2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 1 - General Provisions › 9-0101 - Definitions.

§ 9-0101. Definitions.
The  following  words  and  phrases, when used in this article, unless
  otherwise expressly stated, are defined as follows:
1. The "Adirondack park" shall include all lands located in the forest
  preserve counties of the  Adirondacks  within  the  following  described
  boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the most southerly corner of lot 166 of
  the  John  Glen and 44 Others Patent in the line between such patent and
  the  twenty-first  allotment  of  the  Kayaderosseras   Patent;   thence
  northeasterly along the said line and along the southerly bounds of John
  Glen and 44 Others Patent and of the Sanders Patent to the southeasterly
  corner  of the Sanders Patent; thence continuing northeasterly along the
  division line between the twenty-second and twenty-fourth allotments  of
  the   Kayaderosseras   Patent   to   the  southeasterly  corner  of  the
  twenty-fourth allotment of the Kayaderosseras Patent;  thence  northerly
  along  the  division line between the twenty-fourth and the twenty-fifth
  allotments  of  that  patent  to  the  northeasterly   corner   of   the
  twenty-fourth  allotment;  thence  easterly  along the north line of the
  twenty-fifth allotment and the southerly  lines  of  John  Glen  and  44
  Others   Patent,   the   Luzerne  Tract  and  the  Glen  Patent  to  the
  southeasterly corner of the Glen  Patent;  thence  northerly  along  the
  easterly  lines  of  the  Glen  Patent  and  the  Luzerne  Tract  to the
  northwesterly corner of the Queensbury Patent; thence easterly along the
  northerly bounds of the Queensbury Patent to  the  northeasterly  corner
  thereof;  thence  southerly  along the easterly bounds of the Queensbury
  Patent to the northwesterly  corner  of  the  Kingsbury  Patent;  thence
  easterly  along  the  northerly  bounds  of  the Kingsbury Patent to the
  southwesterly corner of the Artillery Patent; thence northerly along the
  westerly line of the Artillery Patent to the northwesterly corner of the
  Artillery Patent; thence easterly along  the  northerly  bounds  of  the
  Artillery  Patent  to the southwesterly corner of the town of Whitehall;
  thence northerly along the westerly line of the town of Whitehall to the
  southern boundary of the town of Dresden; thence in a general  northerly
  and  easterly direction along the town line to the state boundary at the
  outlet of South Bay; thence in a northerly  direction  along  the  state
  boundary  to  the  northeastern  corner  of  the town of Peru in Clinton
  county; thence in a westerly direction to the low water line of  Valcour
  Island;  thence  in a general northerly and westerly direction along the
  northern shore of Valcour Island to the northern boundary of the town of
  Peru; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundary of  the
  town  of  Peru  to  the eastern edge of the Delaware and Hudson railroad
  right-of-way; thence southerly along said eastern edge of  the  railroad
  right-of-way  to  the intersection of said right-of-way with the eastern
  edge of the right-of-way of U. S. Highway No. 9;  thence  in  a  general
  southerly  direction along the eastern edge of said highway right-of-way
  to the southern boundary of the town of Peru; thence westerly along  the
  southern boundary of the town of Peru to the western boundary of Platt's
  Great  Location; thence northerly to the northeastern corner of lot 4 of
  Tharp's Tract; thence westerly along the northern line of lots 4, 7, 14,
  17 and 24; thence northerly along the westerly line of Tharp's Tract  to
  the  northern  boundary  of  the town of Peru; thence westerly along the
  town  of  Peru  boundary  to  the  southwestern  corner  of  lot  30  of
  Livingston's  Patent  in  the  town  of  Saranac;  thence in a northerly
  direction along the western line of lots 30, 29, 28, 27 and  26  to  the
  northern   line   of   Livingston's   Patent;  thence  easterly  to  the
  southwestern corner of lot 12 of Canada and Nova Scotia Refugee Tract in
  the town of Saranac; thence northerly along the western line of  lot  12
  to the southwestern corner of lot 11; thence easterly along the northern
  line  of  lot  12 to the eastern boundary of the town of Saranac; thence

  northerly along the eastern boundary of  the  town  of  Saranac  to  the
  southern  boundary  of  the town of Dannemora; thence easterly along the
  southern boundary of the town of Dannemora to the southeastern corner of
  said  town;  thence  northerly along the eastern boundary of the town of
  Dannemora to the northeastern corner  of  said  town;  thence  northerly
  along  the  eastern  line of lots 22 to 15 inclusive of Duer's Patent in
