The Turner Brook Reserve is a

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located in

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, United States. Its western boundary runs along the Cold Spring Road in Forestburgh and its easternmost point is High Falls in The

Neversink Gorge The Neversink Gorge is located in the town of Forestburgh, New York, USA, and is one of the more outstanding features of the Neversink River. A portion of the western side of the gorge, above Denton Falls, through High Falls, to the entrance of E ...

. The reserve is named after Turner Brook, a stream that runs along the westernmost part of the reserve and flows into Gillman Pond.

History

The Turner Brook Reserve was established in 1968 by Ben Wechsler, who died on July 21, 2011. In the early 1970s The Turner Brook Reserve was and encompassed both sides of the

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for more than . Today the reserve totals more than .

References

Protected areas of Sullivan County, New York Protected areas established in 1968 Nature reserves in New York (state) 1968 establishments in New York (state) {{SullivanCountyNY-geo-stub