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Bluestone Wild Forest Unit Management Plan ..-...., New York State ~ Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Lands and Forests Bluestone Wild Forest Unit Management Plan May 1997 GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor JOHN P. CAHILL Acting Commissioner MEMORANDUM FROM JOHN P. CAHILL, Acting Commissioner · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation MEMORANDUM TO: The Record RE: Unit Management Plan (UMP) Bluestone Wild Forest Unit Management Plan (UMP) -----------~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A UMP for the Bluestone Wild Forest has been completed. The UMP is consistent with the guidelines and criteria of the Catskill Park State Land Master Plan, the State Constitution, Environmental Conservation Law, and Department rules, regulations and policies. The UMP includes management objectives for a five year period and is hereby approved and adopted. BLUESTONE WILD FOREST (FORMERLY JOCKEY-MORGAN IIlLL WILD FOREST) UNIT MANAGEMENT PLAN PREFACE The Bluestone Wild Forest (formerly known as the Jockey-Morgan Hill Wild Forest), forms the easterly border of the Catskill Forest Preserve near Kingston, New York. Its lands are in the Towns of Hurley, Woodstock, Ulster and Kingston in Ulster County. The wild forest consists of numerous smaller parcels scattered throughout this region and a loosely connected mosaic of parcels making up the largest piece between Zena Road (Route 39) and Rte. 209. State-owned lands and major roadways are shown on the location map (p. iii). The area is known for its widespread bluestone, shale and gravel mining which started over 100 years ago. Quarry ponds, bluestone mounds and disturbed lands with shallow soils are characteristic of the area. Remnants of quarries and old wagon roads are scattered throughout forested lands of oak and white pine. The area could have strong recreational potential since it is near Kingston and contains one of the few publicly accessible lakes in the Catskills (Onteora Lake). This proposed plan will control the management of this Wild Forest for at least five years. Proposed projects and issues: · 1. The completion of 3 loop recreational trail(s) on the lands surrounding Onteora Lake and Jockey Hill. 2. Completion of a small parking lot providing cartop boat access on Onteora Lake and a parking lot on Jockey Hill Road. 3. · Prioritizing and identifying lands needed to complete the Wild Forest and make existing state land viable. Relating the state lands to nearby towns, the Route 28 corridor, and the region. 4. Clarifying state land boundaries, public access rights to state lan~s, and private access rights across state land. 5. Providing information on the property to the public, including its proper use and historic value. 6. Considering the types of recreational opportunities that might be provided within the constraints of Forest Preserve designation, especially mountain biking. 7. Improving access to state land. The goal of this Unit Management Plan is too encourage long term ecological stability on lands already owned by the state and maximize access and use compatible with the natural resources and communities of the region. We do not intend to unify all the scattered properties throughout the unit. We view land acquisition conservatively - to protect existing conditions, avoid potential impacts, or protect rare and endangered species. The preceding Draft Bluestone Wild Forest Unit Management Plan (July 1996) is amended here based on comments received at the public meetings held on August 9, 1996 and in subsequent letters. Staff contributing to this publication include: Lands and Forests: Fred Gerty, Jr. Regional Forester Gerry Gotsch Associate Forester Roger Blatter Forest Ranger Robert A. Burgher Land Surveyor Keith Matteson Lands and Claims Adjuster Terry G. Ringler, Jr. Assistant Land Surveyor III Operations: John Harrington Regional Operations Supvr. Fisheries: Michael Flaherty Senior Aquatic Biologist Wildlife: Glen Cole Regional Wildlife Manager Ted Kerpez Senior Wildlife Biologist Dick Henry Big Game Biologist Scott Smith Senior Wildlife Biologist Compliance Services: Jim Bogner Environmental Analyst Law Enforcement: Terry Revella Acting Captain Coordinator: George Profous Senior Forester ii Bluestone Wild Forest ~o<' pis~o ' ' ' \\0 ' \ \ '·,·~~ ·\, ' ' ~ \\_,, ' :) ' ' ' \ City 0£ ' \ Kingtdon ~ Legend: ~ '\ _,._CATSKILL PARK BOUNDARY To..,.,.n 0£ SCALE: Marbleto_.n - STATE LAND AOUNDARY I /NOi - 1 Mil€ -- -· - TOWN LINf. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE ........................................................ i LOCATION MAP . iii I. INTRODUCTION . 1 A. Area Description . 1 B. · History and Past Management . 1 II. INVENTORY ................................................. 4 A. Natural Resources . : . :- . 4 1. Vegetation . 