Split Rock Wild Forest

The 3,700 acre Split Rock Wild Forest (SRWF) is located in the eastern Adirondacks, near Lake Champlain in the towns of Essex and Westport, Essex County. The Split Rock Wild Forest consists of several geographical-linked units within a ten mile radius of each other; Split Rock Mountain - including the Lake Champlain Palisades, Webb Royce Swamp, the Westport Boat Launch Site, and the Whallonsburg Fishing Access Site. The area offers numerous recreational opportunities, including hiking, camping, mountain biking, rock climbing, fishing and hunting in the warmer months, and cross country skiing, ice climbing, trapping and snowmobiling in the winter months.

The Department of Environmental Conservation developed a Unit Management Plan for the Split Rock Wild Forest (SRWF). The UMP includes the following sections:

a description of the unit and overview of the its history;
an inventory of the unit's natural and cultural resources, man-made facilities, the public use of the unit and its capacity to withstand public use;
an overview of the unit's past management, as well as the principles, goals, objectives, policies, Constitutional provisions and other legal guidance that influence the management of the unit;
management alternatives and the Department's preferred alternative for each management issue;
a schedule and estimated budget for implementation of the preferred management alternatives.

Split Rock Wild Forest Unit Management Plan (May, 2005)

Entire Plan ( 2.11 Mb pdf - This file is very large and may take a long time to download or even cause some computers to crash)
Sections I - XI and Appendices 1 - 13 (806 kb pdf)
Appendices 14 - 16 (1.21 Mb pfd)

To request a copy of the UMP, please contact us at:

NYSDEC
PO Box 220
Warrensburg, NY 12885
Phone: (518) 623-1265
Fax: (518) 623-3603
e-mail: r5ump@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Please specify whether you would like an electronic copy on CD in PDF format or a printed copy on paper.