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LOCALadk Fall 2014

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• • • tundra Sentinel Range Southeast Slope of the Sawteeth West Branch of Ausable Ore Bed Point, Lake Champlain typical examples. On the left, corresponding roughly to the north and the west of the park, are the great wetlands of the lowland boreal: large, complex, highly patterned, and home to specialized plants and animals. They are deeply northern and hence at high risk as the climate warms. In the center are the classic habitats of the high Adirondacks. The mountain summits, more intensely used than any other wild landscape, are also deeply northern and at high risk. Below them are the upland forests and the bedrock controlled rivers. These are old, slow to change, and critical to the biology of the park. We see them as both strong and vulnerable, and are watching them carefully. Finally, at right, are the specialized lowland habitats of the eastern Adirondacks: fertile, ledgy, hills with high-diversity forests; flood plain rivers with alluvial forests and swampy deltas; and, at the right edge, the headlands and shores of Lake Champlain. These are remarkable habitats, some unique or close to unique in the Northeast, and we look forward to saying more about them soon. LOCALadk Fall 2014 61

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