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Collected here are some primary-source documents behind the news and life of the region collected from government, organizational and private sources. Where NCPR has reported a story related to the document, a link is included.

Health & Safety • Development • Environment • Land Use • Open Government • International Affairs

Health And Public Safety

HYS Health: Obesity as a Major Public Health Threat | NCPR Story 8/19/08
NYS DEC: Proposed Burn Ban Regulation | NCPR story 8/4/08
Carsey Institute: Report: More young adults idle in rural towns| NCPR story 2/6/08
National Center for PTSD: Military resources for PTSD sufferers| NCPR story 12/11/07
NYS Health Care Commission: Proposed Hospital and Nursing Home Closings | NCPR story 11/29/06
NY Assembly: Timothy's Law (Insurance parity for mental and physical illness) | NCPR story 6/6/06
NYS: NYS Sex Offender Registry | NCPR story 4/12/06
Consumer Product Safety Council: ATV Safety Report | NCPR story 10/17/05
Citizen's Environment Coalition: The Wasting of Rural New York State: Factory Farms and Public Health | NCPR story 9/5/05
Excellus: A Study of Exercise, Eating Habits and Obesity Rates Among Upstate New Yorkers | NCPR story 3/08/05
International Journal of Obesity: Dietary calcium and obesity report | NCPR story 10/22/03
Institute of Medicine: Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply | NCPR story 8/29/03
CDC: Snowmobiles and Youth Safety Packet: Injury Fact Sheet | NCPR story 2/19/03
Canadian Institute for Health: Snowmobile injury report | NCPR story 2/19/03
NY Dept. of Health: Cancer Incidence Maps by County | NCPR story 10/8/02
US EPA: Report on the gap in clean drinking water infrastructure | NCPR story 10/2/02

Economic Development

NYS DOT: Northern Tier Route 11 Corridor study | NCPR story 12/3/08
Cornell: Study: How New Yorkers view local food | NCPR story 1/30/08
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence: Study: Seaway expansion not an option | NCPR story 11/28/07
NYS: Local Government consolidation recommendations by county | NCPR story 10/10/07
NNY Tourism Research Group: Northern New York tourism reports by county and region | NCPR story 5/1/07
NCPR: Where to get weatherization and repair help | NCPR story 3/7/07
ORDA: ORDA's economic development report | NCPR story 12/20/06
DANC: Northern Tier Expressway Corridor Study | NCPR story 11/14/06
NYS: Highlights of Mohawk Land Claim Deal | NCPR story 6/28/06
NY Assembly: Law banning untaxed cigarette sales by Native stores | NCPR story 6/27/06
Study: Shils Report - Impact of Mega-Retail Discount Chains on American Small Businesses | NCPR story 5/12/06
Housing Trends in Franklin and Brighton Townships by Heidi Kretser | NCPR story 4/18/06
US Dept. of Education: National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 of students 13-16 years | NCPR story 10/14/05
DANC: North Country Transportation Study Action Plan | NCPR story 12/17/04
NYS: Akwesasne Land Claim Settlement Map | NCPR story 11/19/04
DANC: High Speed Fiberoptic Network Map | NCPR story 10/12/04
NYS: Proposed Akwesasne Land Claim Settlement Terms | NCPR story 10/07/04
NNY Tourism Research Center: New York State Tourism Data | NCPR story 9/13/04
NYS: NYS School Aid by School District | NCPR story 8/11/04
USDA: 2002 Census of Agriculture| NCPR story 2/10/04
Army Corps of Engineers: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Study | NCPR story 9/18/03
GAO: Report on Military Pay | NCPR story 12/19/02

The Environment

NYS DEC: DEC and APA Announce Formation of Interagency Quiet Waters Working Group | NCPR Story 9/4/08
NYS DEC: Proposed Burn Ban Regulation | NCPR story 8/4/08
US DOT: U.S. Seaway Proposes Tougher Ballast Water Rules for Ocean Vessels | NCPR story 3/30/08
US Fish & Wildlife: White-nose syndrome threatens bats | NCPR story 2/18/08
ACIA: Charts and maps showing Arctic climate change | NCPR story 4/16/07
Pacific Institute: Water: Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change | NCPR story 2/20/07
St. Lawrence Seaway: The Seaway's ballast water management program | NCPR story 2/14/07
NYS DEC: Guidelines for Outdoor Burning | NCPR Story 5/5/06
GE: GE spending on PCB dredging in the Hudson River | NCPR story 1/11/06
NY DEC: "Don't Trash Our Air" burn barrel information | NCPR story 4/15/05
US EPA: Clean Air Mercury Rule | NCPR story 3/16/05
US NOAA: Clear Skies Initiative | NCPR story 3/10/05
Ohio State University: Tent Caterpillar Control Fact Sheet | NCPR story 6/21/05
North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation: Taking Stock Report on industrial pollution in the US, Canada and Mexico | NCPR story 6/7/04
US Fish & Wildlife: EIS on Cormorant Control | NCPR story 8/26/03
NOAA: Current air quality map by region | NCPR story 7/8/03
University of NH: Climate Change in the Northeast | NCPR story 9/20/02
Michigan Environmental Council: Greening the Governments: Assessing the Environmental Conditions and Performance of the Great Lakes | NCPR story 4/16/02

