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(AP) — New York state has bought 20,000 acres of timberland in the northeast Adirondacks — including 3,820-foot Lyon Mountain — from a conservation group for almost $10 million. According to records filed with Clinton County, the 11 parcels were sold last week by the Nature Conservancy. The nonprofit organization bought the land in 2005 from Canadian lumber company Domtar Industries, while also helping arrange the sale of more than 84,000 adjacent acres to the Lyme Timber Co. of Hanover, N.H., subject to a conservation easement. "The properties transferred ... have important ecological and public recreational values," said Connie Prickett, spokeswoman for the conservancy's Adirondack Chapter. They include 14,400 acres on Lyon Mountain, a mile of undeveloped shoreline on East Chazy Lake and a 1,700-acre Ellenberg Mountain tract that consolidates 7,100 acres of adjoining state Forest Preserve. Lyon Mountain, one of the most popular hikes in the northeastern part of the Adirondack Park, provides habitat for the Bicknell's thrush. The migratory songbird is considered at risk because of very specific habitat ranges and needs, Prickett said. New York paid $9,838,600 for 20,136 acres, according to records. Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman Yancey Roy said this concluded an acquisition the state committed to four years ago. Money from the Environmental Protection Fund was essentially earmarked long ago for the purchase, he said. The fund, supplied by a real estate transfer tax, is dedicated to environmental programs, including buying open space. However, millions of dollars have been diverted from the fund to help offset other state spending. The agreements in 2005 were meant to keep the northeastern corner of the Adirondacks, about 140 miles north of Albany, producing logs on the Lyme purchase but otherwise essentially wild. The conservation easement with Lyme has not yet been completed, Roy said Monday. Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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