Save the Pine Bush, Inc. records,
- Author:
- Save the Pine Bush, Inc.
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-125 local
- Abstract:
- Included in the Save the Pine Bush, Inc. collection are the records of three organizations concerned with environmental issues; The University of Albany's Protect Your Environment (PYE) student organization (1973-1975), People for the Pine Bush (1973-1975), and Citizen's for the Environment (CPE), based in Schenectady, New York (1974-1979). The records of PYE and People of the Pine Bush are scarce, consisting mostly of academic papers by Lynne Jackson, meeting minutes and notes. CPE records consist of meeting minutes, budgets, papers concerning the CPE recycling program, and environmental newsletters CPE subscribed to. The collection also includes Save the Pine Bush meeting minutes, agendas, grant proposals, fliers, and other materials from the years 1978-1980. The remainder of collection consists of litigation papers, Environmental Impact Statements, correspondence, Save the Pine Bush newsletters and activities announcements, maps, and Freedom of Information Act requested materials concerning various proposed development sites from the years 1978-2001. A strength of the collection is the Save the Pine Bush Newsletters from 1978-1980, 1989-2001, though there is a significant gap of nine years. The collection is also strong in regards to litigation papers. Finally, the collection contains over 35 oversize maps and blueprints of proposed development sites.
- Historical Note:
- Save the Pine Bush, Inc., incorporated in 1978, is a non profit organization concerned with protecting the rare inland pine barrens sand dunes of the Capital District, known as the Albany Pine Bush. The Pine Bush is the largest ecosystem of its kind and home to the Karner Blue Butterfly, which was placed on the Federal Endangered Species Act in 1992. Office buildings and residential developments have played a role in reducing the once 25,600 acre area into 3,000 acres. Over the years Save the Pine Bush has sued government agencies and developers, forcing these groups to follow state environmental preservation laws. Lawsuits have been filed against the Madison Avenue Office Park Project, Willow Street, Karner Meadows, Karner Dunes Adventure Park, the Albany Interim Landfill, and the Pine Haven Estates. Defendants have included the City of Albany, Town of Guilderland, Charles Touhey, and the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission.
- Physical Description:
- 8.87 cu. ft, 5 tubes of maps, and 2 oversize folders
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy Collection. local
- Subjects:
- Environmental policy, Environmental protection, Environmental law United States Cases, Environmental impact statements New York (State) Albany County, Environmental impact statements New York (State) Schenectady County, Ecology Pine Barrens (N.Y.), Ecology, Environmental impact statements, Environmental law, Environmental policy, and Environmental protection
- Genres/Forms:
- Minutes. aat, Lawsuits. aat, Newsletters. aat, and Trials, litigation, etc
- Names:
- Adams, Rezsin, Wolcott, John, Hitchcock, Linda, Bell, Gregory, and Ziemba, Russell
- Corporate Names:
- Save the Pine Bush, Inc, Protect Your Environment, People for the Pine Bush, Citizen's Protecting the Environment, and Friends of the Pine Bush
- Geographic Terms:
- Pine Barrens (N.Y.), New York (State) Albany County, New York (State) Schenectady County, and United States
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