N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 3-0115: Establishment of forestry and wildlife management areas by United States; consent of state

§ 3-0115. Establishment of forestry and wildlife management areas by

United States; consent of state.

1. To implement and supplement federal statutes now in effect and to

authorize the acquisition by the United States of America of upland area

for conservation purposes, the consent of the State of New York is

hereby granted to the United States of America:

a. To acquire, on or before July 1, 1940, by means of purchase,

devise, gift or condemnation such upland areas in the State of New York

and outside the statutory boundaries of the Adirondack and Catskill

parks as are necessary and suitable for forestry and wildlife management

areas; and

b. To forest or reforest such areas and to construct or erect upon

such lands, such truck trails, bridges, ditches, fire lanes, water

holes, service structures and similar improvements as are necessary for

the protection and administration of these lands as forestry or wildlife

management areas; and

c. To hold title to such upland areas herein described and heretofore

acquired for the foregoing purposes, reserving, however, to the State of

New York, full and complete jurisdiction and authority over all such

areas not incompatible with the administration, maintenance, and

protection thereof by the United States of America; provided, however,

that the United States of America shall make no regulations governing

such areas which shall be in conflict with the provisions of the

Conservation Law, as amended or as may hereafter be amended, or those

provisions of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New

York which were derived from the Conservation Law.

2. Such lands as are under contract of purchase by the United States

of America, or to acquire which condemnation proceedings have been

commenced on or before July 1, 1940 shall be deemed acquired within the

meaning of paragraph a of subdivision one of this section.