Wednesday, August 16, 2 PM
For next week’s Watch & Wonder Highlight, we’re thrilled to feature the film A Wild Idea: The Birth of the Adirondack Park Agency. After watching, dive deeper with resources about the early origins of New York’s Adirondack Park and the creation of the Adirondack Park Agency on PBS LearningMedia.
New York’s Adirondack Park is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Canyon, and Great Smokies National Parks combined. It is one of the largest unbroken deciduous forests on earth. Most of the land within the park is privately owned, and 85 million people live within a day’s drive. A Wild Idea explores the founding of the Adirondack Park Agency 50 years ago.
PBS LearningMedia
A Wild Idea: The Birth of the Adirondack Park Agency collection
Grades 6-12
A Wild Idea: The Birth of the Adirondack Park Agency examines the early origins of New York’s Adirondack Park and the creation of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack Park is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Canyon, and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks combined. Using archival footage, the film examines the challenges to the creation of the APA and its role in the preservation and management of the Adirondack Park, one of the most ambitious land-use planning conservation efforts ever undertaken.
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