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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 11 - Forest Fire Control › 9-1107 - Fire Towns.

§ 9-1107. Fire towns.
The  following  towns,  including  the  area  within the boundaries of
  incorporated villages, are hereby designated as "fire towns": All  towns
  in  Essex  and  Hamilton  counties;  the towns of Altona, Ausable, Black
  Brook, Dannemora, Ellenburg and Saranac, Clinton county;  the  towns  of
  Andes, Colchester, Hancock and Middletown, Delaware county; the towns of
  Altamont,  Belmont, Brighton, Duane, Franklin, Harrietstown, Santa Clara
  and Waverly, Franklin county; the towns of Bleecker,  Caroga,  Mayfield,
  Northampton  and  Stratford, Fulton county; the towns of Hunter, Jewitt,
  Lexington and  Windham,  Greene  county;  the  towns  of  Ohio,  Russia,
  Salisbury and Webb, Herkimer county; the towns of Crogham, Diana, Grieg,
  Lyonsdale  and Watson, Lewis county; the towns of Forestport and Remsen,
  Oneida county; the towns of Corinth, Day, Edinburg and Hadley,  Saratoga
  county;   the   towns   of  Clare,  Clifton,  Colton,  Fine,  Hopkinton,
  Parishville, Piercefield, Pitcairn, Saint Lawrence county; the towns  of
  Neversink,  Rockland,  Sullivan  county; the towns of Denning, Gardiner,
  Hardinburgh, Olive,  Rochester,  Shandaken,  Shawangunk,  Wawarsing  and
  Woodstock,  Ulster county; the towns of Bolton, Chester, Hague, Horicon,
  Johnsburgh, Lake George, Luzerne, Queensbury, Stoney Creek, Thurman  and
  Warrensburgh,  Warren county; the towns of Dresden, Fort Ann and Putnam,
  Washington County.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 11 - Forest Fire Control › 9-1109 - Fire Protection Areas.

§ 9-1109. Fire protection areas.
Facilities  for  protection  against forest fire shall be available as
  follows:
1. In fire towns. The department, for the prevention of  forest  fires
  and  the  extinguishment of fires burning or threatening forests, shall,
  in the fire towns defined in section 9-1107, maintain an  approved  fire
  protection   system,  including  fire  observation  stations  and  other
  equipment necessary to prevent and extinguish forest fires.
2. In forest fire districts. The department  may  establish  a  forest
  fire  protective  system in such other parts of the state as it may deem
  necessary. In such regions the department may maintain an approved  fire
  protection   system,  including  fire  observation  stations  and  other
  equipment necessary to prevent and extinguish forest fires.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 11 - Forest Fire Control › 9-1111 - Forest Fire Protection.

§ 9-1111. Forest fire protection.
1. Towns adjacent to fire towns and fire districts. The department may
  when  necessary  in its judgment, in order to protect the forests in the
  fire towns and fire districts from fire, take steps to extinguish  fires
  actually burning in any town adjacent to a fire town or district.
2. Impressing fire fighting assistance. Any department employee or any
  other  officer  charged by the department with the duty of fire fighting
  shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to  the  contrary
  or  in  conflict  herewith,  have  the  power to summon and hire for the
  purpose of fighting fires any person who  shall  have  attained  sixteen
  years  of  age,  and  to  incur  other  expenses deemed necessary to the
  extinguishment of particular fires.
3. Additional protection by towns in Suffolk county. Any town  in  the
  county  of Suffolk may appropriate not exceeding the sum of one thousand
  dollars in any one year without the vote of town meeting for the purpose
  of purchasing equipment and establishing fire patrols for the prevention
  of forest fires within any such town. The patrols and equipment shall be
  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  town   board.   Moneys
  appropriated  pursuant to this subdivision shall be assessed, levied and
  collected in the same manner  as  moneys  for  other  town  charges  are
  assessed, levied and collected.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 11 - Forest Fire Control › 9-1113 - Top Lopping Evergreen Trees.

§ 9-1113. Top lopping evergreen trees.
Every  person  who  shall,  within any of the fire towns or within any
  fire  district  or  part  thereof  when  so  designated  by   department
  regulation,  fell  or  cause  to  be  felled  or permit to be felled any
  evergreen tree for sale or other purposes or  engage  in  salvaging  any
  blown  down evergreen tree shall cut off or cause to be cut off from the
  tree at the time of felling or  salvaging  the  tree,  unless  otherwise
  authorized  by  the  department before the trees are felled or salvaged,
  all the limbs thereof up to a point where the trunk of the  tree  has  a
  longest  diameter which does not exceed three inches, unless the tree be
  felled or salvaged for use with the limbs thereon.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 11 - Forest Fire Control › 9-1115 - Railroad Patrol.

