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What is the Tug Hill Commission?

The NYS Tug Hill Commission is a small, non-regulatory state agency charged with “helping local governments and citizens shape the future of the Tug Hill region.” The Tug Hill region includes 41 towns and 18 villages in portions of Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and Oswego counties. Click here to learn more.

About The Tug Hill Region

The Tug Hill region lies between Lake Ontario and the Adirondacks. Larger than Delaware or Rhode Island, its 2,100 square miles comprise one of the most rural and remote sections of New York State and the Northeast. A scattering of public lands covers a tenth of the region, with most of that land used extensively for timber production, hunting, and recreation. The rest is privately owned forest, farms, and homes, all of it working land that supports the region’s way of life. Tug Hill’s total population is just over 100,000, with two-thirds of those people concentrated in villages around its edge. Its densely forested core of about 275 square miles is among New York’s most remote areas, with a population of just a few thousand and few public roads. Click here to learn more.

News Spotlights

Headwaters 2020 Annual Report Available

02/22/2021

The Tug Hill Commission releases Headwaters 2020 Newsletter & 2020-21 Annual Report.

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Looking for Community Leaders to Support Regional Civic Engagement

02/18/202102/18/2021

The Tug Hill Commission’s mission is to help local governments and citizens shape the future of the Tug Hill region. The commission achieves this, in no small part, thanks to maintaining close working relationships and...

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Snowmobile Economic Impact Study Kicks Off

02/18/2021

Lewis County Economic Development, working together with Jefferson County Economic Development, the Lewis County Chamber of Commerce, Oneida County Tourism, Oswego County Community Development, Tourism and Planning, Operation Oswego County, the Tug Hill Commission and...

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Forest Tax Analysis Published

02/18/202102/18/2021

The Tug Hill Commission recently released an issue paper titled The Forest Tax Exemption and Impact on Municipal Budgets. Using real property data from Lewis, Oswego and Jefferson counties, the paper documents 480-a enrollment changes...

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Training

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Syracuse snowfall down but why are snowmobilers happy?

Snow conditions on Tug Hill have been great for all forms of winter recreation!

SYRACUSE  (WSYR-TV) Here we stand at the end of February with one of the lowest seasonal snow totals Syracuse has seen since records have been kept at the Syracuse airport and yet some area sn…

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Letters from a Tug Hill Logger - Part 2

If you missed it last night, you can watch it here!

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Maps

Winona Forest Recreation Association does a wonderful job of incorporating multiple user groups into the Winona State Forest. We are happy to support their efforts.

Winona Forest Recreation Association, Inc. PO Box 26 Pulaski, NY 13142 Groomer Barn 37 Center Road Boylston, NY info @winonaforest.com Copyright 2016 All Right reserved

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Tug Hill: Surviving winter in the snowiest place in the East

An oldie but a goodie!

When 300 of inches of snow fall each year, there are stories to tell

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