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    Oct 31, 2021 4 minutes
    By Gwendolyn Craig

    The Nature Conservancy and state officials are negotiating a deal for potential public takeover of one of the last vast tracts available for inclusion in the forest preserve, Follensby Pond and surrounding land.

    In 2008, the Conservancy acquired the 14,600 acres near Tupper Lake for $16 million. The land features 10 miles of shoreline along the Raquette River and borders the High Peaks Wilderness Area. The tract includes the 970-acre Follensby Pond where in 1858 Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell and Louis Agassiz engaged in discussions at a “Philosopher’s Camp.” It was also one of New York’s main sites for its bald eagle restoration project in the 1970s and 1980s.

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