New York purchases expand protected land.The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Historic preservation is the act of maintaining and repairing existing historic materials and the retention of a property's form as it has evolved over time. When considering the United States Department of Interior's interpretation: "Preservation calls for the existing form, announced March 16 the $17 million purchase of the Shawangunk Ridge's Awosting Reserve--a 2,518-acre plot of land adjacent to the Minnewaska State Park Preserve The Minnewaska State Park Preserve is a 14,500 acre (58 km²) preserve located on the Shawangunk Ridge in New York on US 44/NY 55, five miles (8 km) west of NY 299, near New Paltz, New York. The park is managed by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. . The Awosting Reserve and properties along the ridge are priority projects for New York's Open Space Plan. The purchase was supported through the state's Environmental Protection Fund. The land adds to a 32,000-acre area of protected land on the Shawangunk Ridge, 90 miles from New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The newly-acquired area will link to carriage trails and hiking trails used for horseback riding, hiking and other recreation. |
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