LOWVILLE â State recreational area seasonal gates in Lewis County closed by winter have been opened by spring.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that all seasonal access gates for the Croghan Tract, Oswegatchie and East Branch Fish Creek Conservation Easements and Watsonâs East Triangle Wild Forest are now open for the public.
The recreation areas allow for multiple types of recreation activities.
Only Watsonâs East Triangle Wild Forest is state-owned forest preserve land.
It consists of 13,229 acres of forested rolling hill terrain in the towns of Croghan, Diana, Watson and, in Herkimer County, Webb, just inside the Adirondack Park Blue Line. About 2,240 acres of the area are wetlands.