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Against the odds, the Hudson Valley has cleaned up its act and rediscovered its soul. In this well researched and passionate treatise on the much celebrated but long abused Hudson River, author Roger Stone describes how protecting New York Citys drinking water supply, making innovative
efforts to safeguard views and open space, and reconnecting communities with long abandoned stretches of priceless shoreline have combined to bring about a new age of spirited restoration in a region that long seemed condemned to cultural and environmental mediocrity. Stone links disparate historical, cultural, political, and environmental threads to clearly show the multiple forces that have made this turnaround happen, a vivid example of new ideas and values for a nation struggling to counter devastating economic and environmental effects of misusing the landscape. The extraordinary revival of the majestic Hudson River estuary and its surrounding areas, even in communities where hope was long in short supply, shows remarkable results when its done right.
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In The Mightier Hudson author Roger D. Stone shows how and why the Hudson Valley has cleaned up its act and rediscovered its soul. In this well researched and passionate treatise on the great Hudson River, Stone describes how protecting New York Citys drinking water supply, and how enlightened efforts to safeguard views and open space, have combined to help bring about a new age of spirited restoration in a region that might easily have been condemned to cultural and environmental mediocrity. In The Mightier Hudson, the disparate historical, cultural, political, and environmental threads are linked to show clearly the forces at work that have made this remarkable turnaround happen. Fascinating in itself, this sucess story stands as a testament to and example of ideas that can be put into action for a nation struggling to counter the mighty forces creating the sprawl that all too often leads to decay. Marc Reisner, in his classic Cadillac Desert (1986), eloquently describes what can go wrong when land is misused. The sucess story of the remarkable renaissance of the mighty Hudson River and its surrounding areas, exemplifies the results when it's done right.
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The amazing story of the transformation of the Hudson River; a tale of environmental, economic, cultural and political success.
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“The historic Hudson River Valley is unquestionably one of Americas most storied places, but over the years it had been much abused. Now, as Roger Stone tells us in The Mightier Hudson,, communities up and down the river are creatively using its natural and cultural resources to build a new economy designed to sustain both those resources and the livelihoods of the people who live there. . . . It is an important and uplifting story that should be read, and applied, by those living in communities along waterways everywhere.”
—Richard Moe, President Emeritus, National Trust for Historic Preservation
About the Author
Roger D. Stone, environmentalist, journalist, author, and nonprofit executive, is the author of Dreams of Amazonia, The Voyage of the Sanderling, The Nature of Development, and Tropical Forests and the Human Spirit. A resident of Washington, DC, Stone also publishes the nonprofit newsletter Atlantic CoastWatch.