Forever Wild in the Adirondack Mountains: Library Research for the Ecology, Hydrology and Geology in the Adirondack Park

Emily Wild, originally from the northern Adirondacks, is the Chemistry, Geosciences and Environmental Studies Librarian at Princeton’s Lewis Science Library. By using photographs from hiking excursions and imagery from publications in the Princeton University Library’s geosciences collection, this virtual tour of the Adirondacks will include information on local wildlife, fish, ferns, moss, trees, lakes, rivers, rock formations, mountains, minerals, natural hazards, local Mohawk (Iroquois) information and legends, and environmental regulations specific to the areas within the blue line of the Adirondack Park. The session will include how the Adirondack Mountains became "Forever Wild," and the preservation efforts of Harold A. Jerry Jr. ’41 to establish the Adirondack Park Agency.

Meet the Facilitator: Emily C. Wild is the Chemistry, Geosciences and Environmental Studies Librarian in the Princeton University Library. In 2022, Emily received the Geosciences Information Society’s (GSIS) 2022 Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award for Geosciences Librarianship. Emily has a Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Hartwick College, and a Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Rhode Island. She helps library users find and use science and legislative materials, provides bibliographic and data access instruction, as well as develops and presents online and in-person training sessions on topics such as chemical and physical properties of the atmosphere, rock, sediment, and water; crustal geochemistry and geophysics, organic and inorganic chemistry, and trends in use and availability of mineral, energy, and water resources. Prior to working at Princeton University, Emily was a hydrologist and librarian from 1996 to 2018 at the United States Geological Survey (USGS), researching and publishing in the subject areas of water use, groundwater, surface water, coastal waters, saltwater intrusion and water quality. Her past field work experiences include hydrologic and hydrogeologic research in Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, as well as geologic mapping in the Grand Canyon, Arizona; O'ahu, Maui, and Island of Hawai'i, Hawai'i; San Salvador Island, Bahamas; Adirondacks, Catskills, Finger Lakes, and Hudson River, New York; Whaleback Anticline, Pennsylvania; and Green Mountains, Vermont.

What to Expect: Mini Workshop (90 mins. total)

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