§ 9-1115. Railroad patrol.
All  railroads  shall,  on  such  parts  of their rights of way as are
  operated through forest lands, maintain from  April  first  to  November
  fifteenth  of  each year a sufficient number of competent fire patrolmen
  unless relieved by the department. The railroad shall file in the office
  of the department on or before April first of each year a complete  list
  of  such  patrol  indicating the names of the persons, their post-office
  address and portion of right of way assigned to each patrolman.  If  any
  changes  are  subsequently  made  similar  data  shall  be furnished the
  department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 11 - Forest Fire Control › 9-1117 - Condition of Rights of Way.

§ 9-1117. Condition of rights of way.
1.  The  railroad  right  of  way  of all railroads which are operated
  through forest lands shall be kept cleared of all  inflammable  material
  whenever required by the department.
2.  Fire,  live  coals  or  hot  ashes  shall  not be deposited unless
  properly protected upon any track or railroad right of way  on  or  near
  forest land.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 11 - Forest Fire Control › 9-1119 - Use of Protective Devices.

§ 9-1119. Use of protective devices.
1.  Employees  of a railroad which operates through forest lands shall
  at all times use in a proper and effective manner  the  fire  protective
  appliances provided by such railroad.
2.  No  locomotive  operating  through  forest lands shall be operated
  unless equipped with fire protective devices of ash pan  and  front  end
  which  have  been  approved  by  the  department.  Such devices shall be
  maintained and properly used.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 15 - Removal of Trees and Protected Plants › 9-1501 - Removal of Trees.

§ 9-1501. Removal of trees.
No person shall cut, pull or dig up for the purpose of removal, injure
  or  destroy or cause to be so removed, injured or destroyed, any tree on
  the lands of another without consent of the owner.  Any  peace  officer,
  acting  pursuant  to  his  or  her special duties, or police officer may
  enforce the provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 15 - Removal of Trees and Protected Plants › 9-1503 - Removal of Protected Plants.

§ 9-1503. Removal of protected plants.
1.  For  the  purposes of this section, "plants" shall mean species of
  native shrubs,  trees,  herbs,  ferns,  fern-allies  and  wild  flowers;
  "endangered  species"  shall  mean  those species of plants in danger of
  extinction throughout all or  a  significant  portion  of  their  ranges
  within  the  state,  and  requiring  remedial  action  to  prevent  such
  extinction; "threatened species" shall mean those species of plants that
  are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout
  all or a significant portion of their ranges  within  the  state;  "rare
  species"  shall mean those species of plants that have small populations
  within their ranges in the state, and "exploitably  vulnerable  species"
  shall  mean those species of plants that are likely to become threatened
  in the near future throughout all or  a  significant  portion  of  their
  ranges within the state if causal factors continue unchecked.
2.  The department may, by rule and regulation, promulgate and adopt a
  list or lists of protected plants which by reason of  their  endangered,
  rare,  threatened  or exploitably vulnerable status should not be picked
  or removed from their natural habitat. In promulgating and adopting such
  list or lists the department shall consult with and cooperate  with  the
  departments  of agriculture and markets and education and other affected
  public or private organizations. Plants included in such list  or  lists
  may be so included for purposes of the entire state or portions thereof.
  Such  list  or  lists  may  be  modified in whole or in part through the
  institution of a permit or waiver-issuing procedure.
3. No person shall, in any area designated  by  such  list  or  lists,
  knowingly  pick,  pluck,  sever,  remove,  damage  by the application of
  herbicides or defoliants or carry away, without the consent of the owner
  thereof, any protected plant. An offense under this section shall  be  a
  violation, punishable by a fine of not to exceed twenty-five dollars.
4.   The   department   is  authorized  to  regulate  the  harvesting,
  collection,  sale,  and   exportation   of   American   ginseng   (Panax
  quinquefolius)  plants,  roots  and  cuttings. The department is further
  authorized  to  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  to  implement   the
  authority conferred herein.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council › 9-1701 - Legislative Findings.

§ 9-1701. Legislative findings.
The  legislature  finds that invasive plant and animal species pose an
  unacceptable risk to New York state's environment and economy  and  that
  this  risk  is  increasing  through time as more invasive species become
  established within the state. The legislature  additionally  finds  that
  invasive  species are having a detrimental effect upon the state's fresh
  and tidal wetlands, water bodies and  waterways,  forests,  agricultural
  lands, meadows and grasslands, and other natural communities and systems
  by  out-competing  native  species,  diminishing  biological  diversity,
  altering community structure and,  in  some  cases,  changing  ecosystem
  processes.  Moreover,  the  legislature  recognizes  that the ecological
  integrity of an increasing number of publicly and privately-owned  parks
  and  preserves  is  being  adversely  affected  by  invasive  plants and
  animals,  challenging  the  ability  of  land  management  agencies   to
  effectively  manage these sites. The legislature further recognizes that
  nearly half (forty-six  percent;  fifty-seven  percent  of  the  plants,
  thirty-nine  percent  of the animals) of the species on the federal list
  of endangered species are declining, at least in part, due  to  invasive
  species.  The  legislature additionally finds that invasive species have
  an adverse impact on the New York state economy.  Particularly  affected
  by  these  species  are the water supply, agricultural, and recreational
  sectors of the state  economy.  The  economic  impact  to  the  national
  economy  has  been  estimated  to be as high as one hundred thirty-seven
  billion dollars annually.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council › 9-1703 - Definitions.

