East Branch of Fish Creek Conservation Easement
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Lands & Forests East Branch of Fish Creek Conservation Easement RECREATION MANAGEMENT PLAN Including State Conservation Easement Lands held by; Corrigan, TLP LLC and The Nature Conservancy, Inc East Branch of Fish Creek State Forest and East Osceola State Forest Detached Forest Preserve Parcels Lewis-4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, and15 County of Lewis Towns of Lewis, Martinsburg, Montague, Osceola, and West Turin May 31, 2013 Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor Joe Martens, Commissioner Robert K. Davies, State Forester For further information contact: Keith Rivers, Supervising Forester NYSDEC Division of Lands and Forests 7327 State Route 812 Lowville, NY 13367 3 4 LOCATION MAP 5 6 “Friend Bill.— I am here in this country at work with my spade, And I think it is the last place that God ever made. There is nothing in sight but hills and the trees, And the swamps where you sink in mud to your knees; ...” Taken from an untitled poem, Osceola, Lewis County, New York; June 5th 1914. 7 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................................... 13 PREFACE ........................................................................................................................................ 15 I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 19 A. Planning Area Overview ......................................................................................................
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