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Part 648: Public Use Of The Albany Pine Bush Preserve - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
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Part 648: Public Use Of The Albany Pine Bush Preserve
§648.1 Applicability
(b) Prohibitions contained in this Part do not apply to Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission or New York State Department of Environmental Conservation employees and their designees who are engaged in administrative activities that are consistent with the goals and objectives of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Management Plan (see section 648.10 of this Part).
§648.2 Definitions
(a) Albany Pine Bush Preserve Management Plan means a management plan for the preserve prepared by the commission pursuant to ECL section 46-0111 (see section 648.10 of this Part).
(l) Mechanized aid means a nonmotorized or motorized wheelchair, or similar device, such as a three-wheeled mobility device designed solely for use by a mobility impaired person for locomotion that is suitable for indoor use in a pedestrian area as well as outdoors by a person with a disability. A nonmotorized or motorized wheelchair is not considered to be a motor vehicle.
(v) Preserve means the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, including all lands and waters dedicated to preservation pursuant to ECL section 46-0107(1)-(4) and lands and waters subject to a written agreement pursuant to ECL section 46- 0107(5).
(ab) Structure means any object constructed, installed, placed or parked on land to facilitate land use, development or subdivision, such as buildings, mobile homes, sheds, signs, tanks, outdoor lighting, swimming pools, tanks, fences, poles and dog houses, and any fixtures, additions and alterations thereto and trailers, travel trailers, campers, or tents constructed, installed, or parked on lands of the preserve.
(ac) Toboggan means a nonmotorized, flat bottomed or runnered sled, snow tube or similar device designed for sliding on snow or ice covered surfaces.
(ad) Trail means an established path or way less than 15 feet wide, officially marked for public use by the commission, and designed primarily for passage by people on foot, horseback or bicycle.
(ae) Trap means to take, kill, capture wildlife with traps, dead falls, and other devices commonly used to take wildlife, and the shooting or killing of wildlife lawfully trapped, and includes all lesser acts such as to place, set or stake such traps, dead falls and other devices whether they result in taking or not, and every attempt to take and every act of assistance to any other person in taking or attempting to take wildlife with traps, dead falls or other devices.
§648.3 Permits
(a) Permits to allow otherwise prohibited activities may be issued to any person by the commission. Activities for which a permit is sought must be consistent with the goals and objectives of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Management Plan (see section 648.10 of this Part).
(e) A permit is nontransferable.
§648.4 Natural Resource Management
(5) apply any pesticide or herbicide to any plant, animal, or other living or nonliving feature.
§648.5 Recreation and Trails
(f) use a private nonmotorized boat on Rensselaer Lake unless it is less than 25 feet in length and has been launched from a designated launch site;
(h) use a toboggan of any kind except on established and marked trails; or
(i) possess a horse on the preserve without having in their immediate possession an up-to- date negative-coggins certificate for each such horse. Any horse owner found by a commission employee or appropriate law enforcement official to be not in possession of the required negative- coggins certificate must immediately remove the uncertified horse from the preserve.
§648.6 Additional Regulated Activities
§648.7 Vandalism, Conduct and Compliance Requirement
(h) hold any competition or contest, parade, drill, maneuver, or ceremony; or
§648.8 Hunting, trapping and fishing
(a) Hunting, trapping and fishing are allowed during times designated as New York State's open hunting, trapping and fishing seasons, in accordance with the provisions of Parts 1-188 of this Title, and notwithstanding any other provision in these regulations.
(d) Trapping is prohibited within 50 feet of the center of any official trail.
(f) White-tailed deer may be hunted with a longbow only.
(m) Consistent with Parts 1-188 of this Title, and notwithstanding any other provision in these regulations, special hunts may occur for the purposes of managing wildlife populations to protect human health, safety or property, or the ecological integrity of the preserve. Such hunts will be carried out under the supervision of the department and the commission.
§648.9 Offenses; Penalties
(b) Personal property, except portable tree stands as herein authorized, left on the preserve may be removed by the commission or department. Costs for such removal and disposal may be charged to the owner and such property will become the property of the commission.
§648.10 Management Plan
The 1993 Albany Pine Bush Preserve Management Plan and FEIS and Protection and Project Review Implementation Guidelines and FEIS of 1996 and any updated management plans, supplements or amendments are available for review at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission office at 108 Wade Road, Latham, NY, at Department of Environmental Conservation Region 4 offices at 1130 North Westcott Road, Schenectady, NY and at the Department of State, 41 State Street, Albany, NY 12231. Outdoor Activities