§ 9-1703. Definitions.
As used in this title:
1.  "Advisory  committee" means the New York invasive species advisory
committee established by section 9-1707 of this title.
2. "Council" means the New York invasive species  council  established
by section 9-1705 of this title.
3.   "Control"   means,   as  appropriate,  eradicating,  suppressing,
reducing, or managing invasive species populations, preventing spread of
invasive species from areas where they are  present,  and  taking  steps
such as restoration of native species and habitats to reduce the effects
of invasive species and to prevent further invasions.
4.  "Ecosystem"  means the complex of a community of organisms and its
environment.
5. "Introduction"  means  the  intentional  or  unintentional  escape,
release, dissemination, or placement of a species into an ecosystem as a
result of human activity.
6.  "Native  species" means, with respect to a particular ecosystem, a
species that, other than as a result of  an  introduction,  historically
occurred or currently occurs in that ecosystem.
7.  "Species"  means  a  group  of  organisms all of which have a high
degree of physical and genetic  similarity,  generally  interbreed  only
among themselves, and show persistent differences from members of allied
groups of organisms.
8.  "Plan" means the plan developed pursuant to section 9-1705 of this
title.
9. "GIS" means geographic information system.
10. "Invasive species" means a species that is:
(a) nonnative to the ecosystem under consideration; and
(b) whose introduction causes  or  is  likely  to  cause  economic  or
environmental  harm  or  harm  to human health. For the purposes of this
paragraph, the harm must significantly outweigh any benefits.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council › 9-1707 - New York Invasive Species Advisory Committee.

§ 9-1707. New York invasive species advisory committee.
1.  There  shall  be  established a New York invasive species advisory
  committee which shall provide information, advice and  guidance  to  the
  council,  including  but  not  limited  to providing assistance with the
  development of the four-tier classification system for nonnative  animal
  and plant species.
2.  The  commissioner  and the commissioner of agriculture and markets
  shall select up to twenty-five at-large members with at least one member
  from each of the following: New York  biodiversity  research  institute,
  New  York state's land grant university, New York sea grant, a statewide
  organization formed  to  address  invasive  species,  a  statewide  land
  conservation  organization,  a  statewide  agricultural  organization, a
  nursery  business,  a  boating  organization,  the   darrin   freshwater
  institute,  the  soil  and  water  conservation  districts,  the natural
  heritage program, a New York state forestry school, a lake  association,
  the  New  York  city  department  of  environmental  protection,  and  a
  statewide local government organization.
3.  The  members  of  the  advisory  council   shall   serve   without
  compensation, except members shall be allowed their necessary and actual
  expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council › 9-1709 - General Powers and Duties of the Department.

§ 9-1709. General powers and duties of the department.
1.  The  department, in cooperation with the department of agriculture
and markets, shall restrict the sale, purchase, possession, propagation,
introduction, importation, transport and disposal  of  invasive  species
pursuant   to  this  section.  The  department  and  the  department  of
agriculture and markets in consultation with the council,  shall,  after
public hearing, promulgate joint regulations to develop:
(a)  a  permit  for prohibited species disposal, control, research and
education;
(b) a list of prohibited species, which shall be unlawful to knowingly
possess  with  the  intent  to  sell,  import,  purchase,  transport  or
introduce;
(c)  a  list  of prohibited species which shall be unlawful to import,
sell, purchase, propagate, transport, or introduce except under a permit
for disposal, control, research, or education; and
(d) a list of regulated species which shall be legal to possess, sell,
buy, propagate and transport but may not be knowingly introduced into  a
free-living  state or introduced by a means that one knew or should have
known would lead to the introduction into a free-living state.
As part of the regulatory process, the  departments  and  the  council
shall  consider  establishing grace periods for prohibited and regulated
species so businesses can plan the management of existing stock.
2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this  title,  the
department in cooperation with the department of agriculture and markets
shall have the authority, within funds available, to:
(a)   establish,   operate   and  maintain  state-wide  databases  and
clearinghouses  for  all  taxa  of  invasive  species  that  incorporate
existing  data  from agencies and organizations in the state, as well as
from nearby states, provinces, Canada, and the federal government.  Such
databases and clearinghouses may provide the aggregate data on-line in a
GIS;
(b)  coordinate  state  agency  and public authority actions to do the
following:
(i) phasing out uses of invasive species;
(ii) expanding use of native species;
(iii) promoting private and local government use of native species  as
alternatives to invasive species; and
(iv)  wherever  practical  and  where consistent with watershed and/or
regional invasive species management  plans,  prohibiting  and  actively
eliminating invasive species at project sites funded or regulated by the
state; and
(c) in collaboration with the council, aid in the review and reform of
relevant  regulatory  processes to remove unnecessary impediments to the
restoration of invaded ecosystems.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council › 9-1710 - Aquatic Invasive Species; Spread Prevention.

