N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-2103: Acquisition and use of property

§ 11-2103. Acquisition and use of property.

1. The department shall have power to acquire by lease, purchase,

gift, devise, agreement or otherwise from any sources, lands, waters or

lands and waters, or any right or interest therein for the purpose of

establishing and maintaining public hunting, trapping and fishing

grounds.

2. a. The department shall have power to receive real and personal

property by gift or devise from any person or from the United States

Government and to accept such property in the name of the people of the

state. Under this power any property of any nature or any rights therein

may be received and accepted if the department deems it suitable for

purposes of fish and wildlife management.

b. Lands or waters accepted under this power shall be held for the use

of the department and shall be improved or developed as the department

deems best for such purposes. Such lands and waters shall not become

part of the forest preserve nor be subject to the limitation of section

1 of article XIV of the State Constitution.

3. The department may purchase the shooting and fishing rights on

lands or waters outside the Adirondack and Catskill parks and establish

game refuges thereon.