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 This project is a pro bono effort by Dave Mason and Jim Herman. Dave and Jim ran a boutique strategic planning consulting firm through the 1990’s. Their clients were large, global organizations as well as some government agencies. This scenario development methodology was the core of their practice. They sold the business in late 1999 and after a few years retired and moved to their vacation home in Keene, NY. They have contributed to a number of non-profit and public improvement projects in their town, most notably the Town-Wide Broadband Project.
The idea for the project came to us after reading “The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices from the Adirondack Park” by William Porter, Jon Erickson and Ross Whaley. In this compendium of essays we found a very divergent set of points of view about the Park’s past as well as its future. We immediately recognized an opportunity to apply scenario planning. We started interviewing people around the Park and through Ross Whaley were connected to the Common Ground Alliance, which invited us to present at their annual meeting in Long Lake on July 20, 2011. We continued interviewing based on contacts made through Common Ground Alliance and started developing the full set of scenario development materials. We also read a variety of reports, books and websites. The sources are listed below.
Interviewees or Materials Reviewers July, August and September 2011
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Jeff
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Allott
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General Composites Inc.
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Founder, VP of New Products & Business Dev
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Tim
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Barnett
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The Nature Conservancy
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Vice President
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John
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Bartow
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NYS Tug Hill Commission
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Executive Director
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Dick
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Beamish
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Adirondack Explorer
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Founder
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John
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Bingham
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Wild Orchard Farm
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Owner
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Cali
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Brooks
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Adirondack Community Trust
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Executive Director
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Carol
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Brown
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NCCC
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President
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Carol
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Calabrese
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Essex County IDA
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Co-Executive Director
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Mike
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Carr
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ADK Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, ADK Land Trust
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Executive Director
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John
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Collins
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Northern Forest Center
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Board Member
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Sherm
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Craig
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ESF Ranger School
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Teacher
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Ray
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Curran
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Adk Sustainable Communities
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Advisor
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Jerry
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Delaney
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Adk Park Gov Review Board
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Chairman
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Garry
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Douglas
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North Country C of C
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President and CEO
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Lorraine
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Duvall
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Protect the Adirondacks
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Co-Chair
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Steven
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Englehart
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Adk Architectural Heritage
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President
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Steve
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Erman
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ANCA
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President of the Board
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Meilissa
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Eisinger
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Adirondack Community Trust
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Communications and Donor Relations
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Bill
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Farber
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Town of Morehouse
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Supervisor, Chair Hamilton County Board
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Kate
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Fish
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ANCA
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Executive DIrector
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Sam
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Fisk
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High Peaks Education Foundation
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Board President
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Cynthia
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Ford-Johnston
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Keene Central School
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Superintendent
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Ed
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Frantz
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NYSDOT
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Adirondack Park and Forest Preserve Manager
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Susan Day
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Fuller
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Fuller Communications
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President
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Dave
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Gibson
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Adirondack Wild
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Partner
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Mark
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Hall
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Town of Fine
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Town Supervisor
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Carol
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Hart
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AATV
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Executive Director
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Greg
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Hart
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Workforce Dev Institute
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Regional Director
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Sally
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Hart
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Wild Center
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Board Member
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Greg
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Hill
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Adk Sustainable Communities
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Director
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Allen
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Hipps
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Housing Assistance Program of Essex County
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Executive Director
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Brian
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Houseal
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Adirondack Council
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Executive Director
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Jim & Charity
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Marlatt
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Keene Board of Education
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Board Member, Resident
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Heidi
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Kretser
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Wildlife Conservation Society
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Livelihoods & Conservation Coordinator
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Amanda
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Lavigne
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St. Lawrence University
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Professor
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George
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Leveille
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Lake Placid Lacrosse
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Co-Founder and Director
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Betty
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Little
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State Senate
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Senator
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Betsy
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Lowe
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NYS DEC
