Course Guide ~ ENVST 220 / Cultural & Natural Histories of the Adirondack Park

Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) is the nonprofit historic preservation organization for New York State's Adirondack Park. AARCH was formed in 1990 with a mission to promote better public understanding, appreciation and stewardship of the Adirondacks unique and diverse architectural heritage.
 

The Adirondack Council is a private, not-for-profit environmental organization that has been working since 1975 to ensure the ecological integrity and wild character of New York State's 6 million acre Adirondack Park.
 

The Adirondack Ecological Center was established in 1971 by the State University of New York College of Environmental Forestry in Syracuse to provide the science that underpins the management of Adirondack Park as one of the world's foremost experiments in conservation and sustainability.
 

The Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation was created to monitor changes to natural ecosystems of the Adirondack Mountain ecological zone with a focus on water quality, atmospheric deposition, fish surveys, and other biological and chemical studies for the benefit of regulatory agencies and the general public. Surveys and data are available from 1984 to the present.
 

The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) is a nonprofit membership organization that protects wild lands and waters through a balanced approach of conservation and advocacy, environmental education, and responsible recreation.
 

Adirondack Experience has the largest and most comprehensive collection of artifacts and archival materials relating to the history of the Adirondack region.
 

The Adirondack North Country Association is a non-profit, private corporation that seeks to strengthen the economy and quality of life in the 14 counties of northern New York through informed, open debate and advocacy.
 

The Adirondack Research Consortium (ARC) was founded to bring together scientists from research organizations and people who work to make the Park a better place, such as business owners, local and State governments, private land managers, farmers, foresters, teachers, and interested citizens.
 

The APA is a New York State government agency created in 1971 by the state legislature to develop long-range land use plans for both public and private lands within the Adirondack Park.
 

New York State department charged with conserving, improving and protecting the state's natural resources and environment.
 

Protect the Adirondacks!, Inc is a grassroots, membership organization dedicated to the protection, stewardship and sustainability of the natural environment and human communities of the Adirondack Park and the New York State Forest Preserve for current and future generations. The organization is the result of a 2009 consolidation of the Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks and The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks.