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CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Environmentalism, Energy, and the Hudson River Valley 1 PART I. The Growing Importance of Ecology within Environmentalism: Storm King, 1962–1965 1. The Co-optation of Establishment Environmentalism and the Emergence of Scenic Hudson 37 2. Scenic Hudson’s Losing Effort 50 3. Scenic Hudson Finds Ecology and the Zeitgeist 66 4. The Politics of Storm King 80 5. The Scenic Hudson Case 93 PART II. The Struggle between Energy and Environmentalism: Storm King, 1966–1972 6. The Federal Power Commission versus Environmentalists 107 7. Scenic Hudson Attacks Con Ed’s Political Support 120 8. The Expansion of Environmentalism in the Hudson River Valley 130 PART III. A New Balance of Power: Storm King, 1970–1980 9. The Proliferation of Lawsuits in the Hudson River Valley 151 10. The Sex Life of Striped Bass and Con Ed’s Near-Death Experience 164 11. The Hudson River Peace Treaty of 1980 174 Epilogue: The Legacy of Storm King, 1981–2012 186 Notes 207 Bibliography 269 Index 291 " " " " " " " " " # Storm King # Crow's Nest Breakneck Ridge # # Mt. Taurus # Bear Mountain Haverstraw Bay ORANGE COUNTY DUTCHESS COUNTY PUTNAM COUNTY WESTCHESTER COUNTY # Sugarloaf Hill # Anthony's Nose # Canada Hill # Defiance Hill§¨¦ 87§¨¦ 84 Harriman Park Storm King Mountain Park Hudson Highlands State Park Black Rock Forest§¨¦ 87 Danskammer Roseton Storm King, Site 1 Indian Point Lovett Bowline Bear Mountain State Park Schunnemunk Mountain ROCKLAND COUNTY H u d s o n R i v e r United States Military Academy Storm King, Site 2 0 1.5 3 Miles PARKS & POWER PLANTS MAP 2. Hudson River valley. Map by Todd Fagin. ...

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