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DEC wants public input on management plan for state land in DeKalb, Depeyster, Gouverneur, Pitcairn

Posted 2/27/18

DEKALB -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is asking the public for input on draft plans for the St. Lawrence Rock Ridge Unit Management Plan (UMP) on March 8 in the …

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DEC wants public input on management plan for state land in DeKalb, Depeyster, Gouverneur, Pitcairn

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DEKALB -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is asking the public for input on draft plans for the St. Lawrence Rock Ridge Unit Management Plan (UMP) on March 8 in the Hermon-DeKalb Central School cafeteria.

The 21,542-acre St. Lawrence Rock Ridge planning unit includes of 15 state forests and nine detached forest preserve parcels in a broad area of southwestern St. Lawrence County and northeastern Lewis County.

“One purpose of this meeting is to provide information to attendees about the Unit, discuss its history and use, current ecology and current public uses such as forest management practices and recreational uses,” said DEC Region 6 Director Judy Drabicki. “We are also seeking the public’s input in helping to establish short- and long-range goals and objectives for management of these lands.”

The detached preserve parcels are in the towns of DeKalb, Depeyster, Gouverneur, and Pitcairn in St. Lawrence County and the town of Diana in Lewis County.

The state forests, all in St. Lawrence County, are Beaver Creek, Bonner Lake, California Road, Cold Spring Brook, Fire-Fall, Greenwood Creek, Hickory Lake, Lonesome Bay, Pleasant Lake, South Hammond, Stammer Creek, Toothaker Creek, Trout Lake, Wolf Lake, and Yellow Lake, The state forests are in the towns of Depeyster, Edwards, Fowler, Gouverneur, Hammond, Hermon, Macomb, Pitcairn, and Rossie.

DEC will accept public input on the draft UMP from 6 to 8 p.m. March 8 in the Hermon-DeKalb Central High School Cafeteria, 709 E. DeKalb Rd.

In addition, public comments can be submitted by mail or email to Tony Sparacino, Forester, NYS DEC, 6739 US Highway 11, Potsdam, NY, 13676, or R6.UMP@dec.ny.gov.

All comments must be received by April 23. DEC will review these comments as it finalizes the St. Lawrence Rock Ridge draft UMP.

For more information visit http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/4979.html for general UMP information, and http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/106186.html for information specific to the St. Lawrence Rock Ridge Unit.