeffrey LeonDr. Oscar & Kathryn LirioPriscilla Rice LovejoyMr. & Mrs. Serge LussiJ. Langdon MarshDouglas & Margaret MastersMichael & Kim MastroianniRalph & Doreen MayDavid H.McAlpin, Jr.John S.McCormick, Jr.David T.McDonaldEdward & Jackie McGrawPenelope McIlwaineWilliam H.MeadowsDianne & Peter MecklerBrian E.MeyersDouglas R.MillerDr. Nelson L. & Joann MillerEdward & Norma MillerRexford G.Moon, Jr.Mardy MooreMarilyn O.MorashOwen S. & Kimberly HancockMudge, Jr.

Robert & Kelda NessleGerhard & Ellen NeumaierMrs. Helen NewhouseArthur E. NewkirkJ. Kelly Nolan & Christine M.Murphy

Yves and Elaine S. NolletJohn M.Nuzum, Jr.Theodore M. O’LearStephen PaganoHarrison H. PayneWalter J. PetronisMr. & Mrs. Ennis PilcherMr. & Mrs. Richard G. PooleHelga & Mervyn PrichardMr. & Mrs. Edward PrinceJeffrey PutnamW.Alec ReidJohn & Sandra ReschovskyGregg & Pat RettewKen and Nancy RimanyMr. andMrs.Charles L.Ritchie, Jr.Lynn & Peter A. RohlfRohlf ’s Stained & Leaded GlassStudio

Lewis & Sheila RosenbergRoselyn & Arthur RosenfeldStephen & Barbara RotheMr. & Mrs.Andrew SalachMr. & Mrs.William SandifordBill & Karen SchaeferRev. Nancy H. Schluter

Warren F. SchwartzRichard F. Scofield,MDMr. EdwardW. Shineman, Jr.M. Kent & Suzanne SmithJohn & Margaret SperlingStephen & Harmony SpongbergMichael & Jacqueline StampaliaJane S. Gray & Mary Jane StefanThomas & Frances ThacherElizabeth & Edward ThorndikeEnos T. & Muriel Throop, Jr.Mr. & Mrs.Maury TignerMargaret B. TupperStanley & Cindy Twardy, Jr.James & Jean Ann UnderwoodAlfred D. & Barbara Van BurenAnnalisa & Peter VanAveryBob & April VanHeusenNorman J.Van ValkenburghSally S.VenerableAbbie S.VernerAnthony J.WaltonThomas P.WarnerNorman L.Webber IIIAnonymousSallyWebster & Susan BassettMatthewWilley & SharonWelchMr. & Mrs. ThomasWillis, Jr.James K.Wolcott & JocelynJerry-Wolcott

Mrs.Marion E.WolffPaul WollnerMichael WorsaMr. & Mrs. Robert WorthSue & TedWright

FOUNDATIONS AND GRANTSAlbany Engineering CorporationAmerican ConservationAssociation, Inc.

Big Moose History ProjectThe Camp Fire Conservation FundChan Krieger & AssociatesExhibit Planning & ManagementInternational

GE Foundation - Matching GiftsHenry M. Butzel FamilyFoundation

IBM International FoundationITW Foundation 3-for-1Matching Gifts

M & T BankMerrill Lynch & Co. Foundation,Inc.

NYC Transit Authority (MTA)NYS Council of SchoolSuperintendents

Orchard FoundationOverhills FoundationSchenectady Chapter of theAdirondack Mountain Club

Schenectady Nijkerk CouncilWalbridge Fund, LTD.

�TRIBUTE GIFTSSee page 10

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T he spirit of our board of trustees,members, staff, volunteers and friends ofthe Association is captured in this quotation from Ghandi. The Association’s

Keystone Strategic Plan, adopted by the board of trustees in 2005 set a newdirection and aggressive organizationalgoals creating a precedent for change.

