1. Adirondack Park By: Matt Dumas Julia Derway Mike Jackowski and Tyler Ireland

3. businesses that relied on water for power started asking for a timber reserve upstream. Hunters who saw their game dying out, rallied behind the paper, forest and stream which aimed for the protection of the Adirondack Hunting ground. farmers and tourists watched hunters take their game to the level of almost extinction. After all of this fuss, reports were made to large news papers, people around the state were concerned about the northern wilderness. New Yorkers worried that a railroad built through the Adirondacks could cause damage.

4. It contains nearly six million acres. Almost half of which to the people of New York. The forest commission expanded to include a staff of sixty and eleven board members. The park is protected by rangers and forestry staff.

5. Approved January 1, 1895Approved January 1, 1895 These lands cannot be leased, sold, or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the time thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.These lands cannot be leased, sold, or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the time thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. This can only be changed with a Constitutional amendment.This can only be changed with a Constitutional amendment. “The lands now or hereafter constituting the Forest Preserve shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be sold, nor shall they be leased or taken by any person or corporation, public or private.”“The lands now or hereafter constituting the Forest Preserve shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be sold, nor shall they be leased or taken by any person or corporation, public or private.”

6. Boundaries The park includes all of Hamilton and Essex counties, as well as considerable portions of Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Herkimer, St. Lawrence, and Warren counties and small portions of Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga, and Washington counties as well. Information Courtesy of http://www.apa.state.ny.us/About_park/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_Park