Research


Scope and Content Note

The series consists of public hearing transcripts and audio cassettes, correspondence and memoranda, background material and notes, and final, draft, and working copies of technical reports documenting work of the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks, and subsequent work of the Adirondack Park Agency in planning for controlled development and management of the Adirondack Park. Also incuded is a copy of the published final reports of the Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, which include a review of environmental planning initiatives for the Adirondacks.

The series contains files on the following major initiatives: the Temporary Commission to Study the Future of the Adirondacks, including public hearing transcripts, technical reports, and a 1970 report on the future of the Adirondack Park (1969-1974); the Adirondack Park Agency's private land plan, including drafts, correspondence, studies, methodology, data, studies, memoranda, and meeting schedules (1972-1973); changing rules and regulations of the Adirondack Park Agency, including summaries of public hearings, written statements, drafts, revisions, and final rules and regulations (1973-1974); the Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System (WSRRS), including public hearings and correspondence on additions to its regulations (1975); and the State Lake Master Plan (SLMP), including hearing schedules, summaries of testimony and attendance, and public hearing records (1972).

Records in this series include: a two-volume publication of the technical reports of the Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century (1990); transcripts of statewide public hearings (1969-1973); 67 audio tape cassettes of public hearings on proposed rules and regulations of the Adirondack Park Agency, and on the Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System; study documents, and a small amount of information on the history of the Adirondack Park; original drafts, working drafts, revisions, and printer's copies of material related to the State Land Master Plan (ca. 1973); petitions for amendments to the State Land Master Plan, including reopening of wilderness areas (ca. 1974); correspondence, position papers, and statements by government officials and organizations received by the Adirondack Park Agency on the private land use plan (ca. 1972-1973); schedules of meetings, meeting minutes/summaries, and mailing lists on the proposed private land use plan; transcripts, exhibits, and stenographic records of public hearings on draft rules and regulations of the Adirondack Park Agency (changes to clarify procedures for review of projects and map changes) and a copy of final rules adopted (ca. 1973-1975); and hearing schedules, summaries, and written statements concerning the Master Plan for Management of State Lands within the Adirondack Park (1972).