Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan records
Series Number
22455
Summary
The Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) is designed to provide statewide policy direction for recreation and preservation in state parks and historic sites, as well as an overall guideline for recreation resource preservation, planning, and development. Records in this series include copies of the SCORP report, as well as various background materials used in its preparation, including environmental impact statements, surveys, public comments, and reports.
Creator
New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Planning Unit
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
This series consists of meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, resolutions, bylaws, memoranda, notes, and related background materials of the New York State Trails Council. The Trails Council is a citizen's advisory board that advocates trail interests to all levels of government and to the public; provides a reliable source of information on trail-based recreation and the needs of trail users; coordinates efforts to construct and maintain trails; fosters responsible trail use ethics; and provides a forum for mediating differences among trail user groups. Also included in the records are Trails Day proclamations, brochures, publications, reports and directories, opinion survey information, and records relating to the 1980 New York State Trails Symposium.
Creator
New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Planning Unit
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
The Statewide Trails Plan provides the overall vision, goals, and objectives for the creation of a statewide trails system. The records in this series include copies of the Statewide Trails Plan report, as well as various background materials used in its preparation, including environmental impact statements, surveys, reports, and other documents. The surveys and reports provide both an inventory of trail services offered by the agency for public use as well as an assessment of the public's preferences for services and level of participation in trail-related activities throughout the state.
Creator
New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Planning Unit
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Deputy Commissioner's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
22576
Summary
Ivan P. Vamos served as deputy commissioner of Planning and Operations from 1978 to 1993, under Commissioner Orin Lehman in the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). This series contains correspondence, memoranda, copies of deeds, geological surveys, research studies/reports, and environmental analyses. The records document the operations of parks, recreation and historic sites, and include material on such topics as evaluations of storm damage, environmental issues and repairs, trail maintenance, and maintenance of bridges and roads leading to and from state parks.
Creator
New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Planning Unit
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
This series covers those segments of the New York Canalway Trail that were owned by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP), and therefore contains records created during the period in which OPRHP managed those segments. Records include reports, correspondence, maps, memoranda, photographs and slides, inspection reports, landowner agreements, legislation, planning files, individual trail master plans, copies of master plans of towns impacted by trail development, environmental impact statements and environmental assessments, and other related background materials.
Creator
New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Planning Unit
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.