  the town of Altona to the northeastern corner of lot 15; thence westerly
  along the northern line of lots 15  and  14  of  Duer's  Patent  to  the
  southwestern  corner  of  lot  160 of the Canada and Nova Scotia Refugee
  Tract in the town of Altona; thence northerly along the western line  of
  lots  160  and  161  to  the  northwest  corner  of lot 161; thence in a
  westerly direction along the northern line of lots 163 and  186  to  the
  northwestern  corner of lot 186; thence southerly along the western line
  of lot 186 to the northeastern corner of lot 188; thence westerly  along
  the  northern  boundary of lot 188 to the eastern line of the B. Wallace
  Patent; thence southerly  and  westerly  along  the  B.  Wallace  Patent
  boundary  to  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  town of Ellenburg; thence
  northerly along the town of Ellenburg line to the northeastern corner of
  lot 1 of the Hannah Murray Allotment; thence westerly along the northern
  boundary of lots 1 to 30 inclusive to the northeastern corner of lot  1,
  Township  8,  Old  Military Tract on the county line between Clinton and
  Franklin counties; thence along the northern line of Township 8  to  the
  western  boundary  of  the  town of Bellmont; thence southerly along the
  town of Bellmont boundary to the southwestern corner of lot 80, Township
  8 of the Old Military Tract; thence easterly along the southern line  of
  lots  80  and  79 to the southeastern corner of lot 79; thence southerly
  along the westerly line of lots 88 and 98 to the line between  townships
  8  and 9 of the Old Military Tract; thence westerly to the southwesterly
  corner of township 8,  said  tract;  thence  northerly  along  the  line
  between  the  towns of Bellmont and Duane to the northeasterly corner of
  the town of Duane; thence westerly along the  southerly  bounds  of  the
  towns  of  Malone,  Brandon  and  Dickinson  and the northerly bounds of
  Duane, Santa Clara and Waverly to the easterly bounds of great tract  2,
  Macomb's  Purchase,  and  the  line  between  Franklin  and St. Lawrence
  counties; thence northerly along said county line to  the  northeasterly
  corner  of  township  number 15 Macomb's Purchase, great tract 2; thence
  westerly along the northerly line of said township to the easterly  line
  of  township  number  14 in said great tract; thence southerly along the
  line between townships 14 and 15 to  the  northeasterly  corner  of  lot
  number 2 in said township number 14; thence westerly along the northerly
  bounds  of  lots 2, one, 32, 31, 14 and 13 of township 14 and of lots 47
  and 39 of township 13, said great tract, to the northwesterly corner  of
  lot  number  39;  thence southerly along the westerly bounds of lots 39,
  38, and 37 in township 13 to the northerly line of township number 11 in
  great tract number 2;  thence  westerly  along  the  northerly  line  of
  township  11  to  the northwesterly corner thereof and the northeasterly
  corner of the town of Colton; thence southerly along the  westerly  line
  of  township 11 and the line between the towns of Colton and Parishville
  to the southwesterly corner of lot number  31  in  township  number  11;
  thence westerly along the northerly lines of lots 42, 41, 40, 39, 38 and
  37  of  township 10, great tract 2, to the westerly line of township 10;
  thence  southerly  along  the  westerly  line  of  township  10  to  the
  northeasterly  corner  of  township  6,  Macomb's  Purchase, great tract
  number 3, and the northeasterly corner of  the  town  of  Clare;  thence
  westerly  along  the northerly line of township number 6 and of the town
  of Clare to the northwesterly corners thereof;  thence  southerly  along
  the westerly lines of township number 6 and of township number 10 in the
  great tract and along the line between the towns of Clare and Russell to

  the  northeasterly corner of the town of Fine; thence westerly along the
  northerly bounds of  the  town  of  Fine  to  the  northwesterly  corner
  thereof;  thence  southerly  along the line between the town of Fine and
  the  towns  of  Edwards  and Pitcairn to the northeasterly corner of lot
  number 90 in township 11,  Macomb's  Purchase,  great  tract  number  3;
  thence westerly along the northerly line of lots 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85,
  84,  83, and 24 of township 11 to the northwesterly corner of lot number
  24; thence southerly along the westerly lines of lots 24, 99,  102,  119
  and  123  to the southwesterly corner of lot number 123 in the northerly
  line of lot number  140  in  township  11;  thence  westerly  along  the
  northerly line of lot number 140 to the line between the counties of St.
