New York has a new state forest:
Sale of lands around picturesque Hemlock and Canadice lakes by the city of Rochester to New York state, a goal of conservationists for decades, is now complete, officials announced Thursday… “This is without a doubt the most important land acquisition project the state has undertaken outside of the Adirondack […]

What is happening at the closed state parks? It seems to depend on where you are and who you know…
A group of about a half dozen volunteers were asked to leave Wilson-Tuscarora State Park (east of Niagara Falls) by park police as they brought in mowers under the direction of Wilson town officials. […]

Today, the original list of 55 state parks and historic sites slated for closure were officially shut. For a while it looked like the legislature was going to get its act together and “save” them for another year, but everyone in Albany is so busy trying to make each other look bad that the […]

From the shores of Long Island to the mighty Niagara Falls, New York’s plethora of ex-state parks offer countless opportunities to escape from the bounds of gravity (briefly), experience exciting new adventures in agony, and become one with your natural environment (forever)! Wondrous new worlds of pain await you at…
Clark Reservation. If you’ve […]

The latest news on the parks situation is that car entrance fees will be raised at 28 of the most popular parks (including our own Green Lakes), and golf course fees will also be raised. The most interesting news is that, like many other states have done for a long time, New York will […]

As wrangling over Paterson’s budget continues, it’s looking increasingly likely that the great collective scream of bloody murder from the voters of New York has produced results: all of the threatened state parks and historic sites may stay open this year. With the closings already opposed by the state Senate, the Assembly wants […]

And why are NY State Parks staff grumpy?

Binghamton’s WSKG-TV created a series of spots to highlight the state parks of the Southern Tier. There are nine “State Park Minutes” in all. You can watch them here.

At least three of these parks face immediate closure or service reductions under the current budget proposal. At least two more of them are […]

Now that the reality of threatened park closures has had a day to sink in, maybe it’s time to take the public conversation beyond the understandable cries of protest and think about the future.
The Post-Standard, like many papers around the state this morning, is looking into the costs of keeping the parks open, but the […]

A couple crazy suggestions here for closures on the official list…
Bayswater Point State Park
Beechwood State Park
Bonavista State Park
Brookhaven State Park
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
Canoe Island State Park
Cedar Island State Park
Chimney Bluffs State Park
Chittenango Falls
Clark Reservation
Cold Spring Harbor State Park
Joseph Davis State Park
Donald J. Trump State Park
Eel Weir State Park
Helen McNitt State Park (I’ll bet the […]