The primary purposes of Louise Keir Wildlife Management Area (WMA) are for wildlife management, wildlife habitat management, and wildlife-dependent recreation. This WMA consists of about 187 acres in southern Albany County. While much of the area was historically cleared and farmed in the early 1900s, it has since reverted back to forestland. The initial parcel was donated to the State as a gift in 1978, and additional parcels were purchased in 2004 and 2006. There are two primary forest types on the Louise Keir WMA. Almost the entire northern half is a relatively young oak forest, while most of the south facing hillside is mixed northern hardwood-conifer forest. White pines are the predominant species here, invading the area when farming ceased and the fields were allowed to re-vegetate naturally. The upper elevations of the property, which reach over 1,000 feet, contain one uncommon natural community: a pitch pine-oak-heath rocky summit. This is a fire-dependent community. Because no fires have occurred in this area for many decades, the pitch pine is being lost and shaded out by the white pine.