"Can you explain that other part to me about the seperate entities? I don't quite get that guy, not too familiar with the different organizations."
Cisco, let's see if I can explain it better. The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation(OPRHP) is the New York entity that administers, maintains and preserves the State's "developed" State Parks and Historic Sites (Federal Example would be the National Park Service). Examples of these parks would be the fore mentioned Green Lakes S.P., Letchworth S.P., Jones Beach S.P., Silvan Beach S.P., Delta Lake, Bear Mt. S.P., Niagra Falls S.P. etc.... These are usually highly developed, fee access recreational parks. They also have many historic sites and public campgrounds across the state. These parks are outside the Blue Line, outside the Adirondack and Catskill "Parks". OPRHP has their own police force, NYS Park Police, to patrol these lands but are state police officers meaning that they can and do enforce the law anywhere as needed(powers not limited to park).
The Department of Environmental Conservation(DEC or sometimes referred to as ENCON) (Federal equivalents U.S. Forest Service + Environmental Protection Agency) administers & maintains over six million acres of State Lands across New York (almost half inside the Blue Line) along with environmental protection mandates. These State Lands are less(or not) developed and are mostly free access (except campgrounds in Adks). DEC State Lands come in many different classifications depending on location, management goals and levels of protection. (i.e. Forest Preserve, State Forest, Wildlife Management Area, Unique Area) DEC State Lands in the Adk "Park" are classified as Forest Preserve and carry some the highest levels of protection as any public lands in the nation as they are designated in Article XIV of NY's Constitution. These lands come in several sub-classifications (i.e. Wilderness Area, Wild Forest, Canoe Area, etc..) depending on level of sustained use. NYS DEC has two enforcement arms to protect it's interests, Environmental Conservation Officers(ECOs) and Forest Rangers, both are state police officers. ECOs primary duties are enforcement of the Fish & Wildlife laws and environmental quality and Rangers primary duties are protection of State Lands, wildland SAR and wildfire management. Though Rangers are the primary stewards of State Lands both flavors of green suits can be expected to be on the prowl on any given parcel of State Land.
Did I clear anything up or am I :deadhorse: