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  2. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic ...

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    The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ( NYS OPRHP) is a state agency within the New York State Executive Department [5] charged with the operation of state parks and historic sites within the U.S. state of New York. [6] As of 2014, the NYS OPRHP manages nearly 335,000 acres (523 sq mi; 1,360 km 2) of public ...

  3. List of New York state parks - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of New York. Also listed are state golf courses , seasonal hunting areas, and former state parks. In New York, state parks are managed by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP), with the exception of the Adirondack and Catskill Parks which are managed by the Department ...

  4. New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    New York, sometimes called New York State, [b] is a state in the Northeastern United States. One of the Mid-Atlantic states, it borders the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada and the Great Lakes. [c] With almost 19.6 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States and eighth-most densely populated as of 2023. [5]

  5. Robert Moses State Park - Wikipedia

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    Robert Moses State Park. Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a 875-acre (3.54 km 2) state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. [3] The park lies on the western end of Fire Island, one of the central barrier islands off the southern coast of Long Island, and is known for its five-mile (8.0 km) stretch of beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.

  6. Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park - Wikipedia

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park. Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park is a 960-acre (3.9 km 2) state park in Westchester County, New York. [2] Formerly known as Mohansic Park and Mohansic State Park, it is situated in Yorktown, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from New York City. The park was created in 1922 on the former site of the Mohansic State ...

  7. Mohawk River State Park - Wikipedia

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    April 2006. ( 2006-04) [2] Operated by. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Open. All year. Mohawk River State Park is a 105-acre (0.42 km 2) [1] undeveloped state park in the town of Niskayuna in Schenectady County, New York. The park is located adjacent to the Mohawk River .

  8. Forest Park (Queens) - Wikipedia

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    In 1892, the New York State Legislature authorized the park search, and the Brooklyn Parks Department purchased the first parcel of this space on August 9, 1895, whereupon the name Brooklyn Forest Park was first used. Because of the numerous private landowners involved, the park had to be assembled in 124 parcels, finishing in 1898.

  9. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

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    The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government. The department guides and regulates the conservation, improvement, and protection of New York's natural resources; manages Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, state forest lands, and wildlife management ...