Folder 4: Brodhead Creek, 1970 - 1980

- MS 0238.32.04.01: Buck Hill Dam Hearing 3-27-77 - 1970 February 27 Easement Agreement between Buck Hill Falls Company and County Of Monroe - 1973 March 7 Statement of Commissioner Nancy Shukaitis, Monroe County to State Conservation Commission RE: Lower Brodhead Creek Watershed Projects - 1973 June 26 [letterhead] U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Lowell W. Edminster to Monroe County Commissioners RE: Site 466 Buck Hill Falls water - 1973 October 5 [letterhead] Edward C. Hess Associates, Inc. Clifford L. Dennis to Mr. Lewis Wall Soil Conservation Service RE: Structure 466 - 1973 November 23 [note] Edward C. Hess Associates, Inc. C. L. Dennis to Monroe County Commissioners RE: tabulation of flows measured on Buck Hill Creej - 1974 April 26 [letterhead] U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Lowell W. Edminster to Mr. Marshall Reese Buck Hill Falls Co. RE: maintain quality of Buck Hill Creek - 1974 December 19 [letterhead] The United Presbyterian Church Samuel A. Huffard To Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: proposed dam at Buck Hill - 1975 February 12 from Edwin A. Gee to Mrs, Mancy B. Shukaitis RE: judge’s Opinion as to Buck Hill Falls - 1975 October 21 [letterhead] U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Benny Martin to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: Field Examination Report for Lower Brodhead Creek Watershed - 1976 June 10 [handwritten notes] SCS Harrisburg Lou Kirkaldie overturned Lower Court’s decision Judge Muir - 1977 March 4 [letterhead] U.S. Dept of Agriculture Graham T. Munkittrick to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: invitation to public meeting March 30, 1977 to solicit public input Into the environmental aspects of the Brodhead Creek Watershed Project Including proposed dam (PA-466) on Buck Hill Creek - 1977 March 9 [letterhead] Commissioners’ Office to Monroe County Resident RE: Interest in Upper Brodhead Creek watershed - 1977 March 24 [letterhead] U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Louis Kikaldie to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: revised agenda for Brodhead Watershed meeting March 30 - 1977 March 28 from Charles Poalillo to U.S. Dept. of Agriculture RE: Brodhead Creek Watershed Project need for protection of the proposed dams - 1977 March 30 Agenda Public Involvement Meeting Brodhead Creek Watershed Barrett Township Building, Mountain Home, Pa - 1977 March 30 U. S. Dept of Agriculture [technical report] Environmental Impact Statement by the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. Dept of Agriculture 75 pages - 1977 March 30 Public Meeting Brodhead Creek Watershed Mountain Home, Pa [attendance list], Statement for the Record Buck Hill Falls - Brodhead Creek - 1977 March 30 [letterhead] National Audubon Society Mid-Atlantic Region RE: Broadhead Watershed Project - Buck Hill Creek was radically changed as Result of flood of August 1955 - 1977 March 30 Brodhead Creek Watershed Project, Public Meeting Statement for the Committee of Concerned Residents [of Buck Hill Falls] - Lois Reznick - 1977 April 6 [letterhead] Dechert Price & Rhoads Lois Reznick to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: statement of March 30 presented by Lois Reznick - 1977 April 25 from Edwin A. Gee to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: adversary relationship Between government and land owner - Buck Hill dam - 1977 June 9 from Edwin A. Gee to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: suggestion to have Smaller dams on Rattlesnake Creek and Devil’s Hole Creek - 1977 June 14 [letterhead] Dechert Price & Rhoads Robert J. Sugarman to Honorable Robert Berglund U.S. Dept of Agriculture RE: Inter-Agency Committee Review of Soil Conservation Service Watershed Project in Brodhead Creek, Project No. - 2009 - Concerned Residents of Buck Hill Falls [5 pages] - 1977 June 23 [letterhead] Monroe County Conservation District David J. Stout to Monroe County Commissioners RE: comment on alternatives proposed by Mr. Gee - Rattlesnake Creek and Devil’s Hole Creek biologically similar to Buck Hill Creek - 1977 June 24 from Edwin A. Gee to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: Freedom of Information Act and Watershed Review for Brodhead Creek Watershed numerous Misleading statements and inaccuracies [2 copies] - 1977 August 2 [letterhead] U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Graham T. Munkittrick to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: invitation to public meeting August 15, 1977 environmental Assessment of Brodhead Creek Watershed Project, Brodhead Watershed Mailing List - 1977 August 3 State’s 