Jessup River Wild Forest
The Jessup River Wild Forest (JRWF) area consists of 47,350 acres of State Forest Preserve lands in the towns of Arietta, Indian Lake, Lake Pleasant, and Wells in Hamilton County. The unit is bounded by Route 28 to the north and Route 30 in the southeast, as well as three wilderness areas: West Canada Lakes Wilderness to the west; Siamese Ponds Wilderness to the east, and Silver Lake Wilderness to the south. The state lands in this unit border, or are in close proximity to, the communities of Indian Lake, Piseco, Speculator and Wells. Route 30 bisects the unit and serves as the main access corridor. Many people enjoy hiking to the fire towers on Pillsbury and Snowy mountains, snowmobiling between Piseco Lake and Indian Lake, canoeing on Fall Stream, or camping on Mason Lake. Hunting, fishing, and trapping are also popular activities throughout the unit but particularly in and around Perkins Clearing, the Jessup River and the Miami River.
The JRWF UMP was approved in August 2006.
A) (12.1 Mb pdf - This file is very large and may take a long time to download or even cause some computers to crash)
Plan Parts:
B) (1.2 mb pdf)
C) (344 kb pdf)
D) (833 kb pdf)
Section VI - Special Area Management Plans:
E) (750 kb pdf)
F) (530 kb pdf)
Appendices
G) 1 - Location Map to 17 - Rare Communities and Species (729 kb pdf)
H) 18 - Easements to 19 - HRBRRD-DEC Stipulation (848 kb pdf)
I) 20 - Non-Forest Preserve Lands to 21 - North Country Scenic Trail (714 kb pdf)
J) 22 - Wetlands Maps (489 kb pdf)
K) 23 - Invasive Plants to 24 - Snowmobile Trail Briefing Document (381 kb pdf)
L) 25 - Supplemental Alternative Analysis of Snowmobile Trails in Arietta and Lake Pleasant (536 kb pdf)
M) 26 - Reference Information (96 kb pdf)
Appendix 25- Supplemental Snowmobile Alternative Analysis Maps:
N) Existing Trails and Alternative A (536 kb pdf)
O) Alternative B and C (532 kb pdf)
P) (555 kb pdf)
Q) Alternative E Options 1 and 2 (436 kb pdf)
R) (795 kb pdf)
S) (1.7 Mb pdf)
Unit Maps:
T) Indian Lake Islands Campground (57 kb pdf)
U) Facilities Map -Northern (872 kb pdf)
V) Facilities Map - Southern (865 kb pdf)
To request a copy please contact us:
NYSDEC
Lands and Forests
Forest Preserve Mgmt
625 Broadway FL 5
Albany, NY 12233
518-473-9518
