New York Wildlife

Roughly 9 million tourists flock to New York's Adirondack State Park each year to admire the scenery, hike, kayak, fish, ski, and snowshoe. It is also home to a wealth of wildlife, making it one of the nation's top destinations for bird-watching. Under the higher-emissions scenario, climate conditions suitable for spruce and fir forests are projected to all but disappear from the Northeast by the end of the century, eventually affecting the birds and other wildlife that depend on those forests. Even under the lower-emissions scenario, climate conditions suitable for spruce and fir could decrease dramatically.