Dix Mountain Wilderness Area Unit Management Plan Amendment
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Lands & Forests Region 5 Dix Mountain Wilderness Area Unit Management Plan Amendment Towns of Elizabethtown, Keene and North Hudson Essex County, New York January 2004 George E. Pataki Erin M. Crotty Governor Commissioner Lead Agency: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233-4254 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Office of the Commissioner, 14th Floor 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-1010 Phone: (518) 402-8540 • FAX: (518) 402-8541 Website: www.dec.state.ny.us Erin M. Crotty Commissioner MEMORANDUM To: The Record From: Erin M. Crotty Re: Unit Management Plan Dix Mountain Wilderness Area The Unit Management Plan for the Dix Mountain Wilderness Area has been completed. The Plan is consistent with the guidelines and criteria of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan, the State Constitution, Environmental Conservation Law, and Department rules, regulations and policies. The Plan includes management objectives and a five year budget and is hereby approved and adopted ___________________________________ Erin M. Crotty, Commissioner PREFACE The Dix Mountain Wilderness Area Unit Management Plan has been developed pursuant to, and is consistent with, relevant provisions of the New York State Constitution, the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL), the Executive Law, the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan, Department of Environmental Conservation (“Department”) rules and regulations, Department policies and procedures and the State Environmental Quality and Review Act. Most of the State land which is the subject of this Unit Management Plan (UMP) is Forest Preserve lands protected by Article XIV, Section 1 of the New York State Constitution.
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