Section 11-2105. State game refuges

1.  Any  enclosed land or water owned by the state may be set aside by
  the department as a refuge for the protection of fish,  wildlife,  trees
  and  plants.  Not more than one hundred thousand acres in the Adirondack
  park nor more than fifteen thousand acres in the Catskill park shall  be
  set  aside  for  such  purpose  nor  shall any land in the Adirondack or
  Catskill park be so set aside without  the  approval  of  the  board  of
  supervisors  or  county  legislative  body  of  the county affected. The
  consent of the riparian owners shall  first  be  obtained  before  lands
  under water and the waters thereon shall be so set aside.
    2.  Lands  and  waters set aside or established by the department as a
  game  refuge  shall  remain  a  game  refuge  until  the  department  by
  regulation permits the taking of fish and wildlife thereon.