New York Laws
Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System
15-2701 - Statement of Policy and Legislative Findings.

1. The legislature hereby finds that many rivers of the state, with
their immediate environs, possess outstanding natural, scenic, historic,
ecological and recreational values.

2. Improvident development and use of these rivers and their immediate
environs will deprive present and future generations of the benefit and
enjoyment of these unique and valuable resources.

3. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that certain
selected rivers of the state which, with their immediate environs,
possess the aforementioned characteristics, shall be preserved in
free-flowing condition and that they and their immediate environs shall
be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future
generations.

4. The purpose of this act is to implement this policy by instituting
a state wild, scenic and recreational rivers system, by designating the
initial components of that system and by prescribing the methods by
which and standards according to which additional components may be
added to the system from time to time.