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New York Environmental Conservation Law Section 3-0115 - Establishment Of Forestry And Wildlife Management Areas By United States; Consent Of State.

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  § 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.

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