New York Water Science Center The New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is developing a unit
management plan/environmental impact statement (UMP/EIS) for the
Hudson Gorge Primitive Area, an area of Forest Preserve land
encompassing a scenic stretch of the Hudson River in the
Adirondack Park. Two goals of the UMP/EIS are to inventory
natural resources and ecosystems and take actions to protect
those resources while providing for appropriate types and levels
of public recreational use. Because of the river's extensive
whitewater reaches, it is the setting for a commercial rafting
industry that operates during spring, summer, and fall. To
increase flows in the Indian and Hudson Rivers, the Town of
Indian Lake conducts regular recreational releases from Lake
Abanakee which is located on the Indian River about two miles
above its confluence with the Hudson. The stretch of the Indian
and Hudson Rivers traversed by rafters is also important to
anglers who seek brown trout (Salmo trutta) an