§ 9-1710. Aquatic invasive species; spread prevention.
1. For purposes of this section:
(a)  "Watercraft"  shall mean every motorized or non-motorized boat or
vehicle capable of being used or operated as a means  of  transportation
or recreation in or on water.
(b)  "Launch" shall mean to place a watercraft or floating dock into a
public waterbody or any inlet  or  outlet  to  such  waterbody  for  any
purpose,  including  by  trailer  or  other device or carrying by hand a
watercraft into the waterbody.
2. No person shall launch a watercraft or floating dock unless it  can
be  demonstrated  that  reasonable  precautions  such  as removal of any
visible plant or animal matter, washing, draining or drying  as  defined
by the department pursuant to rules and regulations, have been taken.
3. The department may create and maintain a self-issuing certification
designed  for  a  person to demonstrate that reasonable precautions have
been taken prior to launching a watercraft.
4.  The  department  shall  conduct  education  and  outreach  efforts
including, but not limited to the following:
(a)  establish  and maintain a public website for the dissemination of
educational materials  to  promote  cleaning,  draining  and  drying  of
watercrafts;
(b)  develop  and  distribute educational materials including, but not
limited to, the most effective methods to prevent the spread of  aquatic
invasive  species,  and  the potential for live wells and other interior
water compartments to carry  all  stages  of  aquatic  invasive  species
including those that are small-bodied and microscopic; and
(c) include boat washing education in approved boating safety courses.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council › 9-1711 - Aquatic Invasive Species Inspection Stations in the Adirondack Park.

§ 9-1711. Aquatic invasive species inspection stations in the Adirondack
park.
1.  The  department  may establish aquatic invasive species inspection
  stations at any location in the Adirondack park and  within  a  ten-mile
  radius  of  the  Adirondack park boundary, including, but not limited to
  locations adjacent to or near waters; and at state-owned  facilities  to
  provide  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  section 9-1710 of this
  title.
2. When an aquatic invasive species inspection station adjacent  to  a
  public waterbody is open for operation, owners or operators of motorized
  watercraft   who   are  not  in  possession  of  either  a  self-issuing
  certification or an inspection or decontamination  certificate  from  an
  aquatic  invasive  species  inspection  station,  issued  since the last
  operation  of  such  watercraft  in  a  waterbody,  shall  obtain   such
  certification  or  certificate  before  entering the public waterbody to
  ensure compliance with section 9-1710  of  this  title.  The  department
  shall  maintain  on  their  website  a  list  of such stations and their
  operating hours in order  to  assist  motorized  watercraft  owners  and
  operators  in  locating  stations where they can inspect and clean their
  watercraft.
3. The department or other entity designated  by  the  department  may
  issue  an  inspection  or  decontamination  certificate  to the owner or
  person in possession of a motorized watercraft that has been  inspected.
  Such  certificate  shall  include the following details: (a) the name of
  the department or program that conducted the inspection; (b)  the  date,
  place,  and  time  of  inspection;  and  (c)  any  preventative measures
  performed.
4. If the department or designated  entity  issues  an  inspection  or
  decontamination  certificate to the owner or person in possession of the
  motorized watercraft, the department or designated entity may  attach  a
  tamperproof  tag  to  the motorized watercraft to certify such motorized
  watercraft arriving at a boat launch with  unbroken  tags  could  launch
  without  an additional inspection. Such tag may only be removed prior to
  a launch.
5. The department  may  recognize  an  inspection  or  decontamination
  certificate   issued  by  another  governmental  entity,  if  the  other
  governmental entity adheres to the minimum standards for inspection  and
  decontamination  as  determined  by  the  department,  including but not
  limited to recognized uniform standards.
6. Annually the department will review all data collected  at  aquatic
  invasive species inspection stations, including any data from designated
  entities,  to  identify  practical  improvements to reduce the potential
  spread of aquatic invasive species.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 19 - Township Forty Settlement Act › 9-1901 - Legislative Purpose and Intent.

