New York (State). Adirondack Park Agency.

The Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks was appointed by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller in 1968 to investigate issues that would impact use of the Adirondack Park as a whole, integrated entity. At the time there was pressure on private land owners to convert their holdings from forests to second-home developments. The mandate of the commission was to assure development on private lands was consistent with the long-range well-being of the Adirondack Park.

To that end the commission proposed the establishment of the Adirondack Park Agency by the legislature, and that the agency be instructed to prepare a comprehensive plan for approved development of private land in the park and be granted the necessary plan and land use control.

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