George Davis papers, 1969-1993.

New York (État). Dept. of Environmental Conservation

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CURRENT FUNCTIONS. The Department of Environmental Conservation is responsible for protecting and enhancing the State's natural resources. It carries out this responsibility by planning for and regulating disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, remediating hazardous-waste disposal sites, coordinating responses to hazardous-substance spill emergencies, and encouraging recycling of solid wastes; reducing air contamination and regulating emissions; controlling and managing ...

Adirondack Council

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New York (State). Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks

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The Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks was appointed by Governor Rockefeller in 1968 to investigate issues that would impact on Adirondack Park use, including private and public lands; wildlife; forest; minerals, water and air; transportation and the economy; recreation; and local government. The mandate of the commission was to make recommendations that would insure development was consistent with the long-range well-bring of the park area as an...

Adirondack Land Trust (N.Y.)

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Ecologically Sustainable Development, Inc. (U.S.)

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Wilderness Society (U.S.)

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The Wilderness Society was formed in 1935 by a group of people concerned with preserving America's wilderness areas. Its mission is to "Deliver to future generations an unspoiled legacy of wild places with all the precious values they hold: Biological diversity, clean air and water, towering forests, rushing rivers, and sage-sweet, silent deserts." It accomplishes this mission through "Scientific expertise, analysis and bold advocacy at the highest levels to save, protect and restore America's w...

Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.)

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CURRENT FUNCTIONS. The Adirondack Park Agency is responsible for preserving and protecting the natural resources of the Adirondacks. It establishes public policy for private land use in the Adirondack Park according to the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan (for private land) and a State land master plan, developed in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Conservation. The agency reviews and issues permits for land-use projects, holds public hearing...

New York (State). Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century

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Davis, George D.

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The Adirondack Park Agency was created July 1, 1971 by executive law article twenty-seven program bill #102. The purpose of the APA was to insure conservation, protection, preservation, development and use of the scenic, historic, ecological and natural resources of the Adirondack Park. From the description of Adirondack Park Agency Collection, 1963-1983 (St. Lawrence University). WorldCat record id: 39862188 George Davis, a native of Oneida County, New York, and influential...