JOHNSBURG, N.Y. (AP) — The family of environmental activist Howard Zahniser has granted New York state a conservation easement on the cabin where much of the Federal Wilderness Act of 1964 was drafted.

The easement allows for the site to be protected as part of the Adirondack Forest Preserve. The family also donated more than five acres of land to the state as a tribute to their late father’s wilderness advocacy.

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