Folder 11: Open Space, 3/20/1973 - 9/20/1976

- Newsletter - Rodale's environment action bulletin - 5/26/73 - Special Issue: the first national conference on land reform - Booklet - Cranberry Bog General Information - The Nature Conservancy - Public Hearing, Act 515 - Monroe County Court House - 12/4/73 - on preserving natural resources (includes handwritten notes by Nancy Shukaitis) - Handwritten Notes - Application for Farmland Assessment Classification - Comprehensive Study of the Clean and Green Tour 10/25/73 - Handwritten Notes - January 1974 - Meeting between House Subcommittee on Agriculture and Executive Committee of the Clean and Green Committee - Act No. 515 Implementation Plan - Proposed for Northampton County - May 1973 - Application by District for Act 515 (district, acreage, assessment) - A Guide to Act 515 and Its Value to Land Owners in Northampton County - Monroe County Conservation District - Public Hearing - Conducted By: Pennsylvania Legislative Committee on Agriculture, Subject: Act 319 "The Pennsylvania Farmland and Forestland Assessment Act of 1974" - 9/2/76 - News Article - Tax break out for now - The Pocono Record - News Article - Act 319 subsidy for sportsmen - The Pocono Record - 9/20/76 - Handwritten Notes - Constitutional of Pennsylvania - Article VIII Taxation and Finance - An Act prescribing the procedure under which an owner may have land devoted to agriculture use, agricultural reserve use, or forest reserve use, valued for tax purposes at the value it has for such uses, and providing for reassessment and certain interest payments when such land is applied to other uses - 1/18/74 - Special Meeting 1/28/74 - refusal of Act 515 in Monroe County - Vote Yes Clean & Green Committee - 3/20/73 - Scranton, Leader Named to Lead Campaign For "Yes" Vote on Constitutional Amendment - Plan for Implementation of Act 515 - Monroe County, PA - September 1973 - Act No. 319 - H.B.No.1056 - Counties Assessments Farmland and Forest Land - Statement of Commissioner Nancy Shukaitis, Monroe County, Before the Pennsylvania House Agriculture Committee - Re: Act 319, Farm Land and Forest Land Assessment Act - Monroe County Board of Assessment Appeals - Testimony Before the House of Representatives Agriculture Sub-Committee At Stroudsburg PA 9/2/76 - Statement of Nancy Shukaitis Commissioner Chairman - Public Hearing - Act 515 - Monroe County Court House - 12/4/73 - Nancy Shukaitis Testimony for Agricultural Subcommittee - 7/28/76 - Proposed Rule Making - Department of Agriculture Farmland and Forest Land Assessment [ 7 PA. Code Ch. 137 ] Application Forms - Public Hearing - Subject: Act 319, H.B. 1056, "The Pennsylvania Farmland and Forestland Assessment Act of 1974" - 7/28/76 - Testimony of Paul Gerrity (former deputy assessor of the assessment division) - Correspondence - Monroe County Soil & Water Conservation District - 8/2/76 - To: Senator Kent Shelamer, From: David Stout - regarding act 319 - Recommendations for Act 319 in Monroe County - 8/22/75 - The Preservation of Lands for Agricultural Endeavors - Proceedings of the workshop at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 3/4/76 - Assessment Equity in Pennsylvania - Institute for Research on Land and Water Resources - The Pennsylvania State University - Information Report Number 79 - July 1976 - 1977 Act 319 Township Assessments - Act 319 Preferential Assessment - as of 6/16/76 - Magazine Article - Consumer Report - Property Taxes: Why They're So High