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" The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private,... "
The State Department Reports of the State of New York - Page 311
by New York (State) - 1928
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Oversight on Forest Land Conservation and Related Economic Development ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - 1991 - 590 pages
...State Constitution. Article 14 of the New York State Constitution states, of course, that ". . . (t)ne lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve. . . shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be...
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Charter Revision in the Empire State: The Politics of New York's 1967 ...

Henrik N. Dullea - 1997 - 472 pages
...wild," there was little partisan disagreement. The historic language of 1894 was to remain intact: The lands of the state now owned or hereafter acquired,...the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. The Forest Preserve is not a solid bloc of land, but rather the lands owned by the state in the counties...
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Decision 1997: Constitutional Change in New York

Henrik N. Dullea - 1997 - 564 pages
...critical language of the 1894 provision now appears in the first two sentences of Article XIV, Section 1 : The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired,...the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. The lands referred to were in certain counties in the Adirondack and Catskill regions of New York.6...
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The Adirondacks: A History of America's First Wilderness

Paul Schneider - 1998 - 388 pages
...Forest Preserve." The law further stated, "The lands now or hereafter constituting the Forest Preserve shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be sold, nor shall they be leased or taken by any person or corporation, public or private." Seven years...
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Biodiversity and Ecological Economics: Participation, Values, and Resource ...

Luca Tacconi - 2000 - 276 pages
...Terrie, 1994). Article XIV of the New York State Constitution reads in part: 'The lands of the State ... shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold, or exchanged, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. ' Throughout the 20th century, the development...
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Environmentalism in Landscape Architecture, Volume 22

Michel Conan - 2000 - 308 pages
...contains the toughest wilderness legislation in the United States. Written in 1894, it reads simply: "The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired,...taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall any timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed."12 What is interesting, though, is the language and...
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Governing New York State

Jeffrey M. Stonecash - 2001 - 388 pages
...ago in 1894. this provision mandates: "The lands of the state . . . constituting the forest preservt as now fixed by law. shall be forever kept as wild...private. nor shall the timber thereon be sold. removed or destroyed."47 Common Law Common law is a second type of legal authority that has had significant impact...
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Courts as Catalysts: State Supreme Courts and Public School Finance Equity

Matthew H. Bosworth - 2001 - 302 pages
...these other provisions were fundamental also. For example, the New York Constitution provides that "the lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired,...law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands." No one but the most extreme environmentalists would claim that that creates a "right to forestation"...
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The Adirondacks 1830-1930

Donald R. Williams - 2002 - 134 pages
...were given their constitutional protection in Article I, Section XIV by the people of New York State: "The lands of the State now owned or hereafter acquired...as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forestlands. They shall not be leased, sold, or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or...
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The Adirondacks: Wild Island of Hope

Gary Randorf - 2002 - 228 pages
...later in 1887) and further provided that "the lands now or hereafter constituting the Forest Preserve shall be forever kept as wild Forest lands. They shall not be sold, nor shall they be leased or taken by any corporation, public or private." When the statute went...
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