APA Science and Research
About the APA’s Resource Analysis and Scientific Services Unit
The Adirondack Park provides
a rich landscape for the research of natural and cultural resources.
Throughout
its more than a quarter-century of operation, the Adirondack Park
Agency (APA) has built scientific, geographic, and planning databases
to be able to serve the public more effectively and efficiently,
to aid the decision-making process for other State agencies, local
governments, organizations and landowners in the Park, and to encourage
more research involvement within the Park.
Fast Facts
Area Statistics by county for the park from the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan and State Land Map
Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map and State Land Map - this interactive map also includes park wetlands and designated river system areas.
GIS at the Adirondack Park Agency
Additional links:
About the Park...
List of Plant Species Native Within the Adirondack Park
alphabetically by Common Name or listed alphabetically by Scientific Name
- Landscaping and Gardening with Native Species
Native Species (NYS Department of Environmental Conservation)
Landscaping with native plants (Lake George Association)
Native plants for shoreline buffers (Lake George Association)
Tree and Shrub Seedlings for Landscaping (Saratoga Tree Nursery)
- Forest Resources
Timber Harvesting (NYS Department of Environmental Conservation)
Forest Health (NYS Department of Environmental Conservation)
Find More Information...
Learn more about Invasive Species.
EPA Wetland & Watershed Reports
Adirondack Park Trends Analysis Plan -- (pdf 457kb)
"Anothura troglodytes [Troglodytes troglodytes - Winter Wren]-No.
585, August 11, 1875. Rather common in the dense woods, but rarely
seen ... it is often heard; however, for it possesses a gushing,
ringing song, wonderfully loud for so small a creature; excepting
the thrushes it is the sweetest songster in the Adirondac woods
..."
-- Teddy Roosevelt, age 16, from his pamphlet The Summer
Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N.Y.