Land Use, Recreation and Wilderness

APA: Live and archive video of APA Meetings
IJC: International Joint Commission Water Level Plan documents | NCPR story 3/31/08
APA: Text of APA Snowmobile Trail Cap resolution | NCPR story 3/17/08
Nature Conservancy: Finch Pruyn land purchase management map | NCPR story 2/15/08
NY DEC: Draft Sportfishing Restoration and Spending Plan for the Lake Ontario System | NCPR story 2/21/07
APA: Issues to review in adjudicatory hearing on ADK Club and Resort Project, Tupper Lake | NCPR story 2/12/07
US Army: Army Compatible Use Buffer Program | NCPR story 10/31/06
NYS DEC: Snowmobile Plan for the Adirondacks | NCPR story 10/20/06
U.S. Fish & Wildlife: St. Lawrence Wetland and Grassland Management District Proposal for Permanent Protection of Important Waterfowl and other Migratory Bird Habitats | NCPR story 9/6/06
US Supreme Court: RAPANOS ET UX., ET AL. v. UNITED STATES--Decision on defining protected wetlands | NCPR story 7/5/06
NYS Map: Domtar Land Deal in Clinton and Franklin Counties | NCPR story 6/13/06
Nature Conservancy: Lows Lake Land Deal | NCPR story 3/22/06
APA: Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers information sheet for builders and developers | NCPR story 8/1/05
Wildlife Conservation Society: All-Terrain Vehicles in the Adironacks | NCPR story 5/19/05
NY DEC: Vanderwhacker Mountain Unit Management Plan | NCPR story 3/21/05
NY DEC: International Paper Land Deal Map | NCPR story 11/10/04
NYS: Article 14 "Forever Wild" provision of NYS Constitution | NCPR story 9/2/04
NYS: Map of the Alice Brook Snowmobile Trail | NCPR story 4/9/04
NY DEC: Fishing License and Regulations information | NCPR story 4/1/04
NY DEC: Bog River Unit Management Plan | NCPR story 12/13/02
Tug Hill Commission: East Branch Fish Creek Project | NCPR story 11/21/02

Open Government

NYS: Executive Budget Briefing Book | NCPR story 12/17/08
US Postal Service: How to get the new "Passport Lite" | NCPR story 2/4/08
NYS Education: Find your school district's State Aid data | NCPR story 4/6/07
NYS: Governor Spitzer's 2007 State of the State Address | NCPR story 1/3/07
NYS: Governor-elect Spitzer's transition team contact list | 12/13/06
CGR: Member Item Spending by NY Region | in the North Country | NCPR story 4/5/06
Vermont: Vermont Open Records Law | NCPR story 2/7/06
NY Senate: Sharing Services and Saving Tax Dollars report on intermunicipal agreements and local government efficiency | NCPR story 12/22/05
NY Comptroller: Audit of Olympic Regional Development Authority | NCPR story 1/28/05
NY Comptroller: Audit of Thousand Islands Bridge Authority | NCPR story 1/20/05
NY Attorney General: Report on New York Racing Association mismanagement | NCPR story 8/22/03
NYS: Current Legislative District Maps | NCPR story 5/23/02

International Affairs

Carsey Institute: Report: Rural America shoulders the burden of war | NCPR story 11/13/07
US GAO: Report: Gaps in border security | NCPR story 10/2/07
NYS: President Bush's 2007 State of the Union Address | Democratic Response | 1/23/07
VOA: President Bush's Speech on New Iraq Policy | 1/10/07
Carsey Institute: Report on immigration to rural communities | NCPR story 12/11/06
USIP: Baker-Hamilton Commission's Iraq Study Group Report 12/06/06
US/Canada: International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River water levels study | NCPR story 6/19/06
IJC: Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study Board: final water-level regulation report | NCPR story 6/27/05
US Law: USA Patriot Act of 2001 | NCPR story 2/19/03
Commission for Environmental Cooperation: Free Trade and the Environment | | NCPR story 12/19/02

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This page is intended to be the seed of a much more comprehensive effort to provide a repository for documents relating to life in the region. Many of the current documents were mined from our news archive. Please submit links to additional documents and suggest new categories by email: radio@ncpr.org.