The development goal as outlined in the Keystone Strategic Plan is to: “Recruit,develop, and maintain a strong membership comprised of donors and friends ofsufficient number and capacity to support the Association in its work.”Over thepast year, the Development Committee, working with the board of trustees, isworking to meet this goal.Volunteer leaders were identified and have assisted indeveloping a fundraising plan which has laid a foundation on which we can andwill build for our future. In addition to the development of a fund raising plan,initiatives approved by our board of trustees include:

• an administrative overhaul of the organization’s fund raising database

• establishment of an acknowledgement and recognition program

• the creation of a Major Donor Societythat acknowledges those who donateat the highest levels, the Championsof ForeverWild Society

• increased outreach through cultiva-tion events hosted by our membersand friends throughout the state

Thanks to Association members,friends, and volunteers, whosegenerosity and talents have created anenvironment in which we can be thechange we want to see in our world.�

C E L E B R AT I N G OU R D ON O R S

B Y K A R M E L D E S T E FA N O

“Thanks to

Association

members, friends,

and volunteers,

whose generosity and

talents have created

an environment in

which we can be the

change we want to

see in our world.”

KARMEL DESTEFANODIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

AND MEMBERSHIP

KenRimany

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” Ghandi

BERG G R E N CD HONOR I N G PAU L S CHA E F E R I S MEMB E R B EN E F I T

All new members who join the Association in 2007will receive a musical tribute to the late Adirondack

conservation leader Paul Schaefer titled Shepherd of theWilderness. Produced by singer songwriter Dan Berggrenas a benefit for the Association’s conservation and educationprograms, the new CD will also be available for purchase.For membership and CD information, log on towww.protectadks.org.

“Paul Schaefer was a ‘shepherd of the wilderness’ accordingto poet Jeanne Robert Foster,” Berggren explains.“Shesaluted his awareness that the human spirit ‘finds strengthand renewal’ in the wilderness. I, too, salute Paul Schaeferand through my Adirondack-inspired music want toencourage an appreciation and respect for that spirit whichflows through all living things.”Dan Berggren’s music canbe found at www.berggrenfolk.com.” �

Photograph,CDandposterdesignby

JanetM

arieYeates

�TRIBUTE GIFTSIN HONOR OF CHARLES M. CLUSEN

Michael G. DiNunzioINHONOR OF DR.&MRS.HERBERT B.HUDNUT, JR.

Robert & Jane LewitIN HONOR OF DALE JEFFERS

Amanda JeffersIN HONOR OF MARYDE KING

Dennis & Jean FaheyWalter Perry & Lily ChanceElizabeth Perry-Varner

IN MEMORY OF ALEC BOUDREAULinda Guernsey and FamilyKristen Morrison

IN MEMORY OF ARTHUR CROCKERMr.& Mrs.Arthur V. SavageDavid Sive

IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER DONALD HUGGINSMaria Krause

IN MEMORY OF JOSHUA LAVERYHelen Regazzi

IN MEMORY OF DAVID NEWHOUSEElwin C. BigelowThomas L. CobbMargaret & Durward DeForestAsa & S. Judith KaplanHubert J.MalliaPatricia H. PrindleDavid M. QuinnJames & Deborah RamsellRobin & Scott RobertsonLucinda & John RobertsonMr. & Mrs.Arthur V. SavageKathleen J. SchaurerDavid SiveM. Kent & Suzanne SmithPeterWhiteSue & TedWright

IN MEMORY OF HERBERT M. STRONGOwen S. & Kimberly Hancock Mudge, Jr.

IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH TUZMr.& Mrs. Blanchard M. Bryer

IN MEMORY OF PHILWELD

Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon Brown

�GIFTS JANUARY 1 –DECEMBER 31, 2006 See page 9

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE:518 377-1452 X303

Inserted in this report isan envelope that can beused to purchase giftmemberships or to sendto someone you knowwho may be interestedin supporting theAssociation’s advocacy andeducational endeavors.

Top photograph: Hudnut brothers Tom, Stewartand William Hudnut gather at an AfPAcultivation event at Windover near NorthCreek, hosted by Stewart and Vivian Hudnut

Right: Tom Cobb and his daughter Elizabethpromoting the AfPA at the 1st SaratogaEnvironmental Expo, April, 2007

