New ADA Accessible Trail Unveiled at Black Rock Forest

WHO:           

Rose Harvey, Commissioner, Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Dr. William Schuster, Executive Director, Black Rock Consortium
Lucy R. Waletzky, Chair, State Council of Parks

Terrence Nolan, Senior Vice President, Open Space Institute
Assemblyman James Skoufis, Assembly District 99

State and Local Leaders

WHAT:           Announcement Surrounding Multiple Hudson Valley Land Acquisitions and
                       Unveiling of New ADA Accessible Visitor Access Pathway at Black Rock Forest

WHEN:         10 a.m., Friday, October 21, 2016

WHERE:     Black Rock Consortium, Visitor Parking Lot
                     Located off 9W South, 500 feet past 65 Reservoir Road, Cornwall, NY 12518

State Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey will join with several partners and local and state leaders to announce thousands of acres have been preserved and will be added to Parkland at four different locations across the Hudson Valley. Once threatened by development several pieces have been preserved and will create a publicly-accessible land connection between numerous state parks and provide protection to the scenic viewshed that accompanies.

Commissioner Harvey will then join Black Rock Consortium Executive Director Dr. William Schuster and several other partners on an ecology stroll along the new Visitor Access Pathway at Black Rock Forest.

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, which are visited by 65 million people annually. A recent study found that New York State Parks generates $1.9 billion in economic activity annually and supports 20,000 jobs. For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow on Twitter.