Lundy Estate
The State has agreed to acquire one of the largest remaining privately held parcels of land in the Catskill Mountains, nearly 5,000 acres of the Lundy Estate in the towns of Rochester and Wawarsing, Ulster County. This magnificent new addition to public land in the Catskills will permanently protect more than six miles of the Vernoy Kill, a quality cold water trout stream, and provide miles of new hiking trails for the enjoyment of visitors to this exceptional forest river valley. The State was assisted in the purchase by the Open Space Institute and the Trust for Public Land, two non-profit land conservation organizations that work together as a joint venture in New York State. The groups have acquired the entire parcel and will sell 4,930 acres to the State for approximately $4 million in Bond Act and EPF resources.
