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EDWARDS — Marshy and heavily wooded, two St. Lawrence County conservation easement properties are the subjects of state recreation management plans this month. The Department of Environmental Conservation has opened public comment on the Western Lassiter Tracts, a pair of privately owned conservation easements, through June 30. Conservation easements are generally private-public agreements that allow private landowners to maintain some property rights — leasing and managing camps or facilitating limited timber production, for example — while the property is protected from other...

Saturday, May 15, 2021 - 6:03 pm EDWARDS - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking public comment on the development of a draft Recreation Management Plan (RMP) for the Western Lassiter Tracts, which is comprised of two privately owned conservation easements—the Beers Lot and Pine Hill conservation easements—that encompass approximately 2,200 acres in the town of Edwards. DEC is encouraging the public to comment until June 30. The two conservation easements contain commercially managed forestland and are primarily comprised of a no...

Monday, May 10, 2021 - 5:17 pm EDWARDS — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking public comment on the development of a draft recreation management plan (RMP) for the Western Lassiter Tracts. The tracts encompass two privately owned conservation easements — the Beers Lot and Pine Hill conservation easements — which are about 2,200 acres in the town of Edwards. DEC is encouraging the public to comment until June 30. The two conservation easements contain commercially managed forestland and are primarily comprised of a northern har...