Table Of Contents:
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xi
List of Contributors xiii
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix
List of Abbreviations xxi
1 The Landscape of This Book 1

Janet E. Milne
PART I THE MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEM

2 An Ecosystem Approach to Mountain Resorts 23

Ross A. Virginia

3 Plant Communities and Vegetation Processes in the Mountain Landscape 39

G. Richard Strimbeck

4 Water Quantity and Quality in the Mountain Environment 65

James B. Shanley and Beverley Wemple

5 Effects of Mountain Resorts on Wildlife 99

Allan M Strong, Christopher C. Rimmer, Kent P McFarland and Kimberly Hagen
PART II LOON MOUNTAIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, United States Federal Law and Mountain Resort Development in the National Forest

Roger Fleming

6 An Introduction to Loon Mountain and the Loon Resort 129

7 The Legal Foundation for the South Mountain Expansion Proposal: The Early Permits and the Forest Management Planning Regime 145

8 The South Mountain Expansion: Did the National Forest Planning and Environmental Impact Statement Framework Cause Decision-Makers to Take an Ecosystem-Based Approach? 159

9 Can Other Federal Laws Contribute to an Ecosystem-Based Approach to Resort Development? 191

10 Conclusions from the Loon Resort Experience 201
PART III WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN SKI CENTER, NEW YORK, Olympic Legacies and Adirondack Park Plans

John S. Banta

11 An Introduction to the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center and the Legal Framework 211

12 The Legal Regime Affecting Whiteface Mountain: Does It Take an Ecological Approach? 227

13 The Legal Regime Affecting Private Lands Around Whiteface: Does It Take an Ecological Approach? 253

14 Conclusion 265
PART IV KILLINGTON RESORT, VERMONT, Can a Mountain Ecosystem be Protected When the Law Protects its Parts? The Case of Act 250 and Killington Resort

Julia LeMense and Jonathan Ishain

15 An Introduction to Killington Resort, Its Expansion Plans, and the Issues 271

16 Vermont's Act 250 and the Early Battles at Parker's Gore East 279

17 Expansion in the Wake of Parker's Gore East: The Interconnect the Woodward Reservoir, and the Resort Village 301

18 Conclusion 323
PART V MONT TREMBLANT, QUEBEC, Canadian Law and the Ecological Footprint of a Four-Season Resort

Jane Matthews Glenn

19 An Introduction to Mont Tremblant and the Issues 331

20 Intrawest's Development of the Skiable Domain 347

21 Base Camps, Golf Courses and Land Protection at the Mountain's Base 373

22 Legal Diversity and Legal Ecosystems 411
PART VI A VISION FOR THE MOUNTAINS

23 The Challenges of Joining Ecology with the Law: A Vision for the Mountains 419

Janet E. Milne and Ross A. Virginia
Index 447