N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 57-0117 – Dedications to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve; legislative protection
§ 57-0117. Dedications to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve;
Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 57-0117
- Core preservation area: shall mean the core preservation area of the Central Pine Barrens area which comprise the largest intact areas of undeveloped pine barrens as described and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a point where the northwestern corner of the New York State Rocky Point Natural Resource Management Area (the "NYS Rocky Point Land") intersects the southerly side of NYS Route 25A; thence generally southward and eastward along the generally westerly and southerly boundaries of the NYS Rocky Point Land (including the Currans Road Pond State Wildlife Management Area, all adjacent or contiguous undeveloped Town of Brookhaven parks, preserves, open space areas, or reserved areas, and the crossings of the undeveloped Suffolk County property known as the Port Jefferson - Westhampton road right of way, Whiskey Road, County Route 21, and Currans Road), and including those properties identified as District 200, Section 346, Block 1, Lots 3 and 4, to the point where the NYS Rocky Point Land meets the northerly side of NYS Route 25 (Middle Country Road); thence eastward along the northerly boundary of NYS Route 25 to the southeastern corner of that property west of Woodlots Road which is identified as District 200, Section 349, Block 2, Lot 1. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 57-0107 - Council: shall mean the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve council created by section 57-0111 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 57-0107
- Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve: shall mean the reserve created pursuant to section 57-0109 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 57-0107
- preserve: shall mean lands within the Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime reserve that are critical to the protection of the hydrologic and ecologic integrity of the region including land characterized by the growth of pitch pine, dwarf pine and/or scrub oak pine barrens which are dedicated for protection and beneficial public use pursuant to section 57-0117 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 57-0107
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Reserve: shall mean a region in which there is a combination of publicly and privately owned lands and land uses, within a defined area where there are traditional cultural patterns including agriculture, finfishing, shellfishing and tourism, which due to their pattern and configuration, and because of the need for sustained productivity could best be protected and managed through the development of a comprehensive management plan around a preserve of protected, publicly owned lands and/or privately owned land dedicated for such purposes. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 57-0107
legislative protection.
1. The commissioner shall maintain a record of the boundaries of the lands which have been dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve in text and depicted on a map.
2. Land owned by the state within the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve may be dedicated to be part of the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve by the action of the commissioner or the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation, or by action of the legislature.
3. Land owned by a local government within the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve may be dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve by the action of its local legislative body.
4. Land owned by private individuals within the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve may be dedicated to be part of the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve by the execution of a conservation easement.
5. Land in the core preservation area which come in the public domain shall be deemed to be dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens Preserve.
6. Except for the core preservation area which shall be deemed to be dedicated to the preserve, the council shall review and must approve each dedication of land to the preserve.
7. No publicly owned real property, dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve, shall be alienated except by law enacted by two successive regular sessions of the legislature, but easements for public water supply purposes may be maintained consistent with local ordinances.
8. The council shall have no authority to manage any private land unless such land has been voluntarily dedicated pursuant to this title or the owner has executed a voluntary written agreement with the council authorizing the specific management actions taken.
9. Nothing contained in this title shall affect any previous dedication of state land to the State Nature and Historic preserve. Any state land dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve may also be dedicated to the State Nature and Historic preserve.