﻿74 
  

  

  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  forests 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  need 
  better 
  protection, 
  and 
  satisfac- 
  

   tory 
  results 
  cannot 
  be 
  secured 
  until 
  there 
  is 
  some 
  central 
  authority 
  

   vested 
  in 
  this 
  Commission 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  necessary 
  enforcement 
  of 
  

   the 
  law. 
  

  

  THE 
  FOREST 
  PRESERVE 
  

   Statistics 
  

   The 
  forest 
  preserve 
  consists 
  of 
  two 
  parts, 
  viz. 
  : 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  

   Preserve 
  and 
  the 
  Catskill 
  Preserve. 
  The 
  acquisition 
  of 
  lands 
  for 
  

   the 
  two 
  forest 
  parks 
  in 
  these 
  preserves 
  is 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Forest 
  Pur- 
  

   chasing 
  Board. 
  The 
  acreage 
  conveyed 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  is 
  

   much 
  less 
  than 
  usual. 
  A 
  summary 
  of 
  holdings, 
  conveyances 
  and 
  

   purchases, 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  preserve 
  

  

  Acreage 
  

   December 
  

   31. 
  1909 
  

  

  Acreage 
  

  

  acquired 
  

  

  1910 
  

  

  Acreage 
  

   December 
  

   31, 
  1910 
  

  

  Acreage 
  

  

  contracted 
  

  

  awaiting 
  

  

  conveyance 
  

  

  Total 
  acreage 
  

   owned 
  and 
  

   contracted 
  

  

  Adirondack 
  

  

  1,530,559 
  

   110,964 
  

  

  224 
  

   1,256.76 
  

  

  1,530,783 
  

   112,220.76 
  

  

  1,182.3 
  

   16,530.06 
  

  

  1 
  ,53i 
  ,965.3 
  

  

  Catskill 
  

  

  128,750.82 
  

  

  

  

  Total 
  

  

  1,641,523 
  

  

  1,480.76 
  

  

  1,643,003.76 
  

  

  17,712.36 
  1. 
  660. 
  716. 
  12 
  

  

  

  

  

  The 
  administration 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  forest 
  lands 
  within 
  these 
  two 
  

   preserves 
  presents 
  some 
  problems. 
  A 
  computation 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  

   outside 
  boundary 
  lines 
  of 
  the 
  parcels 
  aggregate 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  9,146 
  

   miles 
  of 
  which 
  8,474 
  miles 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  and 
  672 
  miles 
  

   in 
  the 
  Catskill 
  Preserve. 
  Of 
  these 
  lines 
  3,747 
  miles 
  are 
  outside 
  

   bounds 
  of 
  the 
  State's 
  property 
  and 
  only 
  809 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  

   9,146 
  have 
  been 
  surveyed 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  five 
  years. 
  The 
  surveying 
  

   has 
  all 
  been 
  done 
  not 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  systematic 
  location 
  of 
  

   the 
  State's 
  property, 
  but 
  to 
  determine 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  in 
  various 
  

   places 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  trespasses 
  have 
  been 
  committed 
  and 
  deter- 
  

   mine 
  their 
  extent. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  parcels 
  of 
  land 
  claimed 
  by 
  the 
  

   State, 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  determined 
  and 
  the 
  area 
  

   of 
  which 
  is 
  only 
  relatively 
  known. 
  There 
  is 
  probably 
  no 
  other 
  prop- 
  

   erty 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  anywhere 
  that 
  has 
  received 
  less 
  care 
  

   than 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  forest 
  preserve 
  land 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  trouble 
  

   is 
  caused 
  by 
  lack 
  of 
  funds 
  for 
  necessary 
  surveys. 
  The 
  appropria- 
  

   tion 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  last 
  year 
  was 
  $5,000; 
  while 
  some 
  lumber 
  com- 
  

  

  