1997 State of the New England Environment

The 1997 State of the New England Environment Report is available in four configurations:1) one long document in Adobe PDF 3.0 format; 2) individual chapters in Adobe PDF format;3) a text-only html version; and 4) a downloadable text-only file. For very slow connections we suggest the html or the zip version. For on-line viewing at 28.8 bps and faster, we suggest the chapter by chapter option and for printing or off-line reading we suggest downloading the complete PDF document or the text-only file. The PDF files are best viewed or printed in color.

PDF files can be easily viewed and printed out. Acrobat Reader software for Windows 9x, NT, Macintosh, MS-DOS, Solaris and other UNIX platforms is available free from Adobe at www.adobe.com Please be sure to use the most recent version of the Acrobat Reader to view this document.

Chapters in Acrobat PDF:
(recommended for online viewing)
Letter from the Administrator - 80K

Contents - 73K

New England Ecosystems - 1M

Public Health & Our Environment - 1018K

Economic Opportunities - 662K

Recreational Resources - 803K

Environmental Education - 385K

New Directions - 99K

Credits and Phone Numbers - 50K

Complete Report in Acrobat PDF:
State of the New England Environment Report 1997 - 4M - Estimated download time: 10 min @ 56K

Plain Text ZIP file
(recommended for low-speed downloading)
DOS/WINDOWS self-extracting executable file - 50K

Plain text ZIP file for all platforms - will require an unzip utility - 34K