Folder 10: Tocks Dam More recent Data, 1973 - 1994
Scope and Contents
- 1973 November TEAMWORK Annual Conference Issue Conservation District Directors and Personnel Assisting Districts - 1976 July 2 Tocks Island 2: She [Maggie Keminour] wonders why she was uprooted for a ‘paper’ Dam by Chris Roberts Morning Call - 1978 May Women find growing role in local government by Eleanor Rai RE; Nancy Shukaitis Pa. Dept Community Affairs - 1978 December 2 Monroe County commissioner wins SAVE [Saucon Association For a Viable Environment] award by Jane Seigendall The Morning Call - 1978 December 2 SAVE Honors Commissioner [Nancy Shukaitis] Bethlehem Globe Times - 1978 Dec 4 [postcard] Ruth C. Adams to Nancy RE: talk about Tocks - 1980 March 11 State of New Jersey Senate, No. 1113 introduced by Senator Merlino RE: Water Resources of the Delaware River - 1985 May 6 Reunion finds Tocks Island foes still opposed [Joseph and Nancy Shukaitis] The Pocono Record [2 copies] - 1985 May 10 Old Shukaitis farm new arts center site by Judy Arndt The Pocono Record - 1985 June 8 Tocks for water by Peter J. Potochney The Record - 1985 June 12 Tocks not needed by Victor G. Paulus The Record - 1985 June 23 Pro-Tocks Dam by Bonnie H. Tollison The Record - 1985 September 22 Army unveils Tocks Island dam plan in 1960 - 25 years ago The Pocono Record - 1986 ? deauthorized Tocks Island Dam [incomplete article] Fish & Wildlife - 1986 November 17 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 Public Law 99-662 - 1987 January 28 Delaware River Basin Commission Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing, Pottstown, Pa. - 1987 February 25 Delaware River Basin Commission Notice of Proposed Rules And Public Hearing Proposed Amendments to Comprehensive Plan and Water Code of the Delaware River Basin - 1988 August 17 N.J. group wants revival of Tocks Island Dam by Tom Krattenmaker The Morning Call - 1988 August 18 DRBC still opposes Tocks Island Dam project N.J. group wants To keep proposal alive by Dan Fricker The Morning Call - 1989 March 6 Badly mixed blessing Editorial RE: Poconos lack of snow The Pocono Record - 1989 May 31 Monroe supports Walter dam expansion Pocono Record - 1990 March 7 [letterhead] Congress of the United States House of Representatives from Matthew J. Rinaldo to Mr. George Nimmo RE: Tocks Island Dam de-authorization on January 19, 1990 - 1990 July Usable water is drying up Conservation Currents - 1990 July 8 Fla. drought the wave of future? Wall Street Journal - 1990 Fall Scenic Hudson News Vol 11, No. 4 - 1990 November/December Public Wins Hearing on Export of Lehigh Water River Rapids - Watershed Assn of the Delaware River [ 2 copies] - 1991 January 30 Delaware River Basin Commission Notice of Special Commission Meeting, West Trenton, N.J. RE: Hazleton City Authority Request water out of Delaware River Basin - 1991 March/April More Water Exported from the Delaware? DRBC no intention To cut water supply to New York City River Rapids [2 copies] - 1991 Spring Scenic Hudson News Vol 12, No. 2 - 1991 July 14 1939: Auto inspections in Pa.; Tocks Island dam opposed 52 Years ago this week by Fred Seitz Pocono Record - 1991 August 18 Competing users put strain on the Colorado River’s water By National Geographic - 1991 August 25 From new dams, a flood of anxiety for river town The Philadelphia Inquirer - 1991 August 31 Lazy day Delaware River at Shawnee Inn Pocono Record - 1991 September Congress seeks reforms in western water policy, Bureau of Reclamation Water use and abuse in California The Leader National Wildlife Federation - 1991 October 23 Delaware River Basin Commission Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing West Trenton, N.J. Borough of Slatington Surface water withdrawal project from Slatington Springs, Lehigh Cty - 1991 October 31 from Nancy Shukaitis to Ms. Sebring-Smith RE: federal boon Doggling going on locally - 1992 March 25 Delaware River Basin Commission Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing West Trenton, N.J. RE: Douglassville Water Company, Berks County renewal of ground water withdrawal - 1992 April 9 Dams, development put rivers on endangered list - Passaic River, N.J. and Susquehanna River, Pa. threatened - 1992 May 5, 6 Delaware River Basin Commission Notice of proposed Rulemaking and public hearings - 1992 May/June The Delaware: Portrait of a River by Bruce Stutz Nature Conservancy - 1992 July 10 Nature shouldn’t be served like so much fast food by Casey Kays; Water Gap finds must stay in park The Express-Times - 1992 July 15 Tocks Island Requiem Dam project quietly losing authorization by Patty Paugh The Star-Ledger - 1992 July 15 Plug on Tocks dam will finally be pulled by Mark Wigfield Pocono Record [3 copies] - 1992 July 15 Tocks Island Dam project drying up by Mark Wigfield Pocono Record - 1992 August 2 Drawing power Build for electricity, Wallenpaupack has plenty Of attractions by Fred Seitz Pocono Record - 1992 October 20 Corps of Engineers takes a halting, healthy step: Admits error By Jack Anderson and Michael Binstein - 1992 November 19 Activists memorialize Tocks demise Pike County Dispatch - 1993 March 9 State lawmakers debate allocating water resources by Robert B. Swift Pocono Record - 1994 February 24 [postcard] from Alice W. & Edgar T. Weck to Mrs. Joseph Shukaitis RE: Tocks Is. dam would help traffic - Report says worldwide water shortages loom for ‘90s by Sandra Postel - What’s What with Wells? South Branch Watershed Association, Lebanon, N.J. - [handwritten notes on scraps of paper] RE: Lennape Indian used river, 1610 Hudson discovered the Bay, Spring house, rivers made transport Possible of large heavy loads…
Dates
- Creation: 1973 - 1994
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions: Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.
Extent
From the Collection: 66 Linear Feet (33 cartons)
Repository Details
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