New York Laws
Title 7 - Land Preservation and Improvement Projects
51-0701 - Allocation of Moneys.

The moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds sold pursuant
to the environmental quality bond act of nineteen hundred seventy-two
shall be expended pursuant to appropriations therefor in accordance with
the following allocations, supplemented by such federal assistance as
may be available:

1. For forest preserve projects, fifty-nine million dollars
($59,000,000) of which fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) is
allocated for land acquisition in the Catskill Park and forty-four
million dollars ($44,000,000) is allocated for land acquisition in the
Adirondack Park.

2. Wetland preservation and restoration projects, twenty-seven million
dollars ($27,000,000) of which four million dollars ($4,000,000) is
allocated for wetlands restoration projects; eighteen million dollars
($18,000,000) is allocated for the acquisition of five thousand (5,000)
acres of tidal wetlands; and five million dollars ($5,000,000) is
allocated for the acquisition of fifty thousand (50,000) acres of
freshwater wetlands.

3. For unique area preservation projects, ten million dollars
($10,000,000) of which four million five hundred thousand dollars
($4,500,000) is allocated for projects in the Hudson Valley-Metropolitan
New York-Long Island area; three million dollars ($3,000,000) is
allocated for projects in the Central New York area; and two million
five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000), is allocated for projects in
the Western New York area. Unique area preservation projects outside
forest preserve counties shall be undertaken only upon the
recommendation of the state nature and historical preserve trust and
shall be recommended by the commissioner for inclusion in the state
nature and historical preserve.

4. For stream rights acquisition projects, three million dollars
($3,000,000).

5. For public access to state land projects, eight million dollars
($8,000,000) to provide access to presently inaccessible state lands
such as the High Tor Area, Erwin Area, Capital District Area, Pharsalia
Area, Cicero Swamp, Perch River Area, and Tug Hill Area wildlife
management lands and reforestation areas in Clinton, St. Lawrence,
Lewis, Washington, Jefferson, Oneida, Cattaraugus, Steuben, Schuyler,
Allegany, Chautauqua, Schoharie, Broome, Delaware, Tioga, Tompkins and
Cortland Counties.

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