State DEC Looks to Classify 940 Acres of Forest on Belleayre Mountain
SHANDAKEN, N.Y. (AP) — The State Department of Environmental Conservation is taking comment on a plan to classify 940 acres of forest preserve on Belleayre Mountain in the Catskills.
The 1,200-acre Big Indian tract was acquired by the state in 2011. Of that, 263 acres was classified as intensive use, to be added to the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center.