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NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York State parks receive over 80 million visitors annually, and the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is recruiting officers to help with this influx.
Prospect Point at the Niagara Reservation, c. 1900.The reservation, known today as Niagara Falls State Park, was the first park opened by New York State.. State-level procurement and management of parks in New York began in 1883, when then-governor Grover Cleveland signed legislation authorizing the appropriation of lands near Niagara Falls for a "state reservation".
OPRHP manages lands designated as state parks in New York, [2] with the aims of providing public space for outdoor recreation while conserving natural and cultural resources. [3] The agency offers the "Empire Passport", which provides unlimited day use vehicle entry to most of New York's state parks and recreational facilities. [4]
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. [2] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Gilbert Lake State Park is a 1,584-acre (6.41 km 2) state park in Otsego County, New York, United States. [2] Most of the park is in the Town of New Lisbon, in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains east of the community of New Lisbon and north of Oneonta.
Clark Reservation State Park is a state park in Onondaga County, New York.The park is in Jamesville, NY, in the Town of DeWitt, south of Syracuse.It was the site of a large waterfall formed by melting glacial ice at the end of the last Ice Age; the plunge basin at the base of the old falls is now a small lake.
H. Hallock State Park Preserve; Hamlin Beach State Park; Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area; Harriman State Park (New York) Haverstraw Beach State Park
Lake Superior State Park is a 1,410-acre (5.7 km 2) state park located on Lake Superior, in the town of Bethel in Sullivan County, New York.The park is operated by the Sullivan County Department of Public Works under a long-term license from the Palisades Interstate Park Commission.