N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 49-0503: Establishment of state geological trail

§ 49-0503. Establishment of state geological trail.

1. The commissioner, in cooperation with the commissioners of

transportation and economic development, shall establish a state

geological trail to include the areas, territories and sites designated

by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision two of section 49-0501 of

this title. The purpose of such trail shall be to identify and promote

such areas, territories and sites to the public, and promote the

economic, scientific, cultural and conservation aspects thereof.

2. To the greatest extent practicable, the state geological trail

shall include areas and sites across the state going east and west, and

north and south throughout the entire state. Consideration shall be

given to having the designated portions of the state geological trail

intersect at the city of Albany, in recognition of its importance in the

geology of the state. In designating the state geological trail

consideration shall also be given to scientific and/or scenic importance

relating to geological, and related cultural, ecological and

archeological features.

3. In developing and approving such trail, the commissioner shall

ensure that proposed trail routes do not conflict with existing scenic

byways designated pursuant to section three hundred forty-nine-dd of the

highway law or wine trails designated pursuant to section three hundred

forty-three-k of the highway law, and ensure that the trail route is

designed and laid out so that it is relatively simple and easy to follow

for users and contains few branches or laterals that dead end.