  Lawrence  and  Lewis;  thence southeasterly along the county line to the
  most northerly corner of lot number one, Macomb's Purchase, great  tract
  4  in  the  town  of Diana; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly
  line of lots one, 2 and 3 in the  great  tract  and  town  to  the  most
  westerly  corner  of  lot  number  3;  thence  southeasterly  along  the
  southerly lines of lots 3, 9 and 14 to the most northerly corner of  lot
  number  16;  thence  southwesterly  along  the northwesterly line of lot
  number 16 to the northerly bounds of great tract 5,  Macomb's  Purchase,
  and  the  line  between  the towns of Diana and Croghan; thence easterly
  along said line to the northwesterly corner of lot number 24, range  11,
  Macomb's  Purchase,  great  tract  5,  Chassanis Tract; thence southerly
  along the line between ranges 10 and 11 of said great tract to the  most
  southerly  corner  of  lot  number 13 in range 11 of said tract, and the
  northerly line of Watson's West Triangle in the line between  the  towns
  of Croghan and Watson; thence southwesterly along the said town line and
  along  the  northwesterly  bounds  of  Watson's  West  Triangle  and the
  northerly line of lots 292 and 302 of  Watson's  West  Triangle  to  the
  westerly  line  of  lot  number  302,  Watson's  West  Triangle;  thence
  southerly along the westerly lines of lots 302, 301, 300, 299, 298, 297,
  296, 295, 294 and 293 to the line between the towns of Watson and  Greig
  and  the  northerly line of the Brantingham Tract; thence westerly along
  the northerly bounds to the northwesterly corner of lot number 7 in said
  tract; thence southerly along the westerly lines of lots 7, 25, 43,  61,
  79,  97, 115, 133, 151, 169, and 187; thence westerly along the northern
  line of lots 204 and 203 to the midpoint of the  northern  line  of  lot
  203;  thence  southerly to the midpoint of the southern line of lot 203;
  thence easterly along the southern line of  lots  203  and  204  to  the
  southeastern corner of lot 204; thence southerly along the westerly line
  of  lots  223, 241, 259, 276, 293, 309, 325 and 340 to the southwesterly
  corner of lot number 340 in the Brantingham Tract; thence easterly along
  the southerly lines of lots 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345 and 346 to  the
  southeasterly corner of lot 346 and the westerly line of lot number 347;
  thence  southerly along the westerly line of lot 347 to the line between
  the counties of Oneida and Lewis and in the north line  of  the  Seymour
  Tract   in   Adgates  Eastern  Tract;  thence  southwesterly  along  the
  northwesterly line of the Adgates Eastern Tract to the westerly line  of
  said  tract; thence southerly along the westerly line and along the line
  between the towns of  Boonville  and  Forestport  to  the  southwesterly
  corner  of  said  Adgates  Eastern Tract; thence easterly along the line
  between Adgates Eastern Tract and the Woodhull Tract to the line between
  the counties of Oneida and Herkimer; thence  southerly  along  the  said
  county  line  to the northeastern corner of lot 8 of the Woodhull Tract;
  thence westerly along the northern line of lot 8; thence southerly along
  the western line of lot 8, thence easterly along the  southern  line  of
  lot 8 to the county line; thence southerly along the county line; thence
  southerly  to  the  northern  line  of  the  Remsenburg  Patent;  thence
  southwesterly along the northern line of lot 8; thence  southerly  along

  the  western  line  of  lot  8  to  the  midpoint  of  said line; thence
  northeasterly along the southern boundary of state land in lot 8 to  the
  county line; thence southerly along the county line to the northern line
  of  lot  84  of  the  Remsenburg  Patent; thence southwesterly along the
  northern line of lot 84, thence southerly along the western line of  lot
  84  to  the  northern boundary of the Walker Tract; thence northeasterly
  along this boundary to the county line; thence southerly along the  said
  county  line  to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  line  of  the
  Jerseyfield Patent; thence southeasterly along the southerly line of the
