Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Applicability. All unique
areas are posted as such; descriptions of each unique area are available at the
central and regional offices of the Department of Environmental Conservation.
Specific regulations for individual unique areas are set forth in the following
subdivisions of this section and supersede the general regulations enumerated in
this Part in the event of a conflict.
(b) Labrador Hollow unique area. Those lands in
the Town of Fabius, Onondaga County and the Town of Truxton, Cortland County
described in "Boundary Description of Labrador Hollow Unique Area" on file in the
central and region 7 offices of the department.
(1) bathing or swimming is prohibited;
(2) boat launching is permitted only from the
designated area;
(3) motorized boats are
prohibited;
(4) fires are
prohibited;
(5) camping is
prohibited;
(6) snowmobiling is
prohibited;
(7) domestic animals must be
under the complete control of their owner/handler;
(8) hunting and trapping are prohibited within
zone 1. Fishing is permitted from boats and canoes on the pond, but is prohibited
from the shoreline unless from a designated area. Zone 1 includes all the lands
within the following bounds: Beginning at the intersection of the north bounds of
Markham Hollow Road and the west bounds of Labrador Road; thence southerly along the
west bounds of Labrador Road to the county line between the counties of Onondaga and
Cortland; thence easterly along the county line to the west shore of Labrador Pond;
thence along the shoreline of Labrador Pond in a southerly, easterly and northerly
direction to the intersection of the east shore of Labrador Pond with the county
line; thence easterly along the county line to the west bounds of Route 91; thence
southerly along the west bounds of Route 91 to a point approximately 1,000 feet
southerly of the point where Tinkers Falls Creek crosses Route 91; thence easterly
to the east bounds of the unique area; thence northerly along the east boundary to
the northeast corner of the unique area; thence westerly, southerly and westerly
along the northern boundary of the unique area to the easterly boundary of Route 91;
thence southerly along the easterly boundary of Route 91 to its intersection with
the northerly bounds of Markham Hollow Road; thence westerly along the northern
boundary of Markham Hollow Road to the point of beginning. This zone includes
Labrador Pond in its entirety, the wetland walkway site, the Finger Lakes Trail, and
Tinkers Falls. Zone 2 includes the remainder of the unique area; and
(9) all hunting, fishing and trapping are
permitted within zone 2. Zone 2 includes the remainder of the unique area.
(c) Neversink River unique area. All
lands owned by the People of the State of New York lying and situated in the Towns
of Thompson and Forestburgh and abutting that reach of the Neversink River from its
confluence with Mercer Brook south to the Sullivan-Orange county line.
(1) fires are prohibited at all times;
(2) camping is prohibited;
(3) rock climbing, the riding or other use of
horses, swimming and hang gliding are prohibited;
(4) the launching of mechanically propelled
vessels from the area is prohibited;
(5)
parking of motor vehicles permitted in designated sites only;
(6) all users of the area shall comply with all
official department signs, including any signs indicating a restricted area to which
entry by members of the public is prohibited;
(7) canoes, kayaks, and floats may be portaged
only at designated locations;
(8) the
area is open for public entry and use only from one-half hour before sunrise until
one-half hour after sunset;
(9) the use
of snowmobiles is prohibited; and
(10)
the defacement, destruction or removal of any State property from the area is
prohibited.
(d) Zoar Valley
unique area. Specific regulations for Zoar Valley unique area are included in
section
190.25
of this Part.
(e) Salmon River Falls
unique area. Description: For the purposes of this section, Salmon River Falls
unique area refers to all those State lands lying and situated in the Town of
Orwell, Oswego County, being a portion of lots 73 and 74 of Township 11 of
Constable's Purchase, the same lands as more particularly described as project "OS -
Oswego 95.08, Salmon River Falls Parcel" in liber 1237 of deeds on pages 215, 216
and 217. Said Salmon River Falls unique area shall be hereinafter referred to in
this section as "area."
(1) The area is closed to
any and all public use of any kind between the hours of sunset and
sunrise.