§ 9-1901. Legislative purpose and intent.
1.  During  the  last  one  hundred  years, both the state and private
  parties have claimed title to  identical  portions  of  township  forty,
  Totten  and  Crossfield  Purchase,  in  the town of Long Lake, county of
  Hamilton.  Indeed, some private parties have  occupied  and  improved  a
  number  of  such  parcels  to  which the state claims title and, in many
  cases, both the state and  private  parties  have  paid  taxes  on  such
  parcels. In the last several decades, the state and some private parties
  have  commenced  litigation,  at  significant  expense  and with limited
  success, to establish their respective claims over disputed parcels.  As
  a  result  of longstanding claims to disputed parcels, the free transfer
  of the parcels has been inhibited, thereby creating economic and  social
  hardship  in township forty which, in turn, has prevented both state and
  private parties from the full use and  enjoyment  of  the  parcels.  The
  legislature   has   determined  that  the  judicial  system  is  not  an
  appropriate forum to resolve these longstanding title disputes and  that
  a statutory solution is required.
2.  For  these  reasons and as authorized by the provisions of section
  one of article fourteen of the state constitution, the legislature finds
  that it is in the public interest to comprehensively  and  expeditiously
  resolve  these longstanding title disputes in a manner which is fair and
  equitable. The legislature finds that it is in the best interests of the
  state, the county of Hamilton, the town of Long Lake,  and  the  private
  parties  who  claim title to portions of township forty to resolve these
  title disputes in a structured and  efficient  manner  that  results  in
  clarification  of  ownership  interests, enhancement of public access to
  forest preserve lands, and the quiet enjoyment of private property.
3. The legislature  further  finds  that  resolution  of  these  title
  disputes shall be accomplished in a manner that ensures the integrity of
  the  forest  preserve  in  the Adirondack park and that results in a net
  benefit to the forest preserve when compared to the contested parcels.
4. The legislature further finds that the  title  disputes  associated
  with township forty constitute a unique situation, found nowhere else in
  the state, and that consequently it is equitable and appropriate for the
  state  to  relinquish  its claim of title to disputed parcels within the
  township. This relinquishment of claims to title shall not be deemed  to
  set  precedent for the relinquishment of claims to title with respect to
  other lands owned by the state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 19 - Township Forty Settlement Act › 9-1903 - Definitions.

§ 9-1903. Definitions.
For  purposes  of  this  title,  the  following  terms  shall have the
  following meanings:
1. "County" means the county of Hamilton.
2. "Disputed parcel" means a parcel of land located in township  forty
  to which both the state and a person claim title.
3.  "Person"  means  any  individual,  firm, partnership, association,
  trust, limited liability company or corporation that claims title  to  a
  disputed parcel.
4. "Town" means the town of Long Lake, in the county of Hamilton.
5.  "Township  forty"  means  township  forty,  Totten  and Crossfield
  Purchase.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 19 - Township Forty Settlement Act › 9-1909 - Attorney General to File Suit.

§ 9-1909. Attorney general to file suit.
The  attorney  general, within twenty-four months of either a person's
  failure to comply with the requirements of subdivision  two  of  section
  9-1907  of  this  title  with respect to a particular disputed parcel, a
  person's filing of a notice of nonparticipation pursuant to paragraph  b
  of  subdivision  two  of  section 9-1907 of this title with respect to a
  particular disputed parcel, a person's  failure  to  make  the  required
  conveyance  required by subdivision four of section 9-1907 of this title
  with respect to a particular disputed parcel, or a person's  failure  to
  make  the  required  payment  required  by subdivisions four and five of
  section 9-1907 of this title  with  respect  to  a  particular  disputed
  parcel,  shall  commence  an action in a court of competent jurisdiction
  pursuant to the real property actions and proceedings law  to  determine
  title  to  such  parcel.  Nothing  contained  in  this  title  shall  be
  applicable to such action. Failure by the attorney general  to  commence
  such  action  within  such time frame shall not subsequently prevent the
  attorney general from commencing such an action or create a  presumption
  against the state's claim of title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 19 - Township Forty Settlement Act › 9-1911 - Conveyances to the State.

§ 9-1911. Conveyances to the state.
Nothing  in  this title shall be interpreted as at any time preventing
  any person claiming a disputed parcel from offering to convey  any  such
  parcel,  any  portion  of such parcel, or any interest in such parcel to
  the state on such terms and conditions as the  owner  finds  acceptable,
  provided  the  state  may,  solely  in its discretion, decide whether to
  accept any such offer.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 19 - Township Forty Settlement Act › 9-1913 - Adirondack Park Agency Jurisdiction.

§ 9-1913. Adirondack park agency jurisdiction.
Nothing  in  this  title shall be interpreted as altering or affecting
  the regulatory jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over any  land
  located within township forty.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 19 - Township Forty Settlement Act › 9-1915 - Notarized Statement.

