.8% is a bit misleading. Public Land is 37% (as of 1991) [1] of the state. The ADK park is state owned/managed and huge. Catskill region also has lots of public

.8% is a bit misleading. Public Land is 37% (as of 1991) [1] of the state. The ADK park is state owned/managed and huge. Catskill region also has lots of public land. They're both amazing places I'm happy don't look like the US side of Niagara falls [2] [1]: https://www.summitpost.org/public-and-private-land-percentages-by-us-states/186111#:~:text=62.5%25-,13,62.9%25,-14 https://www.summitpost.org/public-and-private-land-percentag... [2] https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/runte1/prologue.htm#:~:text=%22your%20niagara%20will%20have%20been%20spoiled%20for%20you.%20already%20the%20forest%20round%20about%20is%20being%20cleared...%20.%20i%20don't%20give%20the%20americans%20ten%20years%20to%20establish%20a%20saw%20or%20flour%20mill%20at%20the%20base%20of%20the%20cataract.%22 https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/runte1/prologue...