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DuPont Marsh State Nature Preserve, 113 acres (46 ha), owned by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), and managed by Erie MetroParks. Huron River Path MetroPark, 2.4 acres (0.97 ha), a rail trail constructed on an abandoned Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway line. The northern trailhead is in Huron Township and shares its parking lot and ...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government. [4] The department guides and regulates the conservation, improvement, and protection of New York's natural resources; manages Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, state forest lands, and wildlife management ...
ODNR owns and manages more than 640,000 acres (260,000 ha) of land, including 75 state parks, 23 state forests, 136 state nature preserves, and 150 wildlife areas. The department has jurisdiction over more than 61,500 mi (99,000 km) of inland rivers and streams, 451 mi (726 km) of the Ohio River , and 2.29 million acres (9,300 km 2 ) of Lake Erie .
Prospect Point at the Niagara Reservation, c. 1900.The reservation, known today as Niagara Falls State Park, was the first park opened by New York State.. State-level procurement and management of parks in New York began in 1883, when then-governor Grover Cleveland signed legislation authorizing the appropriation of lands near Niagara Falls for a "state reservation".
The passage of House Bill 507 in December 2021 mandates state agencies to allow fracking on Ohio public lands, fundamentally altering the stewardship of lands that include state parks, forests ...
Clermont County, Ohio, United States: Coordinates: 1] Area: 4,870 acres (1,970 ha) [2] Elevation: 823 ft (251 m) [1] Established: 1978: Administered by: Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Designation: Ohio state park: Website: East Fork State Park
Operated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 292 acres Robert Moses State Park: Massena: St. Lawrence: Adirondack Region: Nature center being rebuilt Rockland Lake State Park: Congers: Rockland: Lower Hudson: Nature center open in the summer Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History: Jamestown: Chautauqua ...
Portage Lakes State Park The eight Portage Lakes encompass 2,034 acres (823 ha) used for boating, fishing, and swimming. [ 2 ] The Ohio Department of Public Works turned over maintenance of the lakes to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Recreation in 1949.