3,000 dams inspected by only two men, by Drusie Menaker Daily Local News West Chester - 1977 August 5 [letterhead] Commissioners’ Office Nancy Shukaitis to Mr. Edwin A. Gee RE: August 15 meeting relative to Buck Hill Dam Project would welcome his input [3 copies] - 1977 August 15 Attendance [list of names] Brodhead Public Heading Brodhead Creek Watershed - 1977 August 23 [letterhead] Dechert Price & Rhoads Lois Reznick to Mr. Joel Keller RE: Statement for the Record Buck Hill Falls - Brodhead Creek meeting August 15 - 1977 August 25 from Edwin A. Gee to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: rain event like 1955 Could greatly intensify by proposed dam - 1977 September 16 [letterhead] Commissioners’ Office Nancy Shukaitis to Mr. Edwin A. Gee RE: August 8 Morning Call article “Why Laurel Run Dam wiped out Tanneryville” by Tom Moylan [attached]; [brochure] A few good green facts about America’s forests - 1977 November 16 from Edwin A. Gee to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: dam safety and Flood control and environmentally-unsound Buck Hill Dam [attached], newspaper Article November 11, 1977 State may establish Dam Safety office The Pocono Record - 1977? [ handwritten notes] Barrett Twp Supervisors, #464 Goose Pond Run Dam, # 463 Leavitt Branch completed in 1976, #466 Buck Hill Dam… - 1979 December 18 [letterhead] Commissioners’ Office to Mr. Graham T. Munkittrick U.S. Soil Conservation Service RE: P.L. 566 project on Buck Hill Creek [2 c] - 1979 December 19 [letterhead] Monroe County Conservation District E. Elmer Kreger to Mr. Jesse D. Pierson Monroe County Board of Commissioners RE: Upper Brodhead Creek Watershed Program/Buck Hill Creek Flood Control Project, Site PA-466, Brodhead Creek Watershed Benefit-Cost Comparison of Alternatives - 1980 February (Rough Draft) Resolution Monroe County floods, Finished version - 1980 July 17 from Nancy Shukaitis to Mr.William F. LaPorte Buck Hill Falls Co. RE: Brodhead Creek Flooding, Current Priority List for P.L. 566 Watershed Projects in Pennsylvania December, 1974 Summaries of statements made at State Conservation Commission Meeting on March 7, 1973 and January 4, 1974 - MS 0238.32.04.01.01 Nancy Shukaitis [folder] - 1955 September 24 Recovery Follows Area’s Worst Disaster in History Poconos Fighting Way Back After Catastrophic Flood The Daily Record - 1972 July 18 [letterhead] Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dept. of Community Affairs William H. Wilcox to The Honorable Nancy B. Shukaitis RE: lessen future flood problems 1975 October 9 Monroe County Commissioners to Mr. Benny Martin RE: Lower Brodhead Creek Watershed [2 copies] - 1975 October 21 [letterhead] U.S. Dept of Agriculture Benny Martin to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: letter of October 9 Examination Report Lower Brodhead Creek - 1977 August 22 [letterhead] Commonwealth of Pennsylvania V. R. Butler to Ms. Nancy Shukaitis RE: her letter August 17 - Laurel Run Dam, Cambria County - MS 0238.32.04.02 Buck Hill Creek Dam - 1967 November 9 Passed… Shall the County of Monroe acquire by purchase, gift, Or condemnation, lands and easements sufficient to permit the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service to construct at federal Expense four flood control dams of the Upper Brodheads Flood Control Project, Which lands and easements shall be acquired by the County of Monroe at its expense not to exceed $250,000.00 to be finances by the issue of general Obligation bonds or shorter term obligations. [faded photocopy] - 1968 May 9 Harry J. & Grace M. Geist 2/15/2/40/34 3619 Wikel Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19134 Building found to be incomplete construction. Revert back to Partial assessment. Motion Carried. [photocopy refers to Marshall Reese, Buck Hill Falls Company …would present needed acreage and grant easements at a cost of $100 per acre for building a flood control dam on the Buck Hill property…] - 1969 December 9 Buck Hill Inn & Golf Club - C. Marshall Reese to Monroe County Commissioners RE: Buck Hill Falls Company and Buck Hill Water Company will Grant easement for the Flood Control Dam on the Buck Hill Creek [3 page letter] - 1970 February 26 [photocopy letter] from Elmer D. Christine to Bookkeeping Dept County Commissioners’ Office RE: issue a check for transfer from General Account to new Brodhead Creek Watershed Escrow Account.. - 1970 February 28 Easement Agreement between Buck Hill Falls Company and County Of Monroe for consideration of $10,050.00 to Buck Hill Falls Company, [newspaper item] Monroe backs Buck Hill Creek dam - Would provide flood Protection - 1974 December Current Priority List for P.L. 566 Watershed Projects in