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Sign at bounds of New York State Forest Preserve land. New York's Forest Preserve comprises almost all the lands owned by the state of New York within the Adirondack and Catskill parks. It is managed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). As of 2022, the Forest Preserve covers nearly 3 million acres (12,000 km 2), about 61 ...
A small island in Lower Saranac Lake, part of Saranac Lakes Wild Forest. This is a list of wild forests in the state of New York. Lands designated as "wild forest" in New York are managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as part of the Forest Preserve.
Permissible activities on New York state forest lands include hunting, trapping, fishing, hiking, snowshoeing, cross-county skiing, horseback riding, snowmobiling, and camping, although some properties prohibit some of these activities. [2] Motorized vehicle use is prohibited except for on specified roads and trails.
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 ...
This category contains state forests in the U.S. state of New York, managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Four different types of land holding are included: reforestation areas, multiple-use areas, unique areas, and nature and historic preserves.
Most of New York's legally recognized wilderness areas are managed by the state, part of its constitutionally-declared Forest Preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks. There is only one wilderness area on federal land protected by the U.S. National Wilderness Act of 1964.
The High Peaks Wilderness Area is the largest wilderness area of the Forest Preserve in the U.S. state of New York.It is located in three counties and six towns in the Adirondack Park: Harrietstown in Franklin County, North Elba, Keene, North Hudson and Newcomb in Essex County and Long Lake in Hamilton County.
The William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the town of Long Lake, Hamilton County.It is bounded on the east by Hamilton County Route 10, on the south by lands of Whitney Industries, on the west by private lands owned by The Nature Conservancy and the Brandreth Park Association, on the northwest by the Remsen to Lake Placid ...