Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 2 SCENIC POLICIES ............................................................................................................................... 3 EVALUATING NEW YORK'S COASTAL SCENIC RESOURCES .......................................................................... 3 New York's Scenic Evaluation Method ................................................................................................. 4 Application of the Method .................................................................................................................... 5 Candidate Scenic Areas of Statewide Significance ............................................................................... 5 SCENIC AREAS OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE IN THE HUDSON RIVER REGION ............................................... 6 BENEFITS OF DESIGNATION ................................................................................................................ 7 THE HUDSON RIVER STUDY ................................................................................................................ 7 MAP: HUDSON RIVER SCENIC AREAS.................................................................................................. 10 COLUMBIA-GREENE NORTH SCENIC AREA OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE .............................. 11 I. LOCATION .................................................................................................................................. 11 II. DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................. 12 III. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE............................................................................................................. 13 A. Landscape Character ...................................................................................................................... 13 B. Uniqueness ..................................................................................................................................... 15 C. Public Accessibility .......................................................................................................................... 15 D. Public Recognition .......................................................................................................................... 15 IV. IMPACT ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................. 16 MAP: COLUMBIA-GREENE NORTH SCENIC AREA OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE .......................................... 21 MAP: COLUMBIA-GREENE NORTH SHEET 1 ......................................................................................... 22 MAP: COLUMBIA-GREENE NORTH SHEET 2 ......................................................................................... 23 MAP: COLUMBIA-GREENE NORTH SHEET 3 ......................................................................................... 24 INDEX TO COLUMBIA- GREENE NORTH SUBUNITS ................................................................................. 25 CGN-1 Coeymans Hamlet Waterfront Subunit ................................................................................... 25 CGN-2 Hannacrois Creek Outlet Subunit ............................................................................................ 27 CGN-3 New Baltimore Hamlet Subunit ............................................................................................... 29 CGN-4 Islands Subunit ........................................................................................................................ 31 CGN-5 Otter Hook Subunit .................................................................................................................. 33 CGN-6 Coxsackie Creek Subunit .......................................................................................................... 35 CGN-7 Coxsackie Island Subunit ......................................................................................................... 36 CGN-8 Coxsackie Farmland Subunit .................................................................................................... 38 CGN-9 Coxsackie Village Subunit ........................................................................................................ 40 CGN-10 Lampman Hill Subunit ........................................................................................................... 42 CGN-11 Vosburgh Swamp Subunit ..................................................................................................... 43 CGN-12 Athens-Coxsackie Farmland Subunit ..................................................................................... 46 CGN-13 Schodack Landing Subunit ..................................................................................................... 48 CGN-14 Stuyvesant Farms Subunit ..................................................................................................... 50 CGN-15 Poolsburg Subunit ................................................................................................................. 51 CGN-16 Stuyvesant Woods Subunit .................................................................................................... 53 CGN-17 Mill Creek Marsh Subunit ...................................................................................................... 54 CGN-18 Stuyvesant Landing Subunit .................................................................................................. 56 CGN-19 Sheffer Subunit ...................................................................................................................... 58 CGN-20 Stuyvesant Hamlet Subunit ................................................................................................... 59 CGN-21 Stuyvesant Ravine Subunit .................................................................................................... 61 CGN-22 Nutten Hook Farms Subunit .................................................................................................. 62 CGN-23 Nutten Hook .......................................................................................................................... 64 CGN-24 Stockport Flats Subunit ......................................................................................................... 65 CGN-25 Newton Hook Ravine Subunit................................................................................................ 67 CGN-26 Judson Farms Subunit ............................................................................................................ 68 CGN-27 Columbiaville Subunit ............................................................................................................ 70 CGN-28 Stottville Farms Subunit ........................................................................................................ 71 CGN-29 Stockport Creek Subunit ........................................................................................................ 73 CATSKILL-OLANA SCENIC AREA OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE ............................................... 76 I. LOCATION .................................................................................................................................. 76 II. DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................. 77 III. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE............................................................................................................. 79 A. Landscape Character ...................................................................................................................... 79 B. Uniqueness ..................................................................................................................................... 81 C. Public Accessibility .......................................................................................................................... 82 D. Public Recognition .......................................................................................................................... 83 IV. IMPACT ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................. 83 MAP: CATSKILL-OLANA SCENIC AREA OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE ......................................................... 88 MAP: CATSKILL- OLANA SHEET 1 ....................................................................................................... 89 MAP: CATSKILL-OLANA SHEET 2 ....................................................................................................... 90 INDEX TO CATSKILL-OLANA SUBUNITS ................................................................................................ 91 CO-1 Catskill Bluffs Subunit ................................................................................................................. 91 CO-2 Ramshorn Marsh Subunit .......................................................................................................... 93 CO-3 Kykuit Subunit ............................................................................................................................ 95 CO-4 Catskill