REALLY bad news - Governor's list of NY park closures

[Bob]

This seems like when cities and towns threaten to lay off teachers, firefighter and police...then suddenly find the $$ somewhere.

 

[DSettahr]

" All state parks are open " ? This press release dated 5/28 seems odd .
We drove by Devil's Tombstone on Friday and it was closed . We stayed at Colgate Lake where we talked at length with a DEC Ranger and he made no mention of any change in the parks closures .

Dave

DEC doesn't operate State Parks (with the exception of the state lands within the Adirondack and the Catskill State Parks, which work differently).

State Parks are operated by a different governmental agency, the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP).

Devil's Tombstone is not a state park, it is a state campground operated by the DEC. The DEC operates all of the state campgrounds within the Adirondacks and the Catskills. Outside of these areas, campgrounds in state parks are operated by OPHRP. The few DEC campgrounds that were closed (such as Devil's Tombstone) in the Adirondacks and the Catskills, as far as I know, weren't included in the bill to reopen the closed state parks.

 

[Tom Rankin]

DEC doesn't operate State Parks (with the exception of the state lands within the Adirondack and the Catskill State Parks, which work differently).

State Parks are operated by a different governmental agency, the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP).

Devil's Tombstone is not a state park, it is a state campground operated by the DEC. The DEC operates all of the state campgrounds within the Adirondacks and the Catskills. Outside of these areas, campgrounds in state parks are operated by OPHRP. The DEC campgrounds in the Adirondacks and the Catskills, as far as I know, weren't included in the bill to reopen the closed state parks.

In that case,

@$@# @#$ @# $@# $@# $ @#

 

[DSettahr]

I should clarify: the few DEC campgrounds that were already closed weren't included in the bill to reopen the state parks. Most of the DEC campgrounds are, and always were, still open.

 

[una_dogger]

Places like schunemunk that are largely maintained by NYNJTC probably will be ok and I suspect volunteer groups will work to maintain and continue to improve cherished public areas. I am surprised to see FDR and Mills Norrie on this list, but again am pretty confident the public will pick up the ball and probably do a better job at it!

 

[una_dogger]

Just a pet peeve, but I have begun to notice that whenever a politician, employer uses the trendy verbage "going forward" the plan is anything but progressive....

 

[Hikes4fun]

Just a pet preve, but I have begun to notice that whenever a politician, employer uses the trendy verbage "going forward" the plan is anything but progressive....

They're walking backwards?

 

[DSettahr]

I may be wrong- this editorial suggests that funding was included in the bill to reopen the DEC campgrounds as well. However, I can't find any other source to confirm or deny this.

 

[Tom Rankin]

Places like schunemunk that are largely maintained by NYNJTC probably will be ok and I suspect volunteer groups will work to maintain and continue to improve cherished public areas. I am surprised to see FDR and Mills Norrie on this list, but again am pretty confident the public will pick up the ball and probably do a better job at it!

Yeah! FDR is a National Park.

 

[DSettahr]

The only "FDR" I see on the list is this:

FDR (Roosevelt) State Park Westchester Reduce Swimming Pool Season

 

[una_dogger]

The only "FDR" I see on the list is this:

OK thanks for the clarification -- that's down near Tarrytown, I think. I saw FDR listed near Mills Norrie ( great place) on the listing and just assumed...that's what I get for trying to read VFTT via Blackberry!