Forest Preserve (New York)
New York's Forest Preserve, comprises almost all the lands owned by the state of New York within the Adirondack and Catskill parks. It is managed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Sign at bounds of New York State Forest Preserve land.
The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. At 6.1 million acres, it is the largest park in the contiguous United States.
Long Pond, in the Saint Regis Canoe Area
A guide (left), his sport, and his Adirondack guideboat and pack basket
DEC sign marking state-land boundary
View of Dix Mountain Wilderness Area from the summit of Giant Mountain