Memorial items and family photo inside of a guide boat

Keeping forests as forests: Clarence Petty’s vision

By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Keeping forests as forests: Clarence Petty’s vision Clarence Petty (1905-2009) grew up in the Adirondacks and eventually had a career with the state conservation department. His biography by Chris Angus, The Extraordinary Adirondack Journey of Clarence Petty. (Syracuse University Press, 2002) is still available.  After a few years with…