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Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York, in 2021. The LISPC was created in 1924 by the New York State Legislature to build and operate parks & parkways on Long Island. [2] [3] [4] Governor Al Smith was appointed as its first President, and Robert Moses, who had drafted the bill creating the agency, served until 1953.
Montauk Downs State Park: Long Island: Suffolk: 171 acres (69 ha) 1978 [148] 120,860: Includes the Montauk Downs State Park Golf Course [149] Montauk Point State Park: Long Island: Suffolk: 862 acres (349 ha) 1924 [124] 816,970: Atlantic Ocean, Lake Munchogue (Oyster Pond), Block Island Sound: Moreau Lake State Park: Saratoga/Capital District ...
After the New York State Park Commission was first created in 1902, New York State Police had responsibility for patrolling parks and parkways. In 1946, Long Island State Park Commission President Robert Moses created the Long Island State Park Police Department to patrol Long Island’s parks. Throughout its existence, the force was strongly ...
Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of New York.All of the component refuges are located on Long Island.. The Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of seven national wildlife refuges, two refuge sub-units and one wildlife management area, all managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Sunken Meadow State Park, also known as Governor Alfred E. Smith State Park, is a 1,287-acre (5.21 km 2) state park [2] located in the Town of Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York on the north shore of Long Island. The park, accessible via the Sunken Meadow State Parkway, contains the 27-hole Sunken Meadow State Park Golf Course. [5]
Additionally, about 280 bird species can be observed in the park. [7] The park is accessible by the Heckscher State Parkway, and falls within the district protected by the Great River Fire Department. The Long Island Greenbelt Trail starts its 31-mile (50 km) route in Heckscher State Park. It ends in Sunken Meadow State Park.
The Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge is located on the south shore of Long Island and is one of the undeveloped estuary systems on Long Island. In 1947, Maurice Wertheim donated 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) on eastern Long Island to the United States government; the donated land subsequently became the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge.
The Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge is located just east of the village of Lloyd Harbor, New York, on the north shore of Long Island, 25 miles (40 km) east of New York City. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex .