Acreage Boston total 2,448,325 Adirondack Park Adirondack Historic 495 .02% Primitive 50,403 2% State Land Classification Wilderness 1,035,032 42% Wild Forest 1,285,444 53% Canoe AreaCanoe 17,616 .7% Intensive UseIntensive 19,349 .8% Park
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"forever wild." "forever , state or federal, area of designated A visitor to New York's Adirondack largest wilderness the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The Adirondack Forest Preserve includes additional areas designated "Wild Forest" that are protected by the New York State as Constitution 1999 August AGENCY PARK NEW YORK STATE ADIRONDACK of 25 to the dacks Years Adiron- Service The Adirondack Park Agency is a State agency created in 1971 to develop long range policies and management plans for public and private lands within the Adirondack Park. The Agency also administers the States Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System Act and the NYS Freshwater Wetlands Act within the Park. The Agency operates two Park visitor interpretive centers in Paul Smiths, Franklin County and Newcomb, Essex County for environmental education and orientation. visitor E. Pataki, Governor George Chairman Lefebvre, H. Richard Director Executive T. Fitts, Daniel 86 State Route Post Office 99 Box 12977 NY Brook, Ray 891-4050 (518) fax 891-3938 (518) A FRAMEWORK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR STEWARDSHIP OF THE STEWARDSHIP ADIRONDACK PARK Unit Management Plans are also called for by Section 816 of the Adirondack Park FOREST PRESERVE Agency Act, to be prepared by the Department of Environmental Conservation to frame opportunities for stewardship of the forest preserve lands. The general objectives The Adirondack Park State Land Mas- include: ter Plan (the "Master Plan"), prepared by the Adirondack Park Agency pursuant to l actions to minimize adverse impacts on the resources of the area. Section 816 of the Adirondack Park l rehabilitation of such portions of the area as may suffer from overuse or Agency Act in 1972, provides a frame- resource degradation. l limitation of public use such that the carrying capacity of the area is not work for stewardship of the Park's public exceeded. lands. Prepared by the Agency, the l preservation of aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Master Plan is approved by the Gover- l preservation and management of the fish and wildlife resources (including nor, and implemented by the Depart- game and non-game species) of the area. ment of Environmental Conservation. l preservation and management of the lakes, ponds, rivers and streams of This partnership has been revitalized the area, with particular attention to all proposed or designated wild, scenic with the approval of the High Peaks Wil- and recreational rivers. derness Complex Unit Management Sixteen tracts of Adirondack Forest Pre- l identification of needed additions or improvements to, and plans for Plan by the Commissioner of Environ- serve, comprising slightly more than one providing for further appropriate public use of the area consistent with its mental Conservation in July of this year. million acres, are designated Wilderness carrying capacity. by the Master Plan. These areas are l the identification, in intensive use, historic and appropriate portions of wild Substantially all of the State's approxi- reserved for such wilderness uses as forest areas accessible by motor vehicles, of measures that can be taken mately 2,500,000 acres of land adminis- camping, hiking, canoeing, fishing, hunt- to improve access to and enjoyment of these lands, and associated tered in the Adirondack Park by the ing, trapping, snowshoeing and ski touring. structures and improvements, by people with disabilities. Department of Environmental Conserva- Buildings and access by motor vehicles or tion form part of the Adirondack forest motorized equipment are prohibited. preserve and are protected by the Within Wild Forest areas, these opportunities may include "forever wild" clause of Article XIV, §1 of The largest single classification of land more developed wild land recreation like the horse trails found the State Constitution. (totaling 1.3 million acres) is Wild Forest, within the Independence River Wild Forest in the Western where a variety of outdoor recreation activ- Adirondacks, the interpretive trail up Blue Mountain near the ities are allowed, including the use of Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake (Blue Mountain motorized vehicles in designated places. Wild Forest) or fishing access in the Hammond Pond Wild Other categories of state lands are: Primi- Forest in the Eastern Adirondacks. For Wilderness areas, the tive and Canoe areas, managed similarly Unit Management Plans address the difficult issues of ensur- to Wilderness areas; Intensive Use areas, ing public use consistent with the carrying capacity of the such as public campgrounds, developed area's resources. beaches and boat launching sites; and State Historic Sites.