Title
Ecological Composition and Condition of the Boreas Tract
Author(s)
Michale Glennon
Published
2016
Publisher
WCS Adirondacks
Abstract
New York State is poised to augment its Forest Preserve holdings with the transition of the Boreas Ponds tract to state ownership. The Boreas tract is a 20,578 acre parcel recently purchased in the town of North Hudson on the edge of the High Peaks wilderness. It is the last of a multi-year process of transition to New York State ownership of 69,000 acres of the former Finch Pruyn lands. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Adirondack Program conducted a scientific analysis of the ecological characteristics of the Boreas Pond tract to inform the upcoming state land classification decision to be undertaken by the Adirondack Park Agency and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation upon its transfer to the state. This analysis examined fine-scale ecological resources within the boundaries of the Boreas tract, and considered the parcel in the larger context of existing Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondacks.
Keywords
Boreas, Adirondack Park
Full Citation
Glennon, M.J. 2016. Ecological composition and condition of the Boreas Ponds Tract. Wildlife Conservation Society, Adirondack Program Technical Paper #7
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