§ 9-1915. Notarized statement.
The format for the notarized statement described in subdivision two of
  section 9-1907 of this title shall be as follows:
  NOTARIZED  STATEMENT  RELATING  TO THE SETTLEMENT OF COMPETING CLAIMS OF
  TITLE
  TOWNSHIP FORTY, TOTTEN AND CROSSFIELD PURCHASE
  TOWN OF LONG LAKE, COUNTY OF HAMILTON
  Name(s):
  Mailing address(es):
  Telephone number(s):
  Tax parcel number:
  Circle either 1 or 2; if you circle 1, you must also circle a or b:
1. I (we) elect to participate in the process to resolve title  issues
  regarding the above-referenced parcel as authorized by title nineteen of
  article nine of the environmental conservation law.
a.  I (we) intend to reduce my (our) payment by gifting to the state a
  specified portion of a disputed parcel in fee simple without reservation
  for inclusion in the forest preserve or a conservation easement  to  the
  town  restricting  development  over  all  or  a  specified portion of a
  disputed parcel, with a secondary right of enforcement in the state. The
  intended gift is described in the attached document.
b. I (we) do not intend to reduce my (our) payment  to  the  state  by
  gifting  any  portion  of  the  parcel  to  the  state  or  by gifting a
  conservation easement over any portion of the parcel to the town; or
2. I (we) elect to not participate in the special process  to  resolve
  title  issues  regarding  the  above-referenced  parcel as authorized by
  title nineteen of article nine of the environmental conservation law.  I
  (we)  understand  that:  within twenty-four months of my (our) filing of
  this notice, the attorney general shall commence an action in a court of
  competent jurisdiction to determine title to  such  parcel;  nothing  in
  title  nineteen  of  article  nine of the environmental conservation law
  shall be applicable to such litigation;  and  failure  by  the  attorney
  general to commence such action within such twenty-four month time frame
  shall not subsequently prevent the attorney general from commencing such
  an action or create a presumption against the state's claim of title.
  Signature
  (Notarization)
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 21 - Forest Preserve Health and Safety Land Account and Public Utility Improvements › 9-2105 - Department Reporting.

§ 9-2105. Department reporting.
1.  The  department  shall  issue  an annual report to the legislature
  detailing the use of the health and safety land account and the  highway
  right of way public utility improvement permits including: the number of
  applications  received;  the  number  of  eligible projects applications
  approved and denied; the project description, narrative and  acreage  of
  eligible  projects;  the cumulative total of eligible projects listed by
  project sponsor; total deposits by each project sponsor into the  forest
  preserve  fund;  annual  disbursements from the forest preserve fund and
  the amount of land acquired with such  disbursements;  total  number  of
  public  utility improvement permits issued; and the cumulative total and
  project type of permits issued listed by project sponsor.
2. The information  contained  in  such  report  shall  also  be  made
  available on the department's website and updated no less than annually.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 1 - Short Title; Definitions; General Provisions › 11-0101 - Short Title.

§ 11-0101. Short title.
Article  11 together with article 13 of the Environmental Conservation
  Law shall be known as the Fish and Wildlife Law. Sections of article  11
  or  of  article  13 may be cited either as sections of the Environmental
  Conservation Law or as sections of the Fish and Wildlife Law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 1 - Short Title; Definitions; General Provisions › 11-0105 - State Ownership and Control.

§ 11-0105. State ownership and control.
The  State  of  New  York  owns  all  fish, game, wildlife, shellfish,
  crustacea and protected insects  in  the  state,  except  those  legally
  acquired  and  held in private ownership. Any person who kills, takes or
  possesses such fish, game, wildlife, shellfish, crustacea  or  protected
  insects  thereby  consents  that title thereto shall remain in the state
  for the purpose of regulating and controlling their use and disposition.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 1 - Short Title; Definitions; General Provisions › 11-0107 - Application of Fish and Wildlife Law.

§ 11-0107. Application of Fish and Wildlife Law.
1.  No  person  shall, at any time of the year, pursue, take, wound or
  kill in any manner, number or quantity, any fish protected by law, game,
  protected wildlife, shellfish, harbor seals, crustacea protected by law,
  or protected insects, except as permitted by the Fish and Wildlife Law.
2. No person shall, at any time of  the  year,  buy,  sell,  offer  or
  expose for sale, transport, or have in his possession any fish protected
  by  law,  game,  protected  wildlife, shellfish, harbor seals, crustacea
  protected by law, or part thereof, or protected  insect,  whether  taken
  within  the  state or coming from without the state, except as permitted
  by the Fish and Wildlife Law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 1 - Short Title; Definitions; General Provisions › 11-0109 - Standard Time of the State.

§ 11-0109. Standard Time of the state.
Provisions  of  the  Fish  and  Wildlife  Law,  or  regulations of the
  department pursuant thereto, stating the periods of the day during which
  fish, game or wildlife may be taken shall be construed as  referring  to
  the  Standard  Time of the state as defined in section 52 of the General
  Construction Law, notwithstanding any act  of  Congress  of  the  United
  States  or of the legislature of this state or any law or ordinance of a
  subdivision of the state declaring another basis of reckoning time.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 1 - Short Title; Definitions; General Provisions › 11-0110 - Interference With Lawful Taking of Wildlife Prohibited.

