﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  The 
  Oatskill 
  Forest 
  preserve 
  includes 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  Delaware 
  county 
  1,580 
  

  

  Greene 
  county 
  686 
  

  

  Ulster 
  county 
  1,204 
  

  

  Sullivan 
  county 
  1,082 
  

  

  Total 
  4,552 
  

  

  Adding 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  Forest 
  preserve 
  to 
  the 
  

   area 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  Forest 
  preserve, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  23.253 
  

   square 
  miles. 
  There 
  is, 
  however, 
  some 
  deduction 
  from 
  this, 
  but 
  

   the 
  entire 
  area 
  is 
  over 
  20,000 
  square 
  miles. 
  The 
  total 
  land 
  area 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  about 
  47,620 
  square 
  miles. 
  Hence, 
  

   we 
  reach 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  the 
  originators 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  propose 
  

   to 
  ultimately 
  reforest 
  perhaps 
  42 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  land 
  area 
  

   of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Catskill 
  park. 
  Thus 
  far 
  the 
  Catskill 
  park 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  denned 
  

   by 
  law, 
  although 
  considerable 
  time 
  has 
  been 
  spent 
  by 
  the 
  Super- 
  

   intendent 
  of 
  Forests 
  in 
  a 
  personal 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  

   region 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  portion 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  forestry 
  

   purposes. 
  For 
  the 
  present 
  the 
  proposed 
  Catskill 
  park 
  includes 
  

   703 
  square 
  miles, 
  which 
  the 
  Forest 
  Preserve 
  Board 
  deems 
  advis- 
  

   able 
  to 
  purchase 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  It 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  This 
  area 
  includes 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Hardenburgh, 
  Shandaken, 
  Den- 
  

   ning, 
  Woodstock 
  and 
  the 
  westerly 
  portion 
  of 
  Olive 
  and 
  Rochester, 
  

   in 
  Ulster 
  county; 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Hunter 
  and 
  

   Lexington, 
  in 
  Greene 
  county 
  ; 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Col- 
  

   chester, 
  Andes 
  and 
  Middletown, 
  in 
  Delaware 
  county, 
  which 
  lie 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Never- 
  

   sink 
  and 
  Rockland, 
  in 
  Sullivan 
  county, 
  which 
  are 
  situated 
  in 
  

   great 
  lot 
  5 
  of 
  the 
  Hardenburgh 
  patent. 
  

  

  This 
  area, 
  forming 
  the 
  proposed 
  Catskill 
  park, 
  may 
  be 
  

   described 
  also 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way 
  as 
  bounded 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  by 
  the 
  

   Delaware 
  river, 
  Schoharie 
  creek, 
  and 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  railroad 
  

   running 
  from 
  Hunter 
  to 
  Kaaterskill 
  station; 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  by 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Hardenburgh 
  patent 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  by 
  the 
  south- 
  

   erly 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  lot 
  5, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  by 
  the 
  town 
  line 
  

   between 
  Lexington 
  and 
  Halcott. 
  

  

  