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Region 5 Director
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Art
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Lussi
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APA
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Commissioner
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Teri
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Martino
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APA
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Executive Director
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Dan
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Mason
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ANCA
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Board Member
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Vinny
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McClelland
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Adirondack Community Trust
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Co-Chair
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Keith
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McKeever
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APA
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Public Information Officer
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Jim
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McKenna
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ROOST
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Executive Director
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John
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Mills
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Paul Smiths College
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President
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Frederick
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Monroe
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Adk Park Local Government Review Board
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Executive Director
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Ed
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Murphy
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Workforce Development Institute
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Executive Director
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Megan
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Murphy
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AMC
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Strategic Planner
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Howard
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Nelson
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Hudson Headwaters Health Network
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Executive Director
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Peter
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Paine
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Champlain Bank
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Chairman
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Stephanie
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Ratcliffe
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The Wild Center
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Executive Director
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Karyn
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Richards
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NYS DEC
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Forest Preserve Coordinator
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Jamie
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Rogers
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ANCA
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Energy Program Coordinator
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Zoe
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Smith
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Wildlife Conservation Society
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Director, Adirondack Program
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Kenneth
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Strike
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Cornell University
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Professor Emeritus
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Stephen
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Svoboda
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ADK Lakes Center for the Arts
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Executive Director
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David
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Thomas-Train
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Adirondack Fire Tower Association
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Executive Director
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Leilani
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Ulrich
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APA
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Commissioner
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John
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Warren
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Adirondack Almanack
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Founder, Editor
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Ross
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Whaley
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Adk Landowners Association
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Senior Advisor
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Dave
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Wolff
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AdkAction.org
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Chair
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Neil
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Woodworth
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Adk Mountain Club
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Executive Director
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Nick
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Woodin
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Author
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Gilda
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Wray
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Ausable Club
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President
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Cecil
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Wray
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APA
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Commissioner
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Bibliography
Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Project, published by AATV May 2009, updated August 2011
The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices from the Adirondack Park, William Porter, Jon Erickson and Ross Whaley, Syracuse University Press, June 2009
The Other Endangered Species, Brian Mann, Adirondack Life, Sept/Oct 2011 page 36
The Adirondack Atlas: A Geographic Portrait of the Adirondack Park, Jerry Jenkins and Andy Keal, Syracuse University Press, April 2004
Climate Change in the Adirondacks, The Path to Sustainability, Jerry Jenkins, Wildlife Conservation Society, 2010
Contested Terrain: A New History of Nature and People in the Adirondack, Philip Terrie, Syracuse University Press, May 2008
Perspectives on the Adirondacks, Barbara McMartin, Syracuse University Press, 2002
Scenic Byways Market Trend Assessment, ANCA, June 2009
Letter to the Regional Economic Council of the North Country from the Adirondack Council, Brian Houseal, August 26, 2011
Letter to the Regional Economic Council of the North Country: Suggestions for Creating Jobs and Economic Growth in the Adirondacks. Ernest E. (Lee) Keet, September 16, 2011
The 2010 Census and the Health of Adirondack Communities: an Update; Ken Strike Ph.D., Protect the Adirondack!, April 2, 2011
The Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Program: An Appraisal; Ken Strike Ph.D. and Lorraine Duvall Ph.D., Protect the Adirondacks!, June 19,2010
Why Cutting Community Health Center Funding Will Raise Health Care Costs. A report on the value of primary care; John Rugge, M.D. , prepared for Congressman Chris Gibson, Hudson Headwaters Health Network, July 2011
The Agricultural Creative Economy: Needs, Opportunities and Market Analysis. A report to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature by the Maine Department of Agriculture, July 2008
Transforming New York Local Governments from the 18th to the 21st Century…The Carrot Before the Stick; Kenneth Bond, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey LLP, NY, NY, October 25, 2006
A Strategy for Regional Economic Resurgence, Recommendations of the Northern Forest Sustainable Economy Initiative, Joe Short, SEO Project Manager for the Northern Forest Council and the North Country Council, October 2008
Foothills 2020 Community and Economic Development Plan, prepared by residents of Bellmont, Burke, Constable and Chateaugay, NY, January 2008
Blueprint for the Blue Line, The Common Ground Alliance, February 2008
Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board, Policy and Proposal Changes 2010
Adirondack Local Government Issues and Recommendations for Statutory and Constitutional Revisions, Adirondack Local Government Review Board, October 6, 2009
Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages 2011 Legislative Agenda
From the “The Adirondacks in the 2st Century” documents:
- Adirondack Greenways: Opportunities for Recreation, Resource Protections and Appropriate Economic Development, Robert Quinn, Technical Report 14, The Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, Volume One.
- Tourism in the Adirondack Park, Robert Quinn and Daniel Palm, Technical Report 27, The Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, Volume Two.
- Agriculture in the Adirondack Park, Guy Hutt and Michelle Hutt, Technical Report 31, Technical Report 14, The Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, Volume Two.
- Economic Development in the Adirondack Region Towards the Twenty-First Century, A Concept Paper, Shana Ratner, Technical Report 30, Technical Report 14, The Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, Volume Two.
From Environmental Advocates of NY
- Forecast for NY: Projected Global Warming Impacts and Next Steps, November 2006
- Climate Change: How Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Strengthens NY Business, July 2010
- Stimulating Green: A Search for Dirt in NY’s Share of the Federal Stimulus Turns Up Some Green, January 2011
We have been pointed at and used an enormous number of websites, particularly related to climate change. We have not kept of running set of links to all these.
Vermont has come up repeatedly in our interviews and we suggest this particular website related to Vermont’s effort to draw businesses to relocate there:
www.thinkvermont.com/Relocate
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