New York State Forests

State forest management

Classifications

Reforestation areas

Multiple use areas

Unique areas

State Nature and Historic Preserve

1. As natural communities for maintaining plants, animals and natural communities;
2. As reservoirs of natural materials and ecological processes that contribute to the state's biological diversity;
3. As field laboratories for scientific research and education in the natural sciences, including the fields of biology, conservation, ecology, natural history and paleontology; and
4. As places of natural and historical interest and beauty which provide the public with passive recreational opportunities including, where appropriate, fishing, hunting and trapping, or commercial fishing opportunities that are compatible with protecting the ecological significance, historic features and natural character of the area.

List of New York state forests