And the Survey Says...

In this episode, hosts DEC Region 4 Director Sean Mahar and Chief of Staff and Deputy Commissioner for Equity and Justice Adriana Espinoza talk with Kaleb Winters, Land Surveyor in DEC’s Division of Lands and Forests. They discuss the history of land surveying and the remarkable and longstanding accuracy of the man who first started surveying the Adirondacks and Catskills back in the 1800s, Verplanck Colvin.

Episode Notes:  

•  Birth of the Blue Line in the Adirondack And Catskill Parks 

• Conservationist magazine article – “Verplanck Colvin,” February/March 1954 

• Conservationist magazine article – “Father of the Adirondack Park,” June 1997 

• Conservationist magazine article – “The Adirondacks… From Exploitation to Conservation,” February 2002 

• New York State Archives 

 About:  

“DEC Does What?!” is a bi-weekly podcast that features conversations with DEC experts about the agency’s wide-ranging efforts to protect New Yorkers and the environment. Hosted by DEC Chief of Staff and Deputy Commissioner for Equity and Justice Adriana Espinoza and Region 4 Director Sean Mahar. For more information, visit http://dec.ny.gov/podcast    

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