Species Conservation
Endangered Species
DEC's Endangered Species Program is designed to find and correct fish or wildlife problems before certain species are gone forever.
State Wildlife Grants
In Fall 2001, federal legislation established a new State Wildlife Grants (SWG) program that provided funds to state wildlife agencies for conservation of fish and wildlife species in greatest need of conservation.
New York Natural Heritage Program
The New York Natural Heritage Program facilitates conservation of New York's rare animals, rare plants, and significant ecosystems.
Natural Heritage Areas Program
The Natural Heritage Area Program (NHA) recognizes rare animals, rare plants, and significant natural communities, and provides greater assurance that management activities on designated state lands protect those unique resources for which the area was designated.
Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area
Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program
The Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program (ACLP) was initiated in the spring of 2001 to research the natural history of Common Loons (Gavia immer) and the effects of contaminants and human interactions on loon populations in the Adirondack Park.
More about Species Conservation:
- Landowner Incentive Program - The Landowner Incentive Program focuses on managing privately-owned habitat by offering landowners technical advice and financial incentives to protect at-risk species.
- Common Loon Conservation - Researching the natural history of common loons and the effects of contaminants and human interactions on loon populations in the Adirondack Park.
- Endangered Species - New York State's program to protect and promote Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species
- Fish and Wildlife Species Restorations - During the last half century there have been several major success stories of wildlife restoration in New York.
- Return a Gift to Wildlife - Return A Gift To Wildlife (RAGTW) was established by the legislature in 1982 to help provide additional funds to enhance DEC's fish and wildlife program.
- Citizen Science: Wildlife Observation Data Collection - Opportunities to help DEC collect data about New York's wildlife resource.
- State Wildlife Grants (SWG) - Federal Funding for Fish and Wildlife Conservation.
- Environmental Resource Mapper - The Environmental Resource Mapper is an interactive mapping application that can be used to identify some of New York State's natural resources and environmental features that are state protected, or of conservation concern.
- Habitat Protection Programs - The Habitat Protection Section is made up of biologist who assess and mitigate the adverse impacts of electrical generation (steam-electric, hydropower, wind power)and hazardous waste sites on fish and wildlife resources in New York State.
- New York Natural Heritage Program - The New York Natural Heritage Program enables and enhances conservation of rare animals, rare plants, and significant natural communities or ecosystems (which are basically different types of forests, wetlands, grasslands, etc.).
- Natural Heritage Areas Program - The goal of the New York Natural Areas Program is to provide state land managers with a tool to highlight and ensure the protection of rare plants, animals and significant natural communities on state-owned land.
