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Displaying 40 Finding Aids
Title
- State Library social and environmental films
Series Number
- B2836
Summary
- These films were created by various New York State agencies and center on either social or environmental concerns. Some films are known to have been created by the New York State Human Rights Commission, the New York State Water Resource Commission, and the New York State Legislature.
Creator
- New York State Library
Usage Restrictions
- Original media is no available for viewing and the material has not been reformatted.
Title
- Governor's Pollution Prevention Award files
Series Number
- 20827
Summary
- This series consists of news releases, success stories, and photographs relating to the Governor's Pollution Prevention Award.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Pollution Prevention Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Wildlife Management and Pathology audiovisual records
Series Number
- B2755
Summary
- This series contains the audiovisual records of the program areas of wildlife management and pathology. Records consists of a variety of formats including audio cassettes, VHS and U-matic videotapes, 16 mm film, and 8 mm videocassettes. Topics include animal reintroductions and sittings; diseases in animals including rabies and the West Nile Virus; environmental conditions in dumps and landfills; and footage of a variety of animals including bats, deer, bears, moose, and wood rats.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Bear management program subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2754
Summary
- This series consists of subject, correspondence, and administrative records regarding bear population tracking and management in regions of New York State including the Allegany State Park, the Catskill Mountains, the Adirondack Mountains, and Western New York.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Division of Solid & Hazardous Materials rulemaking records
Series Number
- B2813
Summary
- This series consists of records documenting the changes to rules for the development and intent of the Department of Environmental Conservation's rules and regulations, including normal, emergency, and consensus rulemaking.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Solid & Hazardous Materials
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Board case files
Series Number
- B2812
Summary
- This series consists of case files from individuals submitting written appeals to the Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Board. Case files contain affidavits, notices of appeals, appeals, briefs, answers to notices of appeals, notices of appearance, applications for reply, transcripts of hearings, stipulations, decisions, orders, maps, slides, positive photographs, and stays of decisions. The board's decision sets forth its reasons why the original wetlands designation was upheld or overturned.
Creator
- New York (State). Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Council of Environmental Advisers subject files
Series Number
- 11289
Summary
- The Council of Environmental Advisors was created in 1970 to provide special counsel to the governor on environmental policy development. This series consists of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, hearing materials, budget materials, legislation, taskforce reports, project files, and publications produced by the council.
Creator
- New York (State). Council of Environmental Advisers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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
- Fresh Kills landfill facility files
Series Number
- B2699
Summary
- This series consists of eight volumes of leachate control/construction certification reports pertaining to the Fresh Kills landfill. Leachate is the liquid by-product of the breakdown of household waste. The goal of the leachate management system is to contain, collect, and treat leachate before it reenters the environment.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Solid & Hazardous Materials. Bureau of Solid Waste & Land Management
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Assemblyman Maurice D. Hinchey Adirondack Park centennial meeting and background files
Series Number
- L0198
Summary
- This series consists of records relating to Assemblyman Maurice Hinchey's involvement with the centennial celebration of the Adirondack Park in 1992. Materials include correspondence, reports, publications, press releases, legislative resolutions, brochures, meeting agendas, 3 VHS videotapes, and about 60 color photographs (4 x 6"). Also included is a small amount of records relating to public hearings on the Adirondack Park.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1975-1992 : Maurice D. Hinchey)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Deer management program correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- B2719
Summary
- This series documents the Department of Environmental Conservation's evaluation, designation, and mapping of deer management units in New York State. Records also document the department's relationship with interested citizens' groups (such as animal rights organizations and hunting associations), individual residents, and medial outlets.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife. Deer Management Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Wildlife management reports
Series Number
- B2669
Summary
- This series consists of reports related to wildlife and habitat management programs of the Department of Conservation (later Department of Environmental Conservation). The series includes New York State reports submitted in compliance with the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937 (Pittman-Robertson Act).
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Lake George Park Commission archived websites
Series Number
- B2133
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Lake George Park Commission.
Creator
- New York (State). Lake George Park Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Interstate water quality standards files
Series Number
- A1119
Summary
- This series contains files on the establishment of enforceable water quality standards for interstate and coastal waters. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1965 required each state to adopt water quality standards applicable to interstate waters within or on its borders. The Department of Health's Division of Pure Waters drafted the New York standards. Files include reports, hearing summaries, correspondence, memorandums, and maps.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Pure Waters
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Hunting, fishing, and trapping publications
Series Number
- B2705
Summary
- This series consists of published Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) guides pertaining to the regulation of small and big game hunting; fishing; and trapping. Also included is a small collection of fiscal report pamphlets from the Conservation Fund Advisory Council and its successor, the Conservation Fund Advisory Board, as well as two copies of "A History of Small Game Season in New York State" from 1963 and 1970.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Adirondack Park Agency Planning Division administrative files of the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks
Series Number
- 18876
Summary
- This series consists of transcripts of public hearings held by the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks. Copies of these transcripts are also contained in Series 18880, Administrative Files on Establishment and Early Planning of the Adirondack Park Agency.
Creator
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Hearing records
Series Number
- B2508
Summary
- This series contains records of the Legislative Affairs Office pertaining to the formulation of formal testimony presented at legislative hearings, hearing notices, questions and answers, and hearing transcripts. The office coordinates agency policies on legislation to ensure that testimony presented by Department of Environmental Conservation officials at public hearings on issues of legislative concern represents agency policy on the matters.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Hudson River Valley Commission correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- A1115
Summary
- The series consists of the correspondence and subject files of the Hudson River Valley Commission, which was set up by order of Governor Rockefeller in 1965 for the purpose of conducting a study of the scenic and cultural resources of the Hudson River Valley. The series includes project review logs, staff correspondence and subject files, minutes of commission meetings, transcripts of hearings, correspondence files concerning reviewed projects and those projects excluded from review, and a few publications.
Creator
- New York (State). Hudson River Valley Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Environmental Conservation Pollution Prevention Unit studies of metrics, environmental indicators, and economic incentives
Series Number
- B2886
Summary
- This series contains project files and studies documenting the Department of Environmental Conservation's effort to create measurable objectives in the field of environmental protection and restoration in the 1990s.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Pollution Prevention Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Sewage treatment works construction planning grants files
Series Number
- 11460
Summary
- The series consists of project files for sewage treatment works in state municipalities for which state planning aid was requested. The records include correspondence, memoranda, discharge permits, certificates of expenditures, engineers' field reports, and applications for state grants to fund preliminary and detailed plans for public sewer systems or treatment works. Typical projects include construction of sanitary sewers, truck sewer extensions, garbage incinerators, outfall sewers, and new disposal plants or proposed additions and alterations to existing sewage treatment plants.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.