Temporary Study Commission

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The Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks (TSCFA) was appointed in 1968 by New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller to investigate issues that would have an impact on Adirondack Park use including issues pertaining to private and public lands, wildlife, forests, minerals, water, air, transportation, economy, recreation, and local government. Because so many of its recommendations became law, its vision shaped the park as it exists today.

Photo: (l-r, standing) Richard Estes (staff planner); Neil Huber (staff counsel); James Loeb, Frederick Sheffield, Henry Diamond, Watson Pomeroy, Harold Hochschild (Commission Chairman), Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Fred O’Neal, Peter S. Paine Jr., George Davis (staff ecologist), Stewart Kilbourne, Harold Jerry (executive director). Seated (l-r) Arnold Putnam (staff), Robert Hall, Richard Lawrence.