New York State Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty First Century Subject, Correspondence, and Meeting Files

Subject files are alphabetical; correspondence is chronological, with a name index.

The State Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo. Peter A. A. Berle was chairman, and George D. Davis was executive director of the commission. Issues studied by the commission and for which technical reports were prepared include: Adirondack Park economy and quality of life; private land regulation; subdivision and development trends, including zoning rules and regulations; forestry, the Adirondack Forest Preserve, and state land classification and management; land acquisition, management, and parking planning; and natural resources, including biological diversity, aesthetic resources, water quality, and soil productivity.

This series consists primarily of subject files; correspondence; audio tapes of commission meetings; copies of public meeting presentations; audio tapes of public meetings; "APA Act Implementation and Compliance Field Data Collection Form" for Jay Mountain, Herkimer County, Edinburg, and Harrietstown; and copies of consultants' reports on such issues as forest preserve management, outdoor recreation, the role of nonprofit third parties in land acquisition, and the history of private land use regulation in the Adirondack Park.

High resolution images of selected original documents in this series are available in State Archives Digital Collections.

Series 18880 Administrative Files on Establishment and Early Planning of the Adirondack Park Agency contains other records of the commission.

Series B1830 Harold A. Jerry, Jr. Professional Papers contains personal copies of records compiled during Jerry's service on this commission.

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