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Scope and Content Note

This motion picture film was produced by the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, with a supporting grant from the Temporary State Commission to Study the Catskills, which used it as a supplement to its final report. The Catskill Center also received funding for the film from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks.

"The Challenge to Our Catskills" was a half hour documentary film highlighting the major areas of the Catskill region and exploring the challenges of uncontrolled growth and changing patterns of land use. Upon its release, the film appeared on public television throughout most of upstate New York and was made available free of charge to hundreds of civic groups.