Section 3-0115. Establishment of forestry and wildlife management areas by United States; consent of state  


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  • 1. To implement and supplement federal statutes now in effect  and  to
      authorize the acquisition by the United States of America of upland area
      for  conservation  purposes,  the  consent  of  the State of New York is
      hereby granted to the United States of America:
        a. To acquire, on or before  July  1,  1940,  by  means  of  purchase,
      devise,  gift or condemnation such upland areas in the State of New York
      and outside the statutory boundaries  of  the  Adirondack  and  Catskill
      parks as are necessary and suitable for forestry and wildlife management
      areas; and
        b.  To  forest  or  reforest such areas and to construct or erect upon
      such lands, such truck  trails,  bridges,  ditches,  fire  lanes,  water
      holes,  service structures and similar improvements as are necessary for
      the protection and administration of these lands as forestry or wildlife
      management areas; and
        c. To hold title to such upland areas herein described and  heretofore
      acquired for the foregoing purposes, reserving, however, to the State of
      New  York,  full  and  complete jurisdiction and authority over all such
      areas  not  incompatible  with  the  administration,  maintenance,   and
      protection  thereof  by the United States of America; provided, however,
      that the United States of America shall make  no  regulations  governing
      such  areas  which  shall  be  in  conflict  with  the provisions of the
      Conservation Law, as amended or as may hereafter be  amended,  or  those
      provisions  of  the  Environmental  Conservation Law of the State of New
      York which were derived from the Conservation Law.
        2. Such lands as are under contract of purchase by the  United  States
      of  America,  or  to  acquire  which  condemnation proceedings have been
      commenced on or before July 1, 1940 shall be deemed acquired within  the
      meaning of paragraph a of subdivision one of this section.