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A. State Park Plan for New York 4 



Present and Proposed State Park Developments: 



I — A New Bond Issue for the State Forest Preserve 11 



II — The Palisades Interstate Park 18 



III — Proposed Development of the Allegany State 

 Park. A. New Forest and Stream Playground 

 for Western New York 26 



IV — Plan to Enlarge the State Eeservation at Ni- 

 agara and Establish the New York State 

 Memorial Eiverways and Reserves 36 



V — Letchworth Park and its Proposed Development 41 



VI — ^Proposed Finger Lakes Park System 49 



VII — The Proposed Parkway from New York City to 



Bear Mountain Park 60 



VIII — The Eoosevelt Memorial Park and Parkway. ... 68 



IX- — Other Proposed Park Developments 74 



Extension of the Saratoga Springs Eeserva- 

 tion _. 74 



The Proposed Taconic Forest — ^A Tri-State 



Park 77 



The John Boyd Thacher Park 79 



Appendix A — Chart Showing Organization and Custody of 



State Parks 81 



Appendix B — ^An act making provision for issuing bonds to 

 the amount of not to exceed fifteen million 

 dollars for the extension and improve- 

 ment of existing state parks and the estab- 

 lishment of new state parks and parkways 

 in order to create a comprehensive and 

 unified state park system for the promo- 

 tion of the recreation, instruction and 

 health of the people ." 82 



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