New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter II - LANDS AND FORESTS › Part 190 - Use of State Lands › Specific Areas › Section 190.35 - Peekamoose Valley Riparian Corridor

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In addition to other applicable general provisions of this
					 Part, the following requirements apply to the Peekamoose Valley Riparian
					 Corridor. In the event of a conflict between this section and another section
					 of this Part, the more restrictive provision will control.
(a) Description. For the purposes of this
				  section, Peekamoose Valley Riparian Corridor means all those state forest
				  preserve lands lying and situated in the Town of Denning in Ulster County
				  located within 300 feet on either side of the centerline of the Roundout Creek,
				  beginning at the New York State land boundary where it crosses Ulster County
				  Route 42 southwest of the Lower Field Parking Area, thence heading northeast
				  for approximately 3.75 miles, and ending with the New York State land boundary
				  approximately one mile east of the Buttermilk Falls parking area, encompassing
				  lands designated by the department as the Sundown Wild Forest and Slide
				  Mountain Wilderness Area of the Catskill Park.
(b) No person shall kindle, build, maintain
				  or use a fire within the Peekamoose Valley Riparian Corridor, including, but
				  not limited to, charcoal fires, wood fires, gas grills, propane stoves or other
				  portable stoves, except at designated campsites.
(c) No person shall possess a glass container
				  within the Peekamoose Valley Riparian Corridor, except when necessary for the
				  storage of prescribed medicines.
(d) No person shall possess a portable
				  generator within the Peekamoose Valley Riparian Corridor, except at designated
				  campsites.
(e) No person shall play
				  a musical instrument or audio device, including, but not limited to, radios,
				  tape players, compact disc or digital players, except at designated campsites
				  unless the noise is rendered inaudible to the public by personal noise-damping
				  devices such as headphones or earbuds. At designated camp sites no person shall
				  use any audio device which is audible outside the immediate area of the
				  campsite.
(f) No person shall
				  deposit or cause to be deposited any solid waste, garbage, food waste, human
				  wastes or other sanitary waste products within the bounds of the Peekamoose
				  Valley Riparian Corridor except at facilities provided and designated by the
				  department.
(g) No person shall
				  park any motor vehicle within the Peekamoose Valley Riparian Corridor except at
				  areas designated and marked by the department as parking areas.
(h) No person shall enter the Peekamoose
				  Valley Riparian Corridor area between one-half hour after sunset and one-half
				  hour before sunrise except for:
(1) persons
				  camping at designated campsites;
(2) licensed hunters and trappers for the
				  purpose of hunting or trapping;
(3)
				  pedestrians using the marked hiking trails crossing the corridor; or
(4) persons otherwise authorized by permit
				  issued by the department.