The Adirondacks as a National Park | A Wild Idea

Examine the role Governor Nelson Rockefeller and his brother, Laurence, played in the future of New York’s Adirondack Park. Larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Canyon, and Great Smokies National Parks combined, students will examine Laurence’s quest to pursue national park status for the Adirondack Park, the extraordinary measures he considered to make that vision a reality and the role public opinion played in the result.