Upper Hudson Woodlands
New York, Hamilton, Essex, Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Fulton County

Size
90,500 acres

Price
$0.00
The property will be sold in a two-phase bid process. The property will be sold subject to working forest conservation easements.

Description
The Upper Hudson Woodlands is comprised of approximately 90,500 acres of working forest, protected by a conservation easement, located primarily within the heart of the Adirondack Park.

Primary Conservation Objective
A special opportunity exists in the Adirondacks that does not exist in many places around the globe. Nearly half the planet’s original forest cover is gone today, and each year 40 million acres is replaced by development or agriculture. Yet, in this pocket of the northeastern United States, large swaths of forests can be protected in ways that will enable natural processes to function and persist over time. The lands being offered for sale are part of The Nature Conservancy's protection plan for 161,000 Adirondack acres purchased in June, 2007. For more information, please visit: www.nature.org/adirondacks.

Biodiversity Highlights
The former Finch Paper lands--161,000 acres purchased by The Nature Conservancy in June 2007-- contain some of the wildest land remaining in the Adirondacks, and accordingly, are home to some of the state’s most impressive plant and animal diversity. A biological survey conducted in 2001 found 95 significant species, 37 of which are rare in New York, about 20 uncommon in the state, and 30 rare or uncommon in the Adirondacks. Much of the land adjoins the protected Forest Preserve and the Conservancy is working to keep intact large expanses of ecologically and economically important forests. All told there are some 90 mountains, 70 lakes and ponds, 15,000 acres of wetlands, and more than 415 miles of rivers and streams on the entire property. Protecting the land, through a combination of working forest conservation easements and outright sales to New York State, will help to provide safe havens for species to move upslope and northward in response to a changing climate—putting them in a better position to withstand invasions of damaging non-native plants, pests, and pathogens.

Qualifications and Restrictions
The property will be encumbered by a working forest conservation easement and various recreational club leases, and will be subject to the assignment of a fiber supply agreement.

View across Indian Lake toward Snowy, Panther and Buell Mountains © Carl Heilman II

For more information, please contact:

Mr. Gary Bahlkow (LandVest, Inc.)
Two Monument Square
Portland, Maine 04101

Phone: 207-874-6158
E-mail: gbahlkow@landvest.com