N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 57-0103: Legislative declaration

§ 57-0103. Legislative declaration.

The legislature hereby declares it to be in the public interest to

protect and manage the Pine Barrens-Peconic Bay system, in the county of

Suffolk, by establishing a Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve. It

is further in the public interest to establish a council made up of

representatives of state and local governments and private citizens to

prepare a comprehensive management plan and make recommendations to

preserve, protect and enhance the natural, recreational, economic and

educational values of the region, which the state and local governments

may adopt. In addition, it is further in the public interest to

establish a commission made up of a governor's appointee, the county

executive of Suffolk county and the supervisors of the towns of

Brookhaven, Riverhead and Southampton to prepare, oversee and

participate in the implementation of a comprehensive land use plan for

the Central Pine Barrens area to guide development therein in a manner

suitable to the needs for preservation of the core preservation area and

compatible growth and development in the compatible growth area.