  Jerseyfield Patent to the northwestern corner of lot 142 of  the  Fourth
  Allotment of the royal grant in the town of Salisbury; thence southerly,
  easterly  and northerly along the boundaries of the forest preserve land
  in lot 142 to the southerly  line  of  the  Jerseyfield  Patent;  thence
  southeasterly  along the southerly line of the Jerseyfield Patent to the
  line between the counties of Herkimer and Fulton; thence southerly along
  the county line to the southwesterly corner of Lott  and  Low's  Patent;
  thence  southeasterly  along  the  southerly line of said Lott and Low's
  Patent to the southeasterly corner thereof; thence northerly  along  the
  line  between  said Lott and Low's Patent and the Kingsborough Patent to
  the division line between the towns  of  Johnstown  and  Caroga;  thence
  northeasterly  along  the line between the towns of Caroga and Johnstown
  to the southeasterly corner of the  town  of  Caroga;  thence  northerly
  along  said  town  line  to  the  southerly line of the Mayfield Patent;
  thence easterly along the southerly line of the Mayfield Patent  to  the
  southeasterly  corner  thereof  and  the  westerly line of the Sacandaga
  Patent; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly lines  of  lots  41
  and  28  in  said  patent to the most southerly corner of lot 28 and the
  westerly line of John Glen  and  44  Others  Patent;  thence  northerly,
  southeasterly and northeasterly along the line between the Sacandaga and
  the  said  John Glen and 44 Others Patent to the northwesterly corner of
  lot 161 of John Glen and 44 Others Patent;  thence  southeasterly  along
  the  southwesterly  line of lots 161 and 166 of said patent to the place
  of beginning.
2. The "Catskill park" shall include all lands located in the counties
  of Greene, Delaware, Ulster and Sullivan within the following  described
  boundaries,  to  wit:  Beginning in Ulster county at the intersection of
  the easterly line of the Hardenburgh Patent with the southerly bounds of
  the Rondout Reservoir; thence running southwesterly along  the  easterly
  line  of  Great  Lot  4  of  the Hardenburgh Patent to the southeasterly
  corner of lot one of the East Allotment, east division of Great  Lot  4;
  thence  northwesterly  along the southerly bounds of lots one, 7, 8, 14,
  17, 22, 26, 33, 37 and 46 of said East Allotment, east division of Great
  Lot 4 and along the southerly bounds of lots 67, 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44,
  43, 42 and 41 of the Middle Allotment, east division of Great Lot  4  to
  the  center of the Neversink creek; thence northerly along the center of
  the Neversink creek to the southeasterly corner of lot 37  of  the  West
  Allotment,  east division of Great Lot 4; thence northwesterly along the
  southerly bounds of lots 37, 27, 22, 11 and 6 of  said  West  Allotment,
  east division of Great Lot 4 to a point in the easterly line of the town
  of Rockland in Sullivan county; thence southerly along the easterly line
  of  the  town of Rockland in Sullivan county to the northeasterly corner
  of the town of Liberty; thence northwesterly along the northerly line of
  the town of Liberty in Sullivan county to the  southwesterly  corner  of
  lot  120  of  the East Allotment, middle division of Great Lot 4; thence
  northwesterly along the southerly bounds of lots 119 and 118 of the East
  Allotment, middle division of Great Lot 4 to a point in  the  center  of
  the  Willowemoc creek; thence westerly down the center of the Willowemoc
  creek to its confluence with the Beaver Kill; thence northwesterly  down

  the  center of said Beaver Kill to the southwesterly line of the town of
  Colchester  in  Delaware  county;  thence   northwesterly   along   said
  southwesterly  line  of the town of Colchester in Delaware county to the
  westerly bank of the east branch of the Delaware river; thence along the
  westerly  bank  of  the  said  east branch of the Delaware river and the
  westerly bounds of the Pepacton reservoir to its intersection  with  the
  mouth  of  the  Bush  Kill at or near the village of Arkville; thence up
  along the center of said Bush Kill to the  New  York  Central  Railroad;
