Forest Preserve

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Forest Preserve is a permanently protected public land designation in New York State that safeguards wilderness areas like those within the Adirondack Park from logging, sale, and development.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Forest Preserve canonical 1
Forest Preserve in Adirondack Park 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conservation area ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
public land designation ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York
constitutionalProvision Article XIV of the New York State Constitution ⓘ
contains lakes and ponds ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
wild forest areas ⓘ
wilderness areas ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
distinguishedBy constitutional rather than statutory protection ⓘ
distinguishedFrom state parks (New York) ⓘ
environmentalRole biodiversity conservation ⓘ
carbon storage ⓘ
watershed protection ⓘ
established late 19th century ⓘ
establishedBy New York State Legislature ⓘ
governedBy New York State Constitution ⓘ
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ⓘ
keyPhrase forever wild ⓘ
landUseRestriction no commercial logging ⓘ
no destruction of timber ⓘ
no development ⓘ
no lease of land ⓘ
no sale of land ⓘ
legalChangeRequirement statewide constitutional amendment ⓘ
legalStatus permanently protected ⓘ
locatedIn Adirondack Park ⓘ
Catskill Park ⓘ
managementCategory wild forest management ⓘ
wilderness management ⓘ
notableRegion Adirondack High Peaks ⓘ
ownership State of New York ⓘ
partOf New York State public lands ⓘ
protectionMechanism constitutional protection ⓘ
publicAccess open to the public for recreation ⓘ
purpose prevent development ⓘ
prevent logging ⓘ
prevent sale of public lands ⓘ
safeguard wilderness areas ⓘ
reasonForCreation protect Adirondack forests from over-logging ⓘ
protect water supplies for canals and rivers ⓘ
typicalUses backcountry skiing ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
hunting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adirondack Park → publicLandStatus → Forest Preserve ⓘ
Article XIV of the New York State Constitution → appliesTo → Forest Preserve in Adirondack Park ⓘ
linked to: Forest Preserve