Forever Wild provision

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The Forever Wild provision is a clause in the New York State Constitution that permanently protects the state’s Forest Preserve lands—especially in the Adirondacks and Catskills—from sale, lease, logging, and most forms of development.

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instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
environmental protection measure ⓘ
adoptedBy New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894 ⓘ
aimsTo preserve natural resources for future generations ⓘ
prevent deforestation of New York Forest Preserve ⓘ
appliesTo Adirondack Forest Preserve ⓘ
Catskill Forest Preserve ⓘ
New York State Forest Preserve ⓘ
state-owned lands designated as Forest Preserve ⓘ
associatedWith wilderness preservation movement ⓘ
dateEnacted 1894 ⓘ
enforcedBy New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ⓘ
New York State government ⓘ
foundInArticle Article XIV of the New York State Constitution ⓘ
hasConsequence Forest Preserve lands cannot be sold for private development ⓘ
Forest Preserve lands must be maintained as wild forest lands ⓘ
hasEffect limits construction of roads and structures on Forest Preserve lands ⓘ
restricts commercial exploitation of timber on Forest Preserve lands ⓘ
hasLegalNature public trust protection of state lands ⓘ
hasNotableFeature can only be altered by constitutional amendment approved by voters ⓘ
influences land use regulation in Adirondack Park ⓘ
land use regulation in Catskill Park ⓘ
languageCharacteristic self-executing constitutional mandate ⓘ
legalStatus permanent ⓘ
legalText lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve shall be forever kept as wild forest lands ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction State of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York State

United States ⓘ
partOf Constitution of the State of New York ⓘ
prohibits commercial logging on Forest Preserve lands ⓘ
exchange of Forest Preserve lands without constitutional amendment ⓘ
lease of Forest Preserve lands ⓘ
most forms of development on Forest Preserve lands ⓘ
sale of Forest Preserve lands ⓘ
protects state-owned lands in the Adirondack Park ⓘ
state-owned lands in the Catskill Park ⓘ
wilderness character of Forest Preserve ⓘ
purpose conservation of wilderness character ⓘ
protection of Forest Preserve lands from development ⓘ
ratifiedBy voters of New York State ⓘ
relatedTo Adirondack Park Agency Act ⓘ
Article XIV, Section 1 of the New York State Constitution ⓘ
New York environmental law ⓘ
requires statewide constitutional amendment for material changes ⓘ
scope Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserve regions ⓘ
linked to: Adirondack Park

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