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Title

Interstate basin commission administration files

Series Number

A1118

Summary

The series documents New York's participation in several interstate sanitary and water pollution control commissions including those related to following draingage basins: boundry waters, Delaware River, Susquehanna River, Ohio River Valley, and Great Lakes. The files include correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings and hearings, transcripts, analytical data, and investigation studies. Maps, diagrams, and some photographs are also present, most often in copies of commission reports, promotional literature, or special research projects.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Water

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Waterfowl research correspondence and subject files

Series Number

B2706

Summary

This series consists of a broad range of materials generated by the Bureau of Wildlife's Biometrics Unit pertaining to waterfowl and bird banding/tracking. This work, published in Department of Environmental Conservation publications and reports, was some of the first in the United States using computer automation and tabulation in support of environmental conservation and management of endangered species.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife. Biometrics Unit

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Jones Beach Photographs

Series Number

B1836

Summary

This series consists of 16 black and white photographs depicting beach scenes and facilities at Jones Beach State Park. Subjects include beaches, swimming pools, parking lots, dining facilities, and dance floor. Some photos are aerial views.

Creator

• Long Island State Park Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Adirondack Mountain Authority legal and administrative files

Series Number

11263

Summary

The series consists primarily of legal and administrative files dealing with the two major recreational ski areas in Warren (Gore Mountain) and Essex (Whiteface Mountain) counties. The authority worked closely with the Conservation Department, and the records relate to the authority's continuation of development begun under preceding authorities and commissions and new development financed by a succession of legislative appropriations.

Creator

• New York (State). Adirondack Mountain Authority

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Maps, plans, and sketches for improvement and development of parks and parkways on Long Island

Series Number

A3320

Summary

This series documents the Long Island State Park Commission's responsibilities to oversee the state of parks and parkways on Long Island. Consisting primarily of maps and plans, the series also includes sketches of parks, recreational areas, and other facilities; conveyances for realignments of roads; aerial surveys of the south shore of Long Island; and sanitation survey application data for Suffolk County.

Creator

• Long Island State Park Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

State park and campsite wastewater disposal files

Series Number

A1123

Summary

This series from the Division of Water and predecessor units consists of files on the planning and development of sewage waste disposal and treatment systems, and testing done to determine water pollution or contamination at state parks and campsites. The records include memorandums, correspondence, plans, maps, specifications, contract drawings, reports, permits, construction applications, technical reviews of plans, test results, brochures, and complaint letters about existing park conditions.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Water

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Index to Conservation Dept. Photographic Prints and Negatives

Series Number

B1786

Summary

Grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities allowed State Archives staff to undertake a preservation project by which duplicate negatives and contact prints were created for most of the negatives in Series 14297. This series consists of 5,206 positive contact prints made from duplicate negatives in Series 14297, Conservation Department Photographic Prints and Negatives, and functions as a visual index to that series.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Division director's subject and correspondence files

Series Number

16481

Summary

The records in this series reflect the Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources' responsibility for legislating, implementing, operating, and monitoring programs designed to protect the fish and wildlife environment. Topics addressed include wetlands, water contamination (PCBs, acid rain), dredging, flood control, wildlife inventories, fish hatcheries, and hunting and fishing policies.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources. Director's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Drainage basin subject files

Series Number

A1120

Summary

The series consists of subject files documenting cooperative state and federal government efforts to monitor and control pollution and water resources development in New York State drainage basins. Each river basin's file contains information pertinent to locations (of towns or rivers) within that basin. Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, classification files, water resources and development studies, pollution abatement and hearing files, and other subject files. Also included are related plans, maps, profiles, sections, and photographs.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Water

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Commissioner's subject and correspondence files

Series Number

13063

Summary

This series consists of subject and correspondence files of the commissioner. Typical records include briefing documents; reports; meeting files; speeches; interdepartmental memorandums; correspondence between members of the executive office; and correspondence with state and federal agencies, private and public groups, and individual members of the public.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Executive Office

Title

Waterfowl banding and recovery registers

Series Number

B2724

Summary

These volumes document the Conservation Department's program of waterfowl banding and tracking. Volumes contain the following information about each bird which was banded: species, sex, age, band number, source, date banded, and place liberated. For birds which were later recovered, the place and method of recovery are noted, as well as any additional remarks.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Game

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Endangered species research correspondence and subject files

Series Number

B2703

Summary

This series documents the history and development of the Endangered Species Unit. Records include correspondence; email; memorandums; articles/clippings; data and drafts of articles published in Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) publications and reports; pathology records; and photographs.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife. Endangered Species Unit

Access Restrictions

Access to records which identify habitats of rare, threatened, or endangered species is restricted in accordance with Environmental Conservation Law Sections 3-0301(2)(r) and 11-0539(4).

Title

Pure water files

Series Number

A1122

Summary

This series from the Division of Water and predecessor offices reveals a part of the state's effort to control water pollution. It contains studies on the causes of water pollution, status reports on sewerage systems, memorandums, correspondence, public hearing transcripts, maps, letters from citizens complaining of polluted lakes or streams, and documentation from investigations and litigation against accused polluters.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Water

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Advertising portfolio of state tourism promotions during 1939 World's Fair

Series Number

A3324

Summary

This series consists of materials prepared for the Bureau of State Publicity by the Barlow Advertising Agency of Syracuse to promote nationwide attendance of the World's Fair of 1939-1940, specifically to encourage out-of-state travel to and from the fair through New York State rather than through Pennsylvania. The series includes maps, proofs of newspaper and magazine advertisements, scripts of radio advertising interviews, and copies of newsletters to legislators on the progress of the campaign.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of State Publicity

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Deputy Commissioner for Environmental Management correspondence and subject files

Series Number

B1882

Summary

This series consists of files created by the Deputy Commissioner for Environmental Management and relate to the state's response to federal water-quality legislation. The files which contain information gathered at meetings of the Great Lakes Basin Commission and other federal-state water-protection bodies, help to document the department's role in safeguarding drinking water supplies, coastal and estuarine areas, and the Hudson River. Other files concern efforts to protect the Catskill and Adirondacks Forest Preserves.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Environmental Management

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Commissioner's photograph albums

Series Number

B2198

Summary

George Dupont Pratt (1869-1935) served as a member of the New York State Conservation Commission during the period 1915-1921. This series consists of two photograph albums containing nearly 400 photographs, most of them of New York State scenes in the Adirondack region.

Creator

• New York (State). Conservation Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Hardenbergh Patent map and field notes

Series Number

B2789

Summary

This series consists of one photocopy of a tracing of a survey map and field notes made by surveyor Ebenezer Worster (or Wooster) in 1749. Map shows boundaries and names of land owners, lot numbers, and rivers. Field notes record survey delineations. The tracing was made by or for the State Conservation Department in 1919 from an original map then in private hands.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Lands and Forests

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this

material.

Title

Forest Preserve land purchase proposal files

Series Number

A3236

Summary

The series consists of correspondence, appraisal and survey descriptions, and a few maps relating to proposed land purchases for expansion of the Adirondack Forest Preserve. The files track activities surrounding purchase of land for the Forest Preserve from the purchase proposals made to the Board of Commissioners of the Land Office by the Conservation Department (earlier the Conservation Commission) to the Board's approval of the purchase.

Creator

• New York (State). Board of Commissioners of the Land Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.