(2) The possession of alcoholic
beverages, glass containers, except for prescription medications and paint are
prohibited on the area.
(3) Campfires
and rock climbing are prohibited on the area.
(4) No person shall throw or cast any object or
item into the river gorge on the area.
(5) Motorized vehicles, snowmobiles and horses are
prohibited on the area.
(6) A restricted
area has been established which includes the cliff face of the waterfalls and
adjacent gorge; a 15 foot strip along the cliff edge; the plunge pool and falling
rock zone. All public access is prohibited in the restricted area.
(7) The Gorge Trail is closed to the public from
November 15th to May 1st, except to registered ice climbers.
(8) The Gorge Trail, Riverbed Trail and Upper
Falls Trail is closed during high water events.
(f) Henderson Shores unique area. Description: for
the purposes of this section, Henderson Shores unique area, referred to in this
section as the area, means all those State lands located in Jefferson County in the
Town of Henderson, on portions of lots 15, 16, 26, 27, 36 and 37, Black River Tract,
Township No. 6, Constable's Eleven Towns, Great Tract No. 5, Macomb's Purchase.
(1) All camping shall be prohibited.
(2) The area shall be closed to public use between
the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.
(3) All campfires are prohibited.
(4) No person shall possess glass
containers.
(g) Croton Gorge
Unique Area. Description: For the purposes of this section, Croton Gorge Unique
Area, referred to in this section as "the area", means all those state lands located
in Westchester County in the Town of Cortlandt, in a portion of the Cortlandt
Patent.
(1) All camping shall be
prohibited.
(2) Public use of the
property will be allowed from sunrise to sunset only.
(3) The use of any type of fire shall be
prohibited including the use of charcoal or gas grills.
(4) Possession or consumption of alcoholic
beverages shall be prohibited.
(5) No
person shall play a musical instrument or audio device, including, but not limited
to radios, tape players, compact disc or digital players, unless the noise is
rendered inaudible to the public by personal noise-damping devices such as
headphones or earbuds.
(h)
Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area. Those state lands situated in the Town of Newstead,
Erie County, recorded in Liber 10369 on page 72 and being a portion of lots 40, 43
and 44 of Township 12, range 5 and more particularly described as "Project: E-UC
Erie 18" (Map No. 10688), on file in the central and regional offices of the
department.
(1) fires are prohibited at all times,
except prescribed fires as directed by the department;
(2) bathing and swimming are prohibited;
(3) camping is prohibited;
(4) snowmobile use is prohibited;
(5) parking of motor vehicles is permitted only in
designated sites;
(6) discharging of a
firearm is prohibited except as authorized under 190.10(h)(7);
(7) hunting and trapping are prohibited, except by
authorized permit issued by the department;
(8) off-road vehicle use is prohibited;
(9) the area is open for public entry and use only
from one-half hour before sunrise until one-half hour after sunset;
(10) the riding, driving, or leading of horses is
prohibited.
(i) Rush Oak
Openings Unique Area (Monroe #1).
Description: For the purposes of this section, Rush Oak Openings
Unique Area refers to the portions of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in Townships
25, 26, and 36 in Ranges 7, located in the Finger Lakes Region, approximately 12
miles south of the City of Rochester. The property includes three small parcels,
totaling approximately 240 acres in the Town of Rush, in Monroe County, being the
same lands as more particularly described in deeds conveying such lands to the
People of the State of New York, on file in the Department of Environmental
Conservation, Albany, NY, and duly recorded in the offices of the county clerks of
Monroe County. In the Rush Oak Openings Unique Area:
(1) utilizing fire, except prescribed fires as
directed by the department is prohibited;
(2) camping is prohibited;
(3) operating or possessing a snowmobile is
prohibited;
(4) introducing, using, or
maintaining a horse, work animal or other herbivorous animal is
prohibited;
(5) parking a motor vehicle
other than at a designated parking area is prohibited;
(6) discharging a firearm except, for the legal
taking of game is prohibited.