APA Science and Research
About the APA’s 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 by universities.
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: Geology, Species and Natural Communities, Adirondack History.
List of Species Native Within the Adirondack Park
alphabetically by Common
Name or listed alphabetically by Scientific Name
EPA Wetland & Watershed Reports
Adirondack Research Consortium
Native Species for Gardening and Landscaping
Invasive Species in the Adirondack Park
Charts of Forest Pests of the Adirondacks
Become a Citizen Scientist Volunteer
Would you like to become a Citizen Scientist volunteer and Help Monitor the Effects of Climate Change on Adirondack Wetlands?
Visit the SUNY ESF Interpretive Center's Website to find out more.
Find More Information...
Finch-Pruyn Biological Survey, Summary of Results - Please note: This report was written by Jerry Jenkins in 2001 following a year of field work. Finch, Pruyn & Co., who owned the lands at the time, contracted with The Nature Conservancy to conduct a biological survey as part of the company’s sustainable forestry certification process. The survey included more land than has since been purchased outright or protected by conservation easement by New York State. Tract names and boundaries in the report do not always align with parcels conveyed by The Nature Conservancy to New York State between 2012 and 2016.
Learn more about GIS at the APA
Visit the Adirondack Park Invasives Plant Program website.
Adirondack Research Consortium research
links
"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.