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Article: TUG HILL PLATEAU TO STAY `FOREVER WILD' UNDER DEAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2002
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Byline: RICHARD PEREZ-PENA New York Times
TUG HILL PLATEAU -- A stretch of these northern New York highlands will remain forever wild, open to the public for recreation but preserved from development, under a deal reached by Gov. George Pataki, the Nature Conservancy and a timber company.
The complex $9.1 million deal, to be announced today, covers 44,650 often stunning and ecologically important acres between the Adirondacks and Lake Ontario. It is New York's second largest land preservation pact since the 1980s, and by far the largest outside Adirondack Park.
The agreement is a significant step toward conservationists' dream of creating an ...