1. The Adirondack Park Blueline Expansion Meg Harris Geography 184 Fall Semester 2006

2. Goal: To illustrate how the expansion of the Adirondack Park’s Blueline has changed its landscape Sub-objectives: *explore land use within the park’s original and current boundaries *explore human impact

3. Methods Adirondack Park Agency(APA) Shared GIS CD 2 APA Land Classification Maps: (for original and current boundary comparisons) *symbology - altered and saved as a file *clip function *import symbology *data exporting, tables and graphs 2 Old Growth/ Human Activity Maps: *lots of spatial joining *lots of selecting by attributes Adirondack Park Agency(APA) Shared GIS CD 2 APA Land Classification Maps: (for original and current boundary comparisons) *symbology - altered and saved as a file *clip function *import symbology *data exporting, tables and graphs 2 Old Growth/ Human Activity Maps: *lots of spatial joining *lots of selecting by attributes

4. Methods cont’d *making new layers from selections *lots of clipping *calculations and tables *1 Visual Aid/ Location Map *dissolve function *making new layers from selections *lots of clipping *calculations and tables *1 Visual Aid/ Location Map *dissolve function

5. Results

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8. Results…  Roads, trains, trails, and recreation points riddle old growth areas all over the Adirondack Park  The original blueline outlines 4761 square miles that remain the richest but not completely untouched  Expansion of the blueline has not increased the amount of undeveloped areas by any significant percentage  Expansion has also opened the door for more development and impactual use of parklands  Blue line expansion, land management acts, and APA restrictions have reduced impact but not eliminated it  Roads, trains, trails, and recreation points riddle old growth areas all over the Adirondack Park  The original blueline outlines 4761 square miles that remain the richest but not completely untouched  Expansion of the blueline has not increased the amount of undeveloped areas by any significant percentage  Expansion has also opened the door for more development and impactual use of parklands  Blue line expansion, land management acts, and APA restrictions have reduced impact but not eliminated it

9. Problems The ArcMap Demo CD -no coverage tools -no spatial analysis functions Contradictory literature Land classification definitions -Questionable APA evaluations and initiatives Area discrepancies Horrible outdated data from 2001 The ArcMap Demo CD -no coverage tools -no spatial analysis functions Contradictory literature Land classification definitions -Questionable APA evaluations and initiatives Area discrepancies Horrible outdated data from 2001

10. Why ?