Forest Preserve Lands Outside The Parks
State law also allows DEC to classify land it acquires outside the Blue Lines, but in counties partially within the parks, as Forest Preserve. These have usually been small detached parcels rarely organized into larger, named units. Article 14's prohibition on further sale or transfer still applies, although the state may allow the timber on these lands to be harvested.
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Famous quotes containing the words forest, preserve, lands and/or parks:
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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Communicated monthly, sit and stare
At the new suburb stretched beyond the run-way
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)