The Catskill Park: Inside the Blue Line - Softcover

Van Valkenburgh, Norman J.; Teich, Thomas; Olney, Christopher; Dunn, Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883789427 ISBN 13: 9781883789428

Publisher: Black Dome Press Corp., 2004

Synopsis

History of New York State's Catskill Park (established 1904) and the Catskill Forest Preserve (established 1885), one of the earliest experiments in environmental conservation in the United States, wherein wildlands coexist with private property within the blue line of the Catskill Park. Illustrated with 32 pages of color photographs and more than 70 historical & contemporary B&W photographs, and including the Carpenter Report, an 1886 inventory of the Catskill Mtns., including its streams and rivers, game, forests & industry.

About this title

About the Author:

Norman J. Van Valkenburgh is the recognized historic authority on New York State’s Forest Preserve in the Catskills and Adirondacks. Van Valkenburgh’s professional career was devoted to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, where he worked from 1955 until his retirement in 1986. At the department Van Valkenburgh began as a land surveyor, then joined the Bureau of Land Acquisition at the Albany headquarters in 1961. He served as chief of the Bureau of Land Acquisition from 1973 to 1976, regional director of the NYSDEC office in New Paltz from 1976 to 1978, and finally as director of the NYSDEC Division of Lands and Forests in Albany from 1978 to 1986.

Review:

"This book fills a real need and is a key to a treasure house of beauty." -- Arthur G. Adams, author

This book should interest anyone who is familiar with the area and concerned about its history and conservation. -- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 8/2005

What really sets the book apart, however, are the superb color photographs by Thomas Teich. -- Hudson Valley magazine, Dec. 2004

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Dome Press Corp.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1883789427
• ISBN 13: 9781883789428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248