| Date | Topic | Reading | Notes |
| 8/27, M | Intro., Syllabus | ||
| 8/29, W | Physical Environment: Geology, Creation of the Adirondacks |
S97: Ch. 1, 11 J04: p. 1-15 Roadside Geo. NY (p. 1-9,15-28,299-300) |
survey due office hours Doodle poll Hwk. #1 out |
| 8/31, F | Physical Environment: Geology, The ice ages, Glacial geomorphology |
S97: Ch. 1, 11 J04: 1-16 Roadside Geo. NY (p. 29-39, 300-302) |
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| 9/3, M | NO CLASS (Labor Day) | |
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| 9/5, W | NO CLASS (Justin away) | ||
| 9/7, F | NO CLASS (Justin away) | ||
| 9/10, M | NO CLASS (Rosh Hashanah) | ||
| 9/12, W | Physical Environment: Soils |
J04: 16-17 April et al. (2016): p 147-155 |
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| 9/14, F | Physical Environment: Hydrology |
J04: 18-19 History of Sacandaga Reservoir [link] |
Hwk. #1 due |
| 9/17, M | Physical Environment: Weather & Climate: observations |
J04: 22-23 |
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| 9/19, W | NO CLASS (Yom Kippur) | ||
| 9/21, F | Physical Environment: Weather & Climate: mapping |
Daly et al. (2008) [skip Appendix] | Hwk. #2 out |
| 9/24, M | Physical Environment: Weather & Climate: mapping & processes |
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| 9/26, W | Physical Environment: Weather & Climate: processes & extreme events |
J04:108-111 | |
| 9/28, F | Ecology: Alpine tundra & forests |
J04: 34-38, 98 "Adirondack Wildlife" (Chapter 2) |
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| 10/1, M | Ecology: Forests & wetlands |
J04: 20-21, 46-47 | |
| 10/3, W | Ecology: Moose & marten (guest lecture: Sharon Tabor, DEC) |
J04: 49 | Hwk. #2 due |
| 10/5, F | Ecology: Boreal birds (guest lecture: Dr. Kirchman, NYSM) |
J04: 40-41 Kirchman and Ralston (2016) |
Email bird question |
| 10/8, M | History: Native nations, fur trade, war(s) |
S97: Ch. 2 & 3 (skip p. 22-30) J04: 69-77 |
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| 10/10, W | History: Trappers, expansion of settlement & industry |
S97: Ch. 5-7 J04: 78-83, 86-87 |
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| 10/12, F | History: Mining & Forestry |
S97: 10,12, 17-18 J04: 88-89, 92, 94-95,98-101 |
Project out |
| 10/13 | Whiteface Mountain Field trip | CANCELED | |
| 10/14 2-3 pm |
EXTRA CREDIT | "The Hudson River School and Our National Parks" [link] |
Albany Institute of History and Art 125 Washington Ave Albany |
| 10/15, M | History: Romantics, guides, tourism |
S97: Ch. 14,15 J04: 90-91, 93 |
Hwk. #3 out |
| 10/17, W | History: Colvin's surveys Environmental management: Birth of the park |
S97: Ch. 19, 22 Webb (1996) Chp. 3-4 |
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| 10/19, F | Environmental management: Growth and evolution of the park |
J04: 24-27, 94-95, 102-105 The Big Blowdown of 1950 [link] |
NYSM field trip assignment due |
| 10/22, M | Environmental management: APA, Easements, Boreas Ponds |
S97: Ch. 20, 23, 25 J04: 28-33, 106-111 |
Hwk. #3 due Hwk #4 out |
| 10/24, W | Environmental management: Impacts Assesments Unit Management Plans |
Boreas Ponds DSEIS | |
| 10/26, F | Environmental management: Wildlife management (& changes) |
J04: 34-35, 42-45, 48-59, 64-67 S97: Ch. 28 |
Project: Topic choice due |
| 10/29, M | Environmental management: Mock hearing |
Boreas Ponds articles (see Hwk. #4) | Hwk. #4 due |
| 10/31, W | Environmental management: High Peaks UMP |
High Peaks UMP amendments (assigned section) | |
| 11/2, F | Acid rain: Intro. Basic chemistry |
J07: Ch. 1, 2 (focus on terms from "pre-primer", pg. 4-5) |
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| 11/5, M | Acid rain: basic chemistry emissions |
J07: 191-196 | |
| 11/7, W | Acid rain: deposition |
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| 11/8, Th (5:30pm) | EXTRA CREDIT | "Still Here, Gone, Introduced, and Returned: People and Mammals in the Adirondacks" | Union College, Olin Building Room 115 [link] |
| 11/9, F | Acid rain: impacts on lake and watershed chemistry |
J07: Ch 3-4, p. 197-205 (skip "further lessons from paleoliminology", p. 86-87) |
Final project: Outline due Hwk. #5 out |
| 11/12, M | Acid rain: ecosystem impacts Mercury |
J07: Ch. 8, 10, 164-174, 240-241 J04: 242-243 |
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| 11/14, W | Mercury Other pollutants |
J04: 230-235 | |
| 11/16, F | Climate change: basic science global trends & projections US and international policy |
Jenkins 2010: p. 1-10, 26-28 | Hwk. #5 due |
| 11/19, M | Climate change: observed trends in the ADKs regional projections |
Fourth National Climate Assesment (Vol. 1): Ch. 6-7 | Project: 1st draft of paper due (optional) |
| 11/21, W | NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break) | ||
| 11/23, F | NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break) | ||
| 11/26, M | NO CLASS (Justin away) | |
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| 11/28, W | Climate change: ADK impacts |
Jenkins 2010: p. 29-67 | |
| 11/30, F | Climate change: adaptation |
NYSERDA (2011): Ch. 6 | |
| 12/3, M | Final talks | Final talks (Merritt) |
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| 12/5, W | Final talks | Final talks (Dunne, Manobianco, Dugan) |
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| 12/7, F | Final talks | Final talks (Quijada, Cardom, Barsigian) |
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| 12/10, M | The future of the Adirondacks | J04: 114-115, 126-129, 193-195, 202-207, 228-229, 245-251 |
Email response on "Future of ADKs" |
| 12/12, W | |
Project: Final paper due |
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S97 = The Adirondacks: A History of America's First Wilderness (Schneider, 1997)
J04 = The Adirondack Atlas (Jenkins, 2004)
J07 = Acid Rain in the Adirondacks: An Environmental History (Jenkins, 2007)