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Bay Program Partner Organizations - New York

Part of upstate New York drains to the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay. Image courtesy New York DEC. View a larger version of this map.

Home to the source of the Chesapeake Bay -- Otsego Lake in Cooperstown -- New York officially joined as a headwater partner to the Chesapeake Bay Program in 2000. About 11 percent of the state drains to the Bay through the Susquehanna River and its network of tributaries.

Partner Agencies and Organizations in New York

New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) - New York DEC's mission is to conserve, improve and protect New York's natural resources and environment and to prevent, abate and control water, land and air pollution, to enhance the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state and their overall economic and social well-being.

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Bay Program Partner Organizations - New York