Public Access Extended to NYC Watershed Land in Catskills

The New York City DEP has proposed changes to allow for increased public use for city land located within the NYC watershed.  Updated recreational rules and regulations to allow the public access areas to hunt, fish, hike, and trap without the requirement of a permit.  The Daily Freeman reports that the following tracts of land are affected by the change:

In Greene County:

* Lexington: 379 acres at Balsam Mountain, 493 acres at Beech Ridge, 32 acres at Deep Notch, and 263 acres in Westkill.

* Hunter: 86 acres at Diamond Notch, 335 acres at Roundtop Mountain, 96 acres at South Roundtop, and 98 acres at Stony Clove.

* Windham: 246 acres at Jennie Notch and 804 acres at Mount Hayden.

* Ashland, 136 acres in West Ashland.

In Ulster County:

* Shandaken: 58 acres at Broadstreet Hollow, 272 acres at Big Indian, 26 acres at Chichester, 70 acres at Oliverea, 48 acres at Peck Hollow, 16 acres at Romer Mountain, 44 acres near Peck Hollow, 107 acres at Sheridan Mountain, and 19 acres in Woodland Valley.

* Denning: 280 acres at Ladleton, 156 acres at Red Hills Knolls, 90 acres at Sundown, and 412 acres at Yagerville Road.

* Olive: 270 acres at South Mountain, 46 acres at Sun Mountain, 25 acres at Traver Hollow, and 23 acres at Watson Hollow.

* Rochester: 17 acres at Yagerville.

* Wawarsing, 206 acres at East Mountain.

* Woodstock: 156 acres at Silver Hollow Road, 614 acres at Mink Hollow Road, 188 acres for the Olderbark unit on state Route 212, 310 acres on Baker Road, 100 acres on Wittenberg Road, and a new 1,200-acre Grog Kill unit off of Route 212.

-Posted 10/29/08