Pennsylvania Summaries of statements made at State Conservation Commission Meeting March 7, 1973 and January 4, 1974 [3 copies] - 1975 October 9 Monroe County Commissioners to Mr. Benny Martin - Soil Conservation Service RE: Lower Brodhead Creek Watershed - 1975 October 20 from Benny Martin to Nancy Shukaitis RE: Justice Department Appeal ruling against economic aspects of PA-466 - 1975 October 21 from Benny Martin to Nancy Shukaitis RE: Field Examination Report For Lower Brodhead Creek Watershed September 1975 - 1977 March 18 Biological Survey of Selected Locations In the Headwaters of Brodhead Creek Watershed, Monroe and Pike Counties Pennsylvania by Edwin L. Cooper, Charles C. Wagner and William G. Kimmel [83 pages] - 1977 June 3 from Clark N. Shiffer - Herpetology and Endangered Species Coordinator to - 1977 Scientific Collector’s Permit Holders RE: New List of Endangered, Threatened, or Status Indeterminate Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles - 1977 August 15 Statement of Commissioner Nancy Shukaitis RE: Environmental Assessment of Buck Hill Creek Dam Project, Structure No. 466, Barrett Township In the Brodhead Creek Watershed Area - 1979 March 7 [letterhead] Edward C. Hess Associates - William L. Hopkins to Monroe County Commissioners - Janet K. Weidensaul Chief Clerk RE: SCS Paradise Creek Watershed Flood Control - Penn Hills/Analomink area - 1979 December 11 [handwritten notes] Progress on Upper Brodhead Watershed - Working on EIS - 1979 December 19 [letterhead] Monroe County Conservation District - E. Elmer Kreger To Mr. Jesse J. Pierson RE: Upper Brodhead Creek Watershed Program/Buck Hill Creek Flood Control Project, Site PA - 466 - 1979 December 27 [letterhead] U.S. Dept of Agriculture - Graham T. Munkittrick to Mr. Jesse D. Pierson RE: Site PA-466 (Buck Hill Falls) unfeasible from an economic Standpoint suggests project be placed in an inactive status - 1979 December 31 [photocopy letter] from Edwin A. Gee - Concerned Citizens for Conservation to Mr. Graham T. Munkittrick - Soil Conservation Service RE: Judicious decision not to support the Buck Hill Dam [2 copies] - 1980 January 10 [letterhead] Commissioners’ Office - Nancy Shukaitis to Edwin A. Gee RE: Buck Hill Dam meeting January 17, 1980 - 1980 January 15,16 [List of taxpayers of Monroe County supporting the Broadheads Creek Watershed project - 1980 January 17 [handwritten notes] Buck Hill Flood Control Dam Project - PA 466 - 1980 January 17 Upper Brodhead W/S Meeting [list of attendees] - 1980 January 17 Buck Hill dam proponents to air their views tonight Pocono Record - 1980 January 18 Soil Service: Buck Hill Creek dam dead Pocono Record - 1980 February 13 [letterhead] Edward C. Hess Associates - William L Hopkins to Monroe County Commissioners RE: comparison of dams i.e. PA 463 and PA 464 with the PA 466 proposal - 1980 February 21 [letterhead] Commissioners’ Office- Nancy Shukaitis to Honorable Graham T. Munkittrick RE: Brodhead Creek Watershed Project Buck Hill Falls Site PA-466 [2 copies]; Resolution 1955 Flood - 1980 February 21 [letterhead] Commissioners’ Office - Nancy Shukaitis to Honorable Warner Depuy, K. Edward Price, Elmer Kreger RE: submit a statement to Mr. Graham T. Munkittrick regarding Upper Brodhead Flood Control Project [3 copies] - 1980 February 22 [letterhead] Commissioners’ Office - Nancy Shukaitis to William F. Laporte - Buck Hill Falls Company RE: Buck Hill Creek Flood Control Project PA 466 - 1980 February 26 [letterhead] Commissioners’ Office - Nancy Shukaitis to Honorable Joseph M. McDade RE: Buck Hill Creek Dam Project PA-466, Resolution 1955 Flood - 1980 February 28 [letterhead] Commissioners’ Office - Nancy Shukaitis to Mr, William F. Laporte - Buck Hill Falls Company RE: Buck Hill Creek Flood Control Project PA-466 - 1980 March 11 from Sidney L. Krawitz to Mrs. Nancy Shukaitis RE: Buck Hill Creek Flood Control Project, PA-466 - ???? PHOTOGRAPH INDEX Brodhead Creek Watershed, Monroe County, Pennsylvania Floodwater Retarding Dam PA-466 Visual Resource Assessment Plate 9 prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, Planning Consultant Urban Research & Development Corporation 528 North New Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Monroe County Planning and Zoning Commission Property Owners in the Brodhead Flood Control Project [7 property Owners: Structure 463 - Leavitt Branch - Skytop Lodges Inc., William and Vivian Gzoody New York, Skyview Estates Inc., Arnold and Alice R. Carlson Canadensis, Pa.; Structure 464 - Goose Pond Run - Deer Run Lodge Corp., Alfred Arnow; Structure 465 Dropped out of Project; Structure 466 Buck Hill Creek - Buck Hill Falls Company]; Statement for the Record Buck Hill Falls - Brodhead Creek