Folder 6, 9/27/1961 - 2/22/1985

- Newspaper clipping - 4/10/1971 - “Nixon’s Environmental Council To Study Tocks Island Project” - New York Times - Newspaper clipping - “Rooney Pushes Planning For Tocks Dam” - Associated Press - Newspaper clipping - “Gaping For The Gap” - Newspaper clipping - 5/4/1970 - “TIRAC Uges Speedup Of Tocks Acquisitions” and “Design for Approachways To Recreation Area Outlines - The Express - Newspaper clipping - 11/21/1967 - “Monroe Flood Control Bond Issues Okayed By 94 Votes” - Newspaper clipping - 12/9/1971 - “Dam the Delaware River?” - New York Times - Correspondence - 8/21/1972 - From: Gretchen V. Leahy, To: Monroe County Commissioners - discusses call with Federal Commissioner of the Delaware River Basin Commission and details meeting regarding nuclear power - attached correspondence - 7/20/1972 - From: Gretchen V. Leahy, To: Paul Van Wegen - discusses issues with the Delaware River Basin Compact, water demand, and the Army Corps of Engineers - attached official document - 6/13/1972 - “Newbold Island and the Delaware River Basin Commission” - discusses issues with construction of a nuclear power plant on Newbold Island in the Delaware River and discusses construction of Tocks Island Project - 3 copies - Newspaper clipping - 8/25/1980 - “Tocks Island then and now: No” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Newsletter - “Only One Earth” - Vol. 5, No. 1 Summer 1975 - Only One Earth, Pennsylvania State University - Newspaper clipping - 10/1968 - “Tocks/Calumet” - Landscape Architecture - Newspaper clipping - 7/22/1965 - “Tocks Island National Recreation Area Bill Passes House on Voice Vote” - Official document - 10/1/1968 - “Resolution on Tocks Island Dam -- passed by the Pennsylvania State Conference” - details the harmful effects of the construction of the Tocks Island Project and instead proposes smaller dams farther up the Delaware River - Newspaper clipping - “Into The Tocks Valley Fray Ride The 600” - Newspaper clipping - 5/23/1975 - “Public hearing on Tocks set for Wednesday nite” - Jersey Free Press - includes typed and handwritten notes in margin - Official document - government document detailing acquisition, costs of Tocks Island dam, effects of construction of dam and recreation area - Delaware Valley Conservation Association - Official document - 3/19/1971 - “Kittatinny Mountain Project Draft Environmental Statement” - statement on effects of Tocks Island dam construction at Yards Creek Tunnel, Sunfish Pond, and the Kittatinny Mountain written by the Delaware River Basin Commision - Official document - 3/20/1974 - details results of polls taken in the Tocks Island Project area from the Monroe County Commissioners’ Office - Correspondence - 1/29/1970 - From: Thomas F. Ritter, To: Delaware River Basin Commission - asks questions in respect to the operation of the Tocks Island dam - attached correspondence - 3/5/1970 - From: Delaware River Basin Commission, To: Thomas F. Ritter - gives answers to the questions from Ritter’s letter - Note - “Purchased From a Former President of the United States” - details house bought from William Henry Harrison that is owned by Paul Darrone - Official document - 4/22/1965 - From: Henry C. Kautz - “Tocks Island Dam” - discusses possible effects from construction of Tocks Island dam and the problems with the recreation area - Official document - 1/7/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses various water projects, flooding, and dams and describes the issues with the Tocks Island dam - Newspaper clipping - 1/4/1978 - “Dam List Available For Northeast Area” - The Pocono Record - Newspaper clipping - 10/27/1971 - “Delaware Mud Gap?” - New York Times - Picture - area map of Delaware River Basin Tocks Island Reservoir - Official document - 6/7/1954 - “The Delaware River Case” - document from the US Supreme Court detailing the case - Official document - “Protection of Water Resources” - government document detailing several acts related to water resources - Official document - 9/13/1972 - “Statement Concerning the Tocks Island Dam” - statement by New Jersey Governor William T. Cahill discussing the harmful effects and reasoning to avoid construction of the Tocks Island Project - 2 copies - Newspaper clipping - 1943 - “Germany” - details current events in Germany and includes picture and details of the Eder River Dam, the largest in Germany - Official document - 7/1968 - details the breakdown of regional planning funds spend in relation to the Tocks Island Project, broken down by studies and other expenses - Official document - 1969 - “Geology of Selected Area in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania and Guidebook of Excursions” - details land of the site of the Tocks Island Project including geological conditions that will have an effect - Official document - 5/10/1971 - “House Resolution No. 52” - details issues with Tocks Island Project and how the Army Corps of Engineers should proceed - Official document - “A Statement on the Basic Facts About Reservoir Drawdowns” - large poster including pictures of dams and reservoirs published by the National Parks Association - Newsletter - “Water Resources and National Water