Thomas Pasquarello (SUNY Cortland), President, Adirondack Research Consortium

Chair: David Allee (Cornell Local Government Program)

Robert Withington and Robert L. Christopherson (SUNY Plattsburgh), Economic Indicators for the Adirondack Park

Lyle Raymond Jr. (Cornell Cooperative Extension), Tess Grubb (Southern Tier East Regional Planning & Development Board), and David Allee (Cornell University), Economic Vitality and Wilderness Preservation in Four Adirondack Towns

Chair: Michael Wilson (Sagamore Institute)

Elizabeth Thorndike (Cornell University), Adirondack Park Policies for the 21st Century: Proposals for an Implementation and Research Agenda

Jon D. Erickson (Cornell University), Sustaining Economic Growth and Ecological Integrity in the Adirondack Park: Mission Implausible

Walt Aikman (SUNY-ESF), Homeland: Self, Society, and Social Change in the Taking of the Adirondacks

Sarah Michaels (Tufts University), William Solecki (Florida State University), and Robert Mason (Temple University), Understanding Public-Private Partnerships in the Context of the Adirondack Park

Paul Gunning (SUNY-ESF), An Implementation Analysis of New York State's Real Property Tax Law Section 480-a

Chair: John Davis (Editor, Wild Earth)

Question: Are the preservation and restoration of biological diversity obstructed by widely held attitudes toward Wilderness? Or is the consideration of Wilderness as a socially constructed ideal an academic game not worth the candle--or worse a dangerous undermining of the conservation movement?

Respondents: Bill Mckibben (Johnsburg, NY), Christopher McGrory-Klyza (Middlebury College), Michael Wilson (Sagamore Institute)

Colleen Hickey (Vt. LCBP), James Connolly (NY LCBP Coordinator & NYS DEC), and Joe Racette (NYS DEC)

Chair: Christopher Cirmo (Susquehanna University)

Christopher Cirmo (Susquehanna University), Jeffrey McDonnell (SUNY-ESF), Myron Mitchell (SUNY-ESF) and Michael McHale (SUNY-ESF), A Multidisciplinary Investigation of the Role of Wetlands in Nitrogen Transport in an Adirondack Watershed

Rebecca Schneider (Cornell University), Charles Krueger (Cornell University) and Dan Josephson (Cornell University), Water Lily Decline in the Adirondacks: Findings and Implications of an Exploratory Study

Karen Roy (Adirondack Park Agency) and John Barge (Adirondack Park Agency), Large Landscape Watershed Mapping with Geographic Information Systems: What We Learned About Mapping a Million Acres of the Adirondack Park

Judith Ross (Adirondack Park Agency) and Karen Roy (Adirondack Park Agency), Locating Peatlands Using Geographic Information Systems in the Oswegatchie-Black River Watershed

Michael McHale (SUNY-ESF), Jeffrey McDonnell (SUNY-ESF), Christopher Cirmo (Susquehanna University) and Myron Mitchell (SUNY-ESF), An Isotope Investigation of Streamflow Generation During Snowmelt in a Catchment within the Adirondack Mountains

Roger Soles (DES/ETC/MAB, United States Department of State)

K. Zynda, R. Desmarais, E. Marsteiner, T. Young, T. Theis and A. Collins (Clarkson University), Factors Affecting the Function of Constructed Wetland Systems

Stephen Sebestyen and Christopher Cirmo (Susquehanna University), A Comparison of Peat Pore-Water Sampling Techniques on a Suite of Peatland Sites in the Central Adirondack Region

Andrew Bohonak and A. Martin (Cornell University), Water Mite Biodiversity of the Adirondacks

Lien Alpert (SUNY-ESF), An Interactive Information Kiosk for the Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretive Center in Newcomb, NY

Helen Whiffen and Lee Herrington (SUNY-ESF), The Representativeness of Historical Long Term Monitoring Lake Watersheds in the Adirondack Portion of the Oswegatchie-Black River Watershed

Paul Guttman (Village of Lake Placid), In Alliance with Nature in the Adirondack Park

Michael Kinsley (Rocky Mountain Institute)

Chair: Chad Dawson (SUNY-ESF)

Paul Manion (SUNY-ESF) and David Griffin (SUNY-ESF), A Forest Health Monitoring System for the Adirondack Region

J. Curt Stager (Paul Smith's College), Fisheries Management and Water Quality in Small Northern Adirondack Lakes

R.P. Curran et al. (Adirondack Park Agency), A System to Evaluate Cumulative Impacts for the Adirondack Park

Barbara McMartin (Caroga, NY), A Short History of Adirondack Trails or How Planning Failures Have Resulted in Current Management Problems

Jim Gould (Paul Smith's College), Taking Root in the Rock: The Case for a True Adirondack Literature

Chair: William Porter (SUNY-ESF)

Rik Scarce (Montana State University), Red Carpet or Red in Tooth and Claw? Examining the Social Impacts of the Reintroduced Yellowstone Wolves with an Eye Toward the Adirondacks

Samara Trusso (SUNY-ESF), Habitat Use by River Otters Along Mixed-Forest Lake Shores

Peter Houlihan (Univ. of Massachusetts), Beaver-Created Wetlands and Avian Biodiversity in the Adirondack Park of New York

Karl Didier (SUNY-ESF) and William Porter (SUNY-ESF), Incorporating Low and High Resolution Data Sets in Wildlife Habitat Analysis

Richard Lawrence (SUNY-ESF), H. Brian Underwood (SUNY-ESF), William Porter (SUNY-ESF), David DeCalesta (US Forest Service) and Susan Stout (US Forest Service), Using Silvicultural Scale to Mitigate Deer Impact on Forest Regeneration

Karin Sheldon, Claudine Souris, Don Stump, Tisha Samosky, Julie Crane (Vermont School of Law, S. Royalton).
The Environmental Policy and Management Group at the Vermont Law School will present an integrated approach to some legal issues of wolf re-introduction in the context of social, economic, and ethical considerations, as well as previous wildlife re-introductions.

Chair: Michael DiNunzio (Adirondack Council)

Question: After a major conference in Albany and a public opinion poll indicating strong support among park residents, Defenders of Wildlife is proceeding with a feasibility study, public education, and outreach initiatives to propose re-introduction of the eastern Timber Wolf to the Adirondacks in light of a vexed history of mammal re-introductions, and the unusual socio-political circumstances of this region, by what process, and with what schedule and expectations, should this initiative be pursued?

Respondents: Nina Fascione (Defender of Wildlife), Michael Kellet (RESTORE The North Woods), Angie Hodgson (Wildlife Conservation Society), Mary Granskou (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society)