KenRimany

KarmelDeStefano

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KEN RIMANY

DIRECTOR OF

OPERATIONS

Kristen

Rimany

C O N G R A T U L A T I N G …H A P P E N I N G S A T T H E C E N T E R

N A T U R E C O N S E R V A N C Y V I S I T

T H E C E N T E R ’ S C A T S K I L L B L U E S T O N E A M P H I T H E A T R E A N D K I O S K D E D I C A T I O N

Far Left: Peter Brinkley and Maryde King enjoy the newamphitheatre (see full view, below)Left: Carl George (left) celebrates the new kiosk with, from left-right, designer-builder Phil Adams, ADK Schenectady ChapterPresident Norm Kuchar, Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club PresidentBernie Grossman and former HMBC President David MartinBelow: Staff of The Nature Conservancy and TNC’s EasternNew York Chapter enjoy a staff retreat at the Center

Top center: Barbara Glaser (right) visits with Dave Gibson at the Adirondack Research Library

Celebrating Executive Director David Gibson’s Twenty Year tenure with AfPA: l to r, DonBrightman, Dan Plumley, Dave Gibson, Carl George, Ken Rimany and Charlie Morrison

2nd row, left: Hank Greenberg, Louis Marshall scholar and lecturer, confers with John Hanna,program moderator, before his lecture. Center: Author Phil Brown signs his book Bob Marshall inthe Adirondacks:Writings of a Pioneering Peak-Bagger, Pond-Hopper andWildernessPreservationist for AfPA Trustee Dale Jeffers. Right: Garden Explorer Club leader Sylvia Cosgrove(center) joined by Garden Club President Gillian Woodcock (left) and member Sue Scott receive theclub’s award for gardens established at AfPA’s Center

Adirondack Room photograph at right: Students at Hillside Elementary School visiting the Centerare taught to observe nature closely by naturalist instructor George Steele. The class is part ofNiskayuna Central School’s continuing education partnership with AfPA

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bySusanGibson

Left: Barbara Smorgans Marshallis flanked by Roger Marshall(left) and Peter Brinkley at theLouis Marshall Lecture

“I invite you to visit

the Center’s new

amphitheatre and

pick up your Reist

Wildlife Sanctuary

Paul Schaefer Trail

guide at the kiosk.”

OfficersPeter Brinkley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President

Charles M. Clusen. . . . . . . . . Vice President

Nicholas A. Robinson . . . . . . Vice President

AnneWeld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President

David M. Quinn. . . . . . . . . Acting Treasurer

Maryde King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary

Adirondack Research LibraryBetty Dietz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chair

TrusteesPeter Brinkley • Sherret S. Chase

Charles M. Clusen • Thomas L. Cobb

Elizabeth M. Collins • Betty Dietz

JohnW.Douglas, Jr. • Harvey K. FladGary Glenn Hartwick • Stewart S. Hudnut

Terry L. Jandreau • Dale F. Jeffers

Eric Johanson • Kent H. Jones

Maryde King • BenW.Koehler

Charles C.Morrison

Nicholas A. Robinson • Arthur V. Savage

Margaret Schadler • Twitty J. Styles

Keith Tait • AnneWeld

Theodore S.Wickersham

Honorary TrusteesPeter A.A. Berle • George D. DavisCarl J. George • Herbert B. Hudnut, Jr.

Clarence Petty • Peter Roemer

William H. Savage • David Sive

StaffKarmel A. DeStefano . . . . . . . . . Director of

Development & MembershipMichael G. DiNunzio . . . . . . . . . Director of

Special ProjectsDavid H. Gibson. . . . . . . Executive Director

Dan Plumley . . . . . North Country Directorof Park Protection

Kenneth J. Rimany . Director of Operations

April M.VanHeusen. . Office Administrator

AssociatesDan Berggren . . . . .Musician-in-Residence

David Kiphuth . . . . . . . Artist-in-Residence

Robert Preville . . . . . . . . . . . . . InformationTechnology Advisor

Juergen Klingenberg . . . . .Web site Design

Janet Marie Yeates . . . . . . . Graphic Design

897 St Davids Lane • Niskayuna NY 12309

Tel 518-377-1452 • Fax 518-393-0526

The Association for the

Protection of the

Adirondacks

MissionThe Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks is dedicatedto sustaining ecological integrity and mutual well being of naturaland human communities of the Adirondack Park.

We work to explore, articulate and promote strategies to realize thepotential of the Park as a world model of integrated conservationin wild and lived in landscapes.

Founded 1901

www.protectadks.orgAdministrative Offices:

The Center for the Forest Preserve

Cover: The Plains of Abraham with Indian Passin the background. All photographs by Ken Rimany.