Albany Preserves Adirondacks

From an AP story -

State officials have completed agreements to protect almost 260,000 acres of Adirondack wilderness and open much of it to public recreation. The deal, struck in 2004 with the International Paper Company, involved conservation easements on 257,000 acres in nine counties. Under the contracts, the Lyme Timber Company, which has since bought most of International Paper’s Adirondack land, will not sell the land for development, and the state will pay local taxes.