The Catskill Park: Inside the Blue Line: The Forest Preserve and Mountain Communities of America's First Wilderness
History of New York State's 1,100-square-mile Catskill Park (established 1904) and Catskill Forest Preserve (established 1885), one of the earliest experiments in conservation in the United States, wherein wildlands coexist with private property within the "blue line" of the Catskill Park. Features 32 pages of color photographs, more than 70 historical & contemporary B&W photos, and the Carpenter Report, an "inventory" of the Catskill Mountains in 1886.
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The Catskill Park: Inside the Blue Line: The Forest Preserve and Mountain Communities of America's First Wilderness
History of New York State's 1,100-square-mile Catskill Park (established 1904) and Catskill Forest Preserve (established 1885), one of the earliest experiments in conservation in the United States, wherein wildlands coexist with private property within the "blue line" of the Catskill Park. Features 32 pages of color photographs, more than 70 historical & contemporary B&W photos, and the Carpenter Report, an "inventory" of the Catskill Mountains in 1886.
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The Catskill Park: Inside the Blue Line: The Forest Preserve and Mountain Communities of America's First Wilderness

The Catskill Park: Inside the Blue Line: The Forest Preserve and Mountain Communities of America's First Wilderness

The Catskill Park: Inside the Blue Line: The Forest Preserve and Mountain Communities of America's First Wilderness

The Catskill Park: Inside the Blue Line: The Forest Preserve and Mountain Communities of America's First Wilderness

Overview

History of New York State's 1,100-square-mile Catskill Park (established 1904) and Catskill Forest Preserve (established 1885), one of the earliest experiments in conservation in the United States, wherein wildlands coexist with private property within the "blue line" of the Catskill Park. Features 32 pages of color photographs, more than 70 historical & contemporary B&W photos, and the Carpenter Report, an "inventory" of the Catskill Mountains in 1886.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781883789428
Publisher: Black Dome Press, Corporation
Publication date: 11/01/2004
Pages: 208
Sales rank: 1,055,810
Product dimensions: 8.22(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.53(d)

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