4 2. Watershed, Wetlands and the Fishery ......................... 4 3. Wildlife . 7 4. Geology, Terrain and Soils ............................... 7 B. Cultural Resources ......................................... 7 C. Man-Made Facilities ........................................ 8 D. Public Use and Resource Impacts ............................... 12 III. MANAGEMENT AND POLICY . 13 A. Goals and Objectives . .. ·. 13 B. Proposed Facilities and Management (Reflect Management Objectives) ....... 16 C. Land Acquisition - the Completion of a Viable Bluestone Wild Forest. 27 D. Administration ........................................... 32 E. Catskill Park State Land Master Plan Amendments and Constitutional Considerations of Certain Management Decisions . 32 F. State Environmental Quality Review Act Requirements . 32 IV. PROJECT SCHEDULES AND BUDGET ESTIMATE ..................... 33 V. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES ................................ 37 APPENDIX APPENDIX A: SEQR Negative Declaration................................... 41 APPENDIX B: IMBA Rules ........................................... 45 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS FIGURES Location Map . iii Bluestone Quarrying . 3 Onteora Lake Contour Map . 5 Wetlands Map . 6 Access Roads and Right of Way Map . 9 Onteora Lake Access-Catskill Information Kiosk . 20 Trail Gateway Bulletin Board . 21 Proposed Facilities and Management Map 1 . 23 Proposed Facilities and Management Map 2 .................................. 24 Onteora Lake Loop Trail Segment along Rt. 28 and Wetland Kw-3 .................... 25 Acquisition Priorities Map #1 ........................................... 30 Acquisition Priorities Map #2 . · 31 v I. INTRODUCTION valley hottoms add variety and interest to the landscape. Shallow soils throughout the area A. Area Description cause rapid stormwater runoff and droughty conditions most of the year. Water quickly The Bluestone Wild Forest (formerly the migrates to the valley bottoms and numerous Jockey Hill - Morgan Hill Wild Forest) springs and seeps feed area streams during wet includes several ridges and valleys, totaling weather. 2,985 acres, just west of the City of Kingston in Ulster County (See location map, page iii). B. ffistory and Past Management These lands have for several centuries bordered an important travel corridor 1. ffistory connecting the Hudson River waterfront with the Catskill Mountain interior. They were Native Americans and Settlers more intensely settled than much of the Catskills, and with the arrival of the bluestone A good description of Hudson Valley native industry in the mid to late 1800's, were almost American tribes is provided in the following entirely mined over. What was not mined, "Hudson Valley Magazine" issues, written by . was disturbed by the processing and Robert S. Gromet: transportation of the stone on its way to faraway city markets··where today it can still Hunting Indian History, pp 19-23 be seen in old sidewalks and buildings. (January, 1991) Trade War and Diplomacy, pp 15-17 Prior to 1957, the area which includes the (February, 1991) Bluestone Wild Forest was outside of the The English Imprint, pp 19-23 (March, Catskill Park (Van Valkenburgh, 1982). That 1991) year, Chapter 787 of New York State Laws Survival of the Fittest, pp 27-30 added the rest of the Town of Olive, most of (April, 1991) Hurley, the remainder of Woodstock, all of the The Diaspora, pp 13-18 (June, 1991) Town of Kingston and parts of the Towns of Ulster and Wawarsing. The Mohawk, Mahican, and Unami were at times known to pass through the Saugerties/ The designation. of "wild forest," given to this Kingston area. However, this area was part of area in 1985 by the Catskill Park State Land the homeland of the Munsee (Esopus) Indians, Master Plan indicates that it can offer a wider which also included the rest of the Hudson range of recreational activities than the more Valley from Catskill Creek (in Greene County) remote and undisturbed "wilderness" areas in and the Roeliff Jansen Kill (in Columbia the heart of the Catskills. This, coupled with County), south through the five Burroughs of the property's strategic location along Route New York City - all the way down to just 28 near Kingston, could potentially result in below Sandy Hook in New Jersey. The greatly increased use once access is improved. research on this was done by Ives Goddard of Opportunities to accommodate a large increase the Smithsonian Institution, reported in his in visitors are limited because state lands are paper "The Ethnohistorical Implications of so fragmented, particularly south of State Early Delaware Linguistic Materials," 1· Route 28 where eleven parcels total about 990 (1971): 14-26 (Bierhorst, pers. comm.). acres, and north of Sawkill Road where six
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