§ 11-0110. Interference with lawful taking of wildlife prohibited.
1.  As  used  in this section "wildlife" means wild game and all other
animal life existing in a wild  state,  including  fish,  shellfish  and
crustacea,  and "process of taking", in addition to any act described in
subdivision thirteen  of  section  11-0103  of  this  article,  includes
travel,  camping,  and  other acts preparatory to taking, which occur on
lands or waters  upon  which  the  affected  person  has  the  right  or
privilege to take such wildlife.
2.  A  person  is  guilty  of  interfering  with  the lawful taking of
wildlife when, with intent to prevent the taking of wildlife, in season,
in a place where hunting, fishing or trapping is lawful, and by a person
properly licensed to take such wildlife, he:
(a) strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects the  licensed  person
to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same; or
(b)  follows the licensed person in or about such place and engages in
a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which alarm or  seriously
annoy such licensed person and which serve no legitimate purpose.
Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of law to the contrary, no one
shall be arrested for violation of this section by  other  than  a  duly
designated  peace  officer  acting  pursuant to his special duties, or a
police officer.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 1 - Short Title; Definitions; General Provisions › 11-0111 - Limitation of Powers of Boards of Supervisors and County Legislative Bodies.

§ 11-0111. Limitation  of  powers  of  boards  of supervisors and county
legislative bodies.
Boards of supervisors of counties and county legislative bodies  shall
  not, except as expressly provided in the Fish and Wildlife Law, exercise
  powers  (other  than powers to appropriate money), vested in them by any
  other law, to provide for the protection, preservation or propagation of
  fish, game, wildlife, or shellfish within the county, or to prescribe or
  enforce collection of penalties for the violation thereof.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 1 - Short Title; Definitions; General Provisions › 11-0113 - Manner of Reference to and Amendment of Provisions Contained in Tables.

§ 11-0113. Manner  of reference to and amendment of provisions contained
in tables.
1. Any portion of any table contained in a section  of  the  Fish  and
  Wildlife Law, which portion is capable of identification by reference as
  provided  in  this section or otherwise may be quoted, cited, amended or
  repealed, as if the portion  so  quoted,  cited,  amended  or  repealed,
  constituted a complete numbered paragraph.
2.  In  the  tables in sections 11-0905 and 11-0907 each letter of the
  alphabet in column one identifies and furnishes  the  citation  for  the
  matter  in  column  one  following  such  letter and also identifies and
  furnishes the citation for the matter appearing in column two and column
  three opposite the matter so identified in column one.
3. All matter identified by  a  letter  of  the  alphabet  printed  in
  lower-case  print  and  enclosed in parentheses may be referred to as an
  "item"; all matter identified by a figure printed in arabic numerals and
  enclosed in parentheses may be referred to as a "sub-item".
4. The headings appearing at the top of the columns are  not  part  of
  the  identification  and  citation  of  any  part  of the table, but the
  portion of any item or sub-item appearing in a column may be referred to
  as the portion of that item appearing in that column and  "relating  to"
  species,  open  season, bag limit, area, game and open season, manner of
  taking, specified waters of the state, or open season, size  limits  and
  limits of catch, as the case may be.
5.  This  section does not make ineffective or affect the construction
  or operation of any other form or manner of reference used  in  any  act
  enacted by the legislature.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0306-A - The Flax Pond Tidal Wetlands Sanctuary.

§ 11-0306-a. The Flax Pond tidal wetlands sanctuary.
1.  There  is established a Flax Pond tidal wetlands sanctuary for the
  purpose of protecting areas of special  ecological  significance  within
  the  Flax Pond tidal marsh. The sanctuary shall be composed of the tidal
  wetlands located in the village of  Old  Field,  county  of  Suffolk  as
  designated  on  the March tenth, nineteen hundred sixty-six survey filed
  in the Suffolk County Clerk's office as file number 136899 and including
  a permanent easement for the State University of New York as  designated
  on  the  March  ninth,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-six survey filed in the
  Suffolk County Clerk's  office  as  file  number  81558,  and  including
  acreage  of  146.162  acres.  The  sanctuary  shall  be  managed  by the
  department in cooperation with the state university at Stony Brook.  The
  sanctuary  shall be managed as a long-term field laboratory for research
  and education to provide:
a. a natural area for academic  research  across  a  wide  variety  of
  disciplines  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the fields of community
  ecology, population ecology, predator-prey relationships, food chain and
  web dynamics, nutrient and energy flow, hydrology, ornithology,  botany,
  and forestry management;
b. opportunities for instruction between teaching faculty and students
  by using the property as an "outdoor classroom";
c. opportunities for students, faculty, and the public to connect with
  the natural world around them;
d.  a  meaningful contribution toward protection of local and regional
  biodiversity;
e. lawful recreational  angling,  however  no  commercial  fishing  or
  shellfishing,  nor  the  taking  of  invertebrates  for  bait  shall  be
  permitted within the sanctuary;
f.  lawful  waterfowl  hunting  during  the  appropriate  open  season
  following  receipt  of a tidal wetlands access permit issued pursuant to
  department regulations; and
g. boating by sail, human propelled oar  or  paddle,  or  mechanically
  propelled vessels having a source of power less than ten horsepower.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0307 - Migratory Game Birds; Regulation.

