Governor Nelson Rockefeller signs the Adirondack Park Agency’s Private Land Use and Development Plan into law in 1973. Behind him stand APA Chairman Richard W. Lawerence (left), Perry Duryea (center) and Bernard C. Smith (right), Chairman of the New York State Senate’s Environmental Conservation Committee.
Photograph of Assemblyman John Ostrander, Paul Schaefer, and Sanford D. Stockman standing in suits in front of a table during the two day Ostrander Amendment public hearings at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on January 20-21, 1950.
Photograph of John S. Apperson, Jr. leaning over a table to speak to Chauncey Hammond, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee of New York State, during the two day Ostrander Amendment public hearings at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on January 20-21, 1950.
Photo of Paul Schaefer with his mentor John S. Apperson Jr. standing outdoors in the Adirondacks. Schaefer is dressed in a plaid button up shirt and looks off camera, while Apperson stands behind donning a suit and holding a hat. Photo taken by noted conservationists Howard Zanhiser.
Green bumper sticker that reads: "Vote No on Amendment #7 to Profit The Building of Panther Dam." This is an example of efforts by the Adirondack Moose River Committee to publicize the Moose River Plains fight.
Photograph of Ed Richard standing in snowshoes in front of a large pine tree at the west end of the Moose River Plains in the winter of 1946. The snowshoes he is wearing are 52 inches long providing a rough size estimate of the size of trees in virgin forests.
Five point resolution adapted by the Adirondack Fish & Game Club outlining their opposition to the use of Forest Preserve lands for the construction of the Highly Mountain and Panther Mountain reservoirs. This is an example of grassroots activism emblematic of the Moose River Plains fight.
Paul Schaefer writes to George Marshall on November 7, 1945 to ask for Marshall's support in the fight against the proposed Panther Mountain and Higley Mountain dams.
Ed Richard standing next to a sign blocking the road reading "U.S. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY KEEP OFF" at the Panther Mountain Road at the boundary of Forest Preserve Land, in winter. This is a picture from a trip Paul Schaefer and the Adirondack Moose River Committee took to record illegal tree cutting activity at the site of the Panther Mountain Dam, circa 1946.
The "Impending Tragedy of the Moose River Region, an Informative Letter on a Vital Adirondack Issue," is the most prominent publication produced by the Adirondack Moose River Committee in opposition of the construction of reservoirs along the South Branch of the Moose River Region. The article outlines the many ecological consequences for the Moose River Plains region occurring from flooding and construction. Dated September 25, 1945.
In this July 15th, 1945 telegram to Broad (Bob) Marshall, Paul Schaefer directs Marshall to make contact with any further information about the "Moose River Question."
Lee [Keator] notifies Paul Schaefer on August 6, 1945, of an advertisement in the Rome Daily Sentinal concerning the sale of State lands and timber from the Highley Mountain area. The advertisement quotes a Mr. William P. Creager as consultant, a rumored associate with federal damming and constructing projects.
Paul Schaefer writes to Ed Richards on January 1, 1945 about illegal lumbering occurring inside the Forest Preserve in preparation for the Panther Mountain Dam construction and references speaking to Apperson (“Appy”) about the issue.
Carolyn Keseberg Schaefer hiking with daughter Mary. Paul Schaefer’s annotation on the back reads: "This is my wife Carolyn about 9 years ago. Start 'em this way at about 10 months. At 3 they're read for an overnight on top of Mt. Marcy. P.S."
Excerpt from an album of fire truck roads in the Great Smokies and the Adirondack Park taken by Robert Marshall, circa 1936, lent to Paul Schaefer by George Marshall.
Persuasive essay written by Paul Schaefer arguing against the Porter-Brereton Amendment, exclaiming that Lean-Tos are crucial towards maintain the wildness of the Adirondacks, circa 1931.