Commissioners' and deputy commissioners' correspondence, subject files, and orders, 1948-1995.

New York (State). Conservation Dept.

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The State Legislature has enacted the laws that have shaped the general policies of the Conservation Department and its successor agency, the Department of Environmental Conservation. However, in most instances it has allowed the department to draft and enforce the detailed regulations needed to implement the broad policies outlined in legislation. Regulations issued by the department acquire the force of law when the Department of State publishes them in the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules...

Aldrich, J. Winthrop (John Winthrop)

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Marsh, Langdon

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Mauhs, Sharon J., 1901-1964

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Sharon J. Mauhs (1901-1964) was an American conservationist and New York State Commissioner of Conservation from 1956 to 1958. Born in Sharon Springs, New York he graduated from Union College (Albany Law School) and was admitted to the bar in 1926. He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1948 and served two terms, and was chairman of the Schoharie County Democrats from 1944 to 1956. Governor Averill Harriman appointed him Conservation Commissioner in 1956 at the suggestion of several pr...

New York (State). Dept. of Environmental Conservation. Executive Office.

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A native of Schoharie County, Sharon J. Mauhs served as a district attorney of Schoharie County (1926-1933) and assistant state attorney general (1933-1937). Leaving the republican party, he became democratic chairman of Schoharie County in 1945 and was elected to the assembly for two terms (1948-1952). Mauhs was appointed commissioner of the New York State Conservation Department by Governor Averell Harriman, after a departmental controversy lead former commissioner Louis A. Wehle ...