§ 11-0307. Migratory game birds; regulation.
* 1.  The  department  may  adopt rules and regulations in relation to
  migratory game birds, provided such regulations are no less  restrictive
  than  federal  regulations  made  under  authority of the Migratory Bird
  Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, (16 U.S.C. secs. 703-711), as may be amended
  from time to time.
* NB Effective until December 31, 2024
* 1. The department shall adopt rules and regulations in  relation  to
  migratory  game  birds  consistent  with  federal regulations made under
  authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918,  (16  U.S.C.
  secs. 703-711), as presently constituted or as hereafter amended.
* NB Effective December 31, 2024
2.  The  department shall, by rule and regulation, establish the means
  or method for creation of  both  voluntary  migratory  bird  stamps  and
  migratory  bird  art prints, their administration, sale and distribution
  and other matters relating to such voluntary stamps and art prints.  The
  department  shall  select  appropriate  works  of  art that will reflect
  migratory bird species and/or aquatic ecosystem scenes.  The  department
  may  prepare or cause to be prepared voluntary migratory bird stamps and
  prints for any year in excess of the number otherwise to be  issued  for
  sale  to collectors or other persons desiring to purchase such voluntary
  stamps or prints.
3. The department shall prepare or  cause  to  be  prepared  voluntary
  migratory  bird  stamps  and  shall  furnish  such migratory bird stamps
  annually to license issuing agents and officers for issuance or sale  in
  the  same  manner  as  other types of licenses. The department shall, by
  rule and regulation, establish the fee for such voluntary  stamps  which
  shall  not  exceed five dollars as a fee and fifty cents for the issuing
  agent or officer for a stamp sold in the year in which  it  was  issued.
  The  purchase of a stamp is voluntary and need not be possessed in order
  to hunt migratory waterfowl.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0308 - Sale of Small Lead Fishing Sinkers Prohibited.

§ 11-0308. Sale of small lead fishing sinkers prohibited.
1.  No  person  shall  sell  at  retail  or offer for retail sale lead
fishing sinkers weighing one-half ounce or less. Each  day  of  sale  or
offering for sale shall constitute a separate violation of this section.
2.  For  the  purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
(a) "sinker" shall mean any device that is designed to be attached  to
a  fishing  line  and  intended  to  sink  the line. Such term shall not
include artificial lures, weighted line, weighted flies or jig heads.
(b) "sell at retail" or "retail sale"  shall  mean  the  sale  to  any
person in the state for any purpose other than for resale.
3.  The  department  shall  provide  notice  of the prohibition of the
retail sale or offering  for  sale  of  lead  fishing  sinkers  weighing
one-half ounce or less in the state fishing regulations guide.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0309 - Extension of Open Seasons After Emergency Closing.

§ 11-0309. Extension of open seasons after emergency closing.
Whenever  open  seasons  for  hunting,  fishing  or trapping have been
  curtailed by a proclamation of the Governor pursuant to  section  9-1101
  of  this  chapter closing forests and woodlands, or open lands or waters
  to the public, or suspending an open season for taking fish or wildlife,
  because of danger of fire, the department,  at  the  expiration  of  the
  effective  period  of  the  proclamation,  shall  have power, within the
  limits of counties affected by the proclamation, to extend by regulation
  any open season, for a period not to exceed the effective period of  the
  proclamation.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0311 - Additional or Other Protection.

§ 11-0311. Additional or other protection.
1.  The  department  shall have power to give to any wildlife or fish,
  other  than  migratory  fish  of  the  sea,  protection  or   additional
  protection  to  that  afforded  by this article, if ten or more citizens
  file with the department a petition signed by them stating  the  grounds
  on which such protection is necessary and giving their addresses. If the
  department   entertains   the  petition  it  shall  within  twenty  days
  thereafter hold a public hearing thereon in a place determined by it  in
  the  locality  affected.  At  least  ten days before the hearing, notice
  thereof shall be advertised in a  newspaper  published  in  each  county
  affected.  The  notice  shall state the grounds of the application and a
  copy thereof shall be mailed to each petitioner at least ten days before
  the hearing.
2. If after the hearing the department determines that  by  reason  of
  disease  danger  of  extermination  or  from other cause or reason, such
  species  of  fish  or  wildlife  requires  such  additional   or   other
  protection,  either  local  or  state-wide,  the  department  may  adopt
  regulations restricting the destruction, disturbance or taking  of  such
  species.  Such  regulations  may  be adopted for the entire state or any
  part of it.
3.  A  regulation  adopted  pursuant  to  this  section  is  effective
  according  to  its terms notwithstanding any other provision of the Fish
  and Wildlife Law.