  thence  along  the  said  New York Central Railroad easterly to the line
  between the counties of Delaware and Ulster; thence northeasterly  along
  that  line  to the southerly line of Greene county; thence northwesterly
  along the southerly line of Greene county to the southwesterly corner of
  Great Lot No. 21, Hardenburgh Patent;  thence  northeasterly  along  the
  westerly  line of said Great Lot No. 21, Hardenburgh Patent to the south
  bank of the Batavia Kill; thence along the southerly bank of the Batavia
  Kill easterly  to  the  west  line  of  the  State  Land  Tract;  thence
  northerly,  easterly and southerly along the line of the said State Land
  Tract to the  line  of  the  Hardenburgh  Patent;  thence  easterly  and
  southerly  along  the general easterly line of the Hardenburgh Patent to
  the southwest corner of the town of Saugerties in Ulster county;  thence
  easterly  along  the  southerly  line  of  the town of Saugerties to the
  westerly bounds of the New York State Thruway;  thence  southerly  along
  the  westerly bounds of the said New York State Thruway to the northerly
  bounds of the Esopus creek; thence in a general  westerly  direction  up
  and  along the northerly bounds of said Esopus creek to its intersection
  with the southwesterly line of the town of Ulster; thence  northwesterly
  to  the  southwest corner of the Hurley Patentee Woods Allotment; thence
  in a general southwesterly direction along the southeasterly line of the
  Hurley Patentee Woods Allotment to the northerly line  of  the  town  of
  Marbletown;  thence  northwesterly along said northerly line of the town
  of Marbletown to the town of Olive; thence southwesterly along the  line
  between  the  towns  of  Olive and Marbletown to the line of the town of
  Rochester; thence northwesterly along the  line  between  the  towns  of
  Olive  and  Rochester  to the point where the Mettacahonts creek crosses
  the same  flowing  easterly;  thence  southwesterly  parallel  with  the
  northwesterly  line  of the town of Rochester to the southerly bounds of
  the Rondout creek; thence westerly along the  southerly  bounds  of  the
  Rondout  creek  and the southerly bounds of the Rondout Reservoir to the
  easterly  line  of  the  Hardenburgh  Patent,  the  point  or  place  of
  beginning.
3.  A "fire patrolman" shall be an able-bodied person whose duty is to
  patrol a given portion of railroad right  of  way  for  the  purpose  of
  detecting promptly any fires which may be caused by the operation of the
  railroad,  or  other  fires  which  may  occur  upon such portion of the
  railroad right of way, and secure their extinguishment.
4. A "forest fire" is a fire which is burning forest or wood lands, or
  which, if permitted to extend, would burn forest or upon forest lands.
5. "Forest land" includes not only lands which  may  be  covered  with
  tree growth but also lands which are best adapted to forests.
6.  The  "forest  preserve" shall include the lands owned or hereafter
  acquired by the state within the county of Clinton, except the towns  of
  Altona  and  Dannemora,  and  the counties of Delaware, Essex, Franklin,
  Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis,  Oneida,  Saratoga,  Saint  Lawrence,
  Warren, Washington, Greene, Ulster and Sullivan, except:
a. Lands within the limits of any village or city;
b.  Lands not wild lands and not situated within either the Adirondack
  park or the Catskill park  acquired  by  the  state  on  foreclosure  of
  mortgages made to loan commissioners; and
c. Lands acquired under the provisions of sections 9-0107 and 9-0501.
7. "Person" means any individual, firm, co-partnership, association or
  corporation, other than the state or a public corporation, as the latter
  is defined in subdivision 1 of section 3 of the General Corporation Law.
8.  "Railroad"  or  "railroad company" includes all common or contract
  carriers or other transportation facilities operating on rails.
9.  "Railroad right of way" is the land adjacent to the  tracks  of  a
  railroad  and  shall be construed to be 50 feet in width on each side of
  the center of the track but if the company owns a lesser width it  shall
  include the entire width owned by it.