. A state park plan for New York, with a proposal for the new park bond issue. Parks. >â â :' * -^ ^^' M'^ ^SKw^^iS'' niâ|,.,.a ig*'^ i^^'-: â 'â â â â '⢠WSSBtMimm ^^^ >J !^ ^^ , C -;v**^'r â t-^l .-%,â ;,,.":._:.,,''..-^i,;*- ."', .â 'â ^, »'.-,' ^^^^^tj^ftj^ â BiW^^ m f\.''W. .- â â ' -'-\ y â ^,^^^'^>^3S HE 1 itLk ':*^-^'\ ^^^^iirf^i HIGHLAND LAKE The park has been developed with the sole object of making it accessible and usable for the people. Great care has been taken to preserve and enhance its natural beauties and all arti- ficial adornment has been avoided. On
. A state park plan for New York, with a proposal for the new park bond issue. Parks. >â â :' * -^ ^^' M'^ ^SKw^^iS'' niâ|,.,.a ig*'^ i^^'-: â 'â â â â '⢠WSSBtMimm ^^^ >J !^ ^^ , C -;v**^'r â t-^l .-%,â ;,,.":._:.,,''..-^i,;*- ."', .â 'â ^, »'.-,' ^^^^^tj^ftj^ â BiW^^ m f\.''W. .- â â ' -'-\ y â ^,^^^'^>^3S HE 1 itLk ':*^-^'\ ^^^^iirf^i HIGHLAND LAKE The park has been developed with the sole object of making it accessible and usable for the people. Great care has been taken to preserve and enhance its natural beauties and all arti- ficial adornment has been avoided. Onljr such buildings have been erected as were considered necessary for the comfort of visitors and proper housing of the organization. Roads, paths, trails, lakes, docks, beaches, water and sani- tary systems, playgrounds, loicnic groves, boats, pavilions, shel- ters, camps and ice houses have been built, and restaurants, lunch rooms and steamer and automobile transportation ]")ro- vided. Much forestry work has been done and from the dead timber secured in this work has been sawed practically all the lumber used in the buildings. More than 5,000,000 j^oung trees and many native shrubs have been planted, also nut trees and a great variety of berry-bearing shrubs have been planted to in- crease the food supply of the birds, and native wild flowers and flowering shrubs are being planted and fostered. Several of the lakes and streams have been stocked ',/ith game and pan fish and other varieties planted for their food and for the control of mosquitoes. There are few places in the world that offer more oppor- tunity for biological study than this park. The Commission procured a herd of elk from the Yellowstone and placed them within the park under enclosure. The herd is doing well and. SEVEN LAKES DRIVE SEVEN LAKES DRIVE 19. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration
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