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This is the inspiring story of the twenty-five-year-long effort to preserve Sterling Forest, a tract of rugged, upland terrain encompassing twenty thousand acres within the New York-New Jersey Highlands. Barely forty miles northwest of New York City, Sterling Forest seemed destined to suffer the same fate that had befallen thousands of acres of land in this rapidly suburbanizing corridor. The fight to save Sterling Forest brought together one of the largest coalitions of environmental groups and government entities ever assembled. Despite the loose, sometimes fractious nature of the alliance, the coalition managed to extract support from Congress, New York State, New Jersey, and private donors, while at the same time negotiating a contract to purchase the land from the Sterling Forest Corporation, a company that vigorously protected its financial interests at every turn. Deemed by some to be one of the more remarkable environmental victories of the 1990s, the successful outcome of the Sterling Forest struggle--"a large state park within easy access of millions of people and a protected supply of water to New Jersey residents--"embodied virtually every facet of land-use conflict. It provides a model for saving other areas where critical wild lands are threatened by development.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning Geography Physical geography & topography

• Pełny tytuł: Saving Sterling Forest
• Autor: Ann Botshon
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 204
• EAN: 9780791469392
• ID: 04702798
• Wydawca: State University of New York Press
• Waga: 422 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Data wydania: 11. September 2006

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