Needs” - Vol. 2, 1965 - Editorial Research Reports - Official document - 9/27/1961 - “Public Law 87-328 Joint Resolution” - recognizes the water of the Delaware River Basin as regional assets and details how to manage the land, water, and new projects - Official document - “Satisfying Northern New Jersey’s Water Needs by High Flow Skimming of the Delaware River” - Richard Crandall - document suggesting an alternative to the Tocks Island dam by using high flow skimming in conjunction with off stream storage - Newspaper clipping - 10/16 - “Tocks Island Questions” - Robert J. Bielo - Official document - 5/14/1973 - “Testimony before the Public Works Subcommittee on Appropriations concerning the proposed Tocks Island Dam” - details economic problems with Tocks Island Project from the New Jersey Sierra Club - Official document - “Growth of Flood Control Expenditures and Residual Flood Damage - graph showing annual flood expenditure and residual flood damage - Picture - several maps of parts of New Jersey and a graph on flood expenditures and flood damage - Official document - 7/31/1971 - “Congressional Record -- Tocks Island Dam” - details efforts for bill on Tocks Island Project in Congress by Representative Pierre DuPont - Correspondence - 5/1/1972 - From: Secretary of the Interior, To: Clifford P. Case - thanks Senator Case for letter and details Public Law 89-158 in regard to construction of the Tocks Island dam - Correspondence - 12/17/1971 - From: Robert W. Fri, To: Kenneth B. Cooper - details EPA’s comments on documents from the US Army Corps of Engineers and environmental impacts regarding Tocks Island Project - attached official document - 10/22/1971 - “CEQ Requests Additional Studies on Tocks Island Dam Project” - details efforts for further studies on the effects of the Tocks Island Project - attached correspondence - 10/21/1971 - From: Russell Train - discusses issues with construction of the Tocks Island Project and details costs - Official document - 4/22/1965 - “Statement of Stuart Pipher, Chairman, Board of Commissioners, Monroe County, PA” - discusses effects of Tocks Island Project and resolution - Note - includes data from polls regarding legalizing casino gambling and poll on the construction of Tocks Island Dam - Newspaper clipping - 5/4/1969 - “Tocks Island Project Moves Along Despite Critics, Engineer Claims” - The Scranton Times - Newspaper clipping - 12/18/1966 - “Hopes Recede with Lake Waters” - The Kansas - Newspaper clipping - 6/7/1969 - “Senator Ellender To Restudy Tocks Plan” - The Express - Newspaper clipping - 5/4/1969 - “More Letters to the Editor on Tocks” - Sunday Call-Chronicle - Note - results of polls concerning construction of Tocks Island dam from 10/1971 through 2/1974 - Official document - 8/6/1981 - “Commissioners’ Meeting” - minutes of Monroe Township commissioners’ meeting - Official document - 6/5/1969 - “RE: Tocks Island Dam and Recreation Area Project Bill” - report on the geology of area and costs of Tocks Island Project - Newsletter - “Cornplanter” - Vol. 20, Issue 1 December 1968 - Correspondence - 3/11/1969 - From: Dudley F. Phelps, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details death of Ford Kurtz and refers Shukaitis to the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company of Philadelphia for help - Official document - 3/8/1968 - “President’s Messages: Conservation and Water Management” - details agenda, messages, planning of conservation issues - attached correspondence - 5/2/1968 - From: Alvin E. Heutchy, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details attached President’s message on Conservation and states Tocks Island project is not mentioned - Official document - “Statement of New jersey Electric Utilities with respect to Tocks Island Project in Public Works Appropriations Act of 1968” - statement to members of subcommittee regarding costs and other issues with Tocks Island Project - 2 copies - Official document - “Roster of the 90th Congress” - lists members of Congress by state and includes markings and handwritten notes - Official document - “Individual Views” - statement from Kentucky Senator John Sherman Cooper about Tocks Island Project and other matters - Newspaper clipping - 6/28/1969 - “Put Parks Where People Are” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Newspaper clipping - 10/10/1969 - “Kentuckians Protest Lowered Lake Levels” - Courier-Journal - Official document - includes data on total acreage and state and federally owned land in Monroe, Pike, Sussex, and Warren counties - attached correspondence - 8/9/1966 - From: Stuart I. Tuner, To: Fred Egger - details data on total, state, and federal acreage in Warren and Sussex counties - Handwritten note - includes data on the development of a public works site and includes areage numbers - Correspondence - 2/22/1985 - From: William E. Harkness, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details enclosed data on floods in the Delaware River Basin - attached official document - “73 Years Ago: Worst Storm Since 1862” - details flood damages from 12/19/1901 - attached official document - “Delaware River Basin” - includes charts that give gage height and discharge for several years