Neil Woodworth, executive director of the Adirondack Mountain Club, issued a statement Monday declaring “a major victory” for people who live, work and recreate in the Adirondack and Catskill mountains.

“The state Forest Preserve, which protects more than 3 million acres of wild lands in the Catskills and Adirondacks, is an important asset to all New Yorkers, and the fiscal burden of maintaining these lands should be shared by all New Yorkers and not fall on the shoulders of a few.”

Dillenburg visited the Adirondacks in August, attending a property-tax conference in Harrietstown.

At the time, he said he was sure the case would prevail, since it had won three earlier rounds in lower courts.

Arkwright, with a population of about 1,200, receives no state tax payments for 2,265 acres of the Canadaway Creek Game Management Area, and the town has asked for $24,000 in tax payments repeatedly over the past 30 years.

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