William F. Porter is professor of wildlife ecology and director of the Adirondack Ecological Center at SUNY ESF. Jon D. Erickson is associate professor of ecological economics at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, faculty of the Environmental Program, and fellow of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont.Ross S. Whaley is emeritus president and professor of SUNY ESF. He is former chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency and served on the Governor’s Commission for the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century.

I’d love to see this important book be required reading for every New York State legislator and opinion-maker. Alive with personal voices, it is also packed with vital information and at times justifiably angry at what we human beings have done to the Adirondacks. It reminds us of what we’ve lost, of what we can still save, and of what a rare treasure this extraordinary region is." - Adam Hochschild, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

William F. Porter is professor of wildlife ecology and director of the Adirondack Ecological Center at SUNY ESF. Jon D. Erickson is associate professor of ecological economics at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, faculty of the Environmental Program, and fellow of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont.Ross S. Whaley is emeritus president and professor of SUNY ESF. He is former chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency and served on the Governor’s Commission for the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century.

I’d love to see this important book be required reading for every New York State legislator and opinion-maker. Alive with personal voices, it is also packed with vital information and at times justifiably angry at what we human beings have done to the Adirondacks. It reminds us of what we’ve lost, of what we can still save, and of what a rare treasure this extraordinary region is." - Adam Hochschild, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

William F. Porter is professor of wildlife ecology and director of the Adirondack Ecological Center at SUNY ESF. Jon D. Erickson is associate professor of ecological economics at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, faculty of the Environmental Program, and fellow of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont.Ross S. Whaley is emeritus president and professor of SUNY ESF. He is former chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency and served on the Governor’s Commission for the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century.

I’d love to see this important book be required reading for every New York State legislator and opinion-maker. Alive with personal voices, it is also packed with vital information and at times justifiably angry at what we human beings have done to the Adirondacks. It reminds us of what we’ve lost, of what we can still save, and of what a rare treasure this extraordinary region is." - Adam Hochschild, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa