1,448 Acres in Clinton County, Clintonville, New York

NYS recreational/investment timberland along the Little Ausable River, under Forest Tax Law for sale.  Stewart Mountain Forest is an extraordinay 1,448-acre north-eastern Adirondack property located in the Ausable River Valley just west of Lake Champlain.  This property boasts of diverse recreational and investment opportunities with Stewart Mountain, an 1,161' peak offering majestic views east of the Green Mountains of Vermont and south and west of the High Peaks of New York.Stewart Mountain Forest has 10 well maintained, cabled access points into the property with hardened gravel roads that will support harvesting equipment for timber operations, as well as snow plowing for winter use.  Buck Hill Road, the most western public access road, is gravel and maintained year 'round.  Further east, Thomasville Road is paved and maintained year 'round.  The Arnold Hill Road is paved but is seasonally maintained west of the intersection with Allen Hill.All right of use on this parcel transfer to the new owner with exception of mineral rights which were reserved years ago by a previous owner, Republic Steel, who ceased surface iron ore mining operations in the mid 1990's.  Electric utilities are unavailable along most of the road frontage except adjacent to Thomasville Road and near the intersection of Silver and Allen Hill Roads.The forest is dominated by red oak and white pine.  Other common and merchantable norther hardwood species thriving here include: sugar and red maple, hemlock, aspen, beech and white oak.  The entire acreage of this fully forested tract is managed for timber and wildlife under the New York State Forest Tax Law, Section 480-a Management Plan.  480-a reduces property assessments in exchange for long-term, proper forest management.  For further details, see the attached information regarding Real Property Tax Law 480-a or visit the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation's website.In accordance with the forest management plan a sawtimber harvest was conducted in eligible stands in 2012.  This was the last scheduled harvest for the next 15 years.  There's normally never a problem selling timber in this region as this area has a robust forest products industry that includes local, regional and Canadian mills that purchase veneer and sawlogs, and pulpwood or whole-tree chips for paper manufacturing and electricity generation. The eventual sale of forest products results in the dividend on the money spent years ago to purchase the property.  The added benefit from this harvest was the flush regeneration and surge of growth in the trees that remain.  Naturally regenerated hardwoods will attract more deer, bear, turkeys, grouse and a variety of other species that prefer a younger forest.The small camp on the property is owned by a group of hunters who lease the property for ~$3,200/year.  It is an annual agreement that can end given a 30-day notice by either party, unless the big game season is already started, in which case the lease would terminate at the end of the season.  Upon termination of the lease, the hunting camp would be removed.This entirely forested property offers big-woods recreational opportunities for all seasons;…

Home, Hunting Property, Land - Undeveloped, Recreational Land, River Frontage, Timberland

Clintonville, 12924 New York

County: Clinton