DIRECTORY OF WETLAND PROTECTION CONTACTS IN NEW YORK STATE
2000-2001
Prepared by: The Association of State Wetland Managers
Inside This Directory
Federal Agencies……………………………………………………...1 New York State Agencies……………………………………………5 Regional Agencies and Planning Boards …………………………8 Native American Natural Resources Contacts………….….………9 Centers for Legal Information………………………………….…...9 Nonprofit Conservation Organizations……………………………10 Professional Associations………………………………………..…12
Directory of Wetland Protection Contacts in New York State January, 2002
Jennifer Brady-Connor, Susan Brent, and Paula Brehm prepared this directory for the Association of State Wetland Managers. Editing by Jennifer Brady-Connor and Sharon Weaver. The information presented in the Directory was correct as of September 2001.
Funding for this directory was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under grant agreement number X-992998-99. The opinions expressed in the document are the authors' and do not reflect the view of the sponsoring agency.
Association of State Wetland Managers P.O. Box 269 Berne, NY 12023-9746 518-872-1804; Fax: 518-872-2171 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.aswm.org
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Albany Field Office U.S. Army Corps of 1 Bond Street U.S. Environmental Engineers Albany, NY 12180 Protection Agency 518-273-8593 The Corps has two wetland Fax: 518-273-2055 OFFICE OF WETLANDS, regulatory units located in NY. If Heidi Firstencel OCEANS, AND WATERSHEDS you are planning work in a river, Wetland Biologist Team Leader stream, or wetland, contact the [email protected] OWOW promotes a watershed Corps District Office that has approach to manage, protect, and responsibility for the Section 404 Maira Senick restore the water resources and permitting process in your area. This Team Leader of aquatic ecosystems of U.S. marine office will assist you in defining the Compliance/Enforcement and fresh waters. Through its many boundary of any wetlands on your [email protected] programs, OWOW provides property, and will provide technical and financial assistance instructions for applying for a Regulatory Branch Permits and develops regulations and Section 404 permit, if necessary. For 518-270-0588 guidance to support the watershed additional general information visit approach. http://www.usace.army.mil Regulatory Branch Compliance 518-278-1520 John Meagher, Director BUFFALO DISTRICT Phil Oshida, Deputy Director Serves Niagara, Erie, Genesee, PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT USEPA Headquarters Orleans, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Wanamaker Building Ariel Rios Building Allegany, Cattaraugus, Steuben, 100 Penn Square East 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Yates, Ontario, Onondaga, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390 Washington, DC 20460 Chemung, Oswego, Lewis, Oneida, 215- 656-6516 202-260-7791 Herkimer, Broome, Jefferson, and Fax: 215-656-6820 Fax: 202-260-2356 St. Lawrence County. http://www.nap.usace.army.mil http://www.epa.gov/owow 1776 Niagara Street Engaged in Civil Works in the Buffalo, NY 14207 Delaware River Watershed REGION 2 WETLANDS 716-879-4313 PROTECTION SECTION Fax: 716-879-4310 BALTIMORE DISTRICT http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil P.O. Box 1715 The U.S. EPA Region 2 Wetlands 10 South Howard Street Protection Section is designed to Paul Leuchner Baltimore, MD 21201 encourage and enable others to act Branch Chief 410-962-7608 effectively in protecting and 716-879-4313 Fax: 410-962-2948 restoring the nation's wetlands and [email protected] http://www.nab.usace.army.mil associated ecosystems, including Engaged in Civil Works in the shallow open waters and free- Auburn Field Office Chesapeake Bay Watershed flowing streams. The Section 7413 County House Road engages in two principle categories Auburn, NY 13021 PITTSBURGH DISTRICT of activities -- establishing national Fax: 315-255-1492 2032 William S. Moorhead Federal standards and assisting others to Building meet them. Provides financial Monitoring and Enforcement 1000 Liberty Avenue assistance to selected state, tribal 716-879-4312 Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4186 and local governments for the
412-395-7500 development of new wetlands New York Application Evaluation Fax: 412-644-2811 protection programs or to refine 716-879-4321 http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil existing ones through competitive
Engaged in Civil Works in the grants. The Section also provides NEW YORK DISTRICT Ohio River Watershed wetlands outreach and education Jacob K. Javits Federal Building 26 Federal Plaza materials, wetland research, and answers to general Section 404 New York, NY 12078-0090 212-264-6731 questions. http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/ index.htm
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24th Floor, DEPP/WPB/WPS Long Island Sound Study time. For a publication list contact 290 Broadway Mark Tedesco the hotline at 1-800-832-7828, New York, NY 10007-1866 203-977-1541 [email protected] 212-637-3801 [email protected] gov, or visit http://www.epa.gov/ Fax: 212-637-3889 ♦ The watershed for LISS owow/wetlands/wetline.html. http://www.epa.gov/region02/ includes portions of Connecticut water/wetlands and New York and extends from the East River in New York to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Daniel Montella eastern tip of Long Island. Service Chief, Wetlands Protection Section http://www.epa.gov/region01/ 212-637-3801 eco/lis The Service’s major responsibilities [email protected] involve migratory birds, Peconic Estuary Program endangered species, certain marine John Cantilla Rick Balla mammals, and freshwater and Grants 212-637-3788 anadromous fish - as well as people, 212-637-3810 [email protected] of course. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ♦ [email protected] The geographic area for PBEP is Service's mission is, working with entirely within eastern Suffolk others, to conserve, protect and Kathleen Drake County, New York between the enhance fish, wildlife, and plants Outreach Publications north and south forks of Long and their habitats. 212-637-3817 Island. They administer the North [email protected] American Waterfowl Management New York-New Jersey Harbor Plan and the North American National Estuary The core area for Harbor Estuary Wetlands Conservation Act as well Program is the urban harbor of as the Partners for Wildlife Program New York and New Jersey from Program. the Tappan Zee Bridge to Sandy The National Estuary Program Hook, including Newark Bay and NEW YORK FIELD OFFICE (NEP) was established in 1987 by its tributaries. 3817 Luker Road amendments to the Clean Water Estuary Program Cortland, NY 13045 Act to identify, restore and protect Robert Nyman 607-753-9334 estuaries along the coasts of the 212-637-3809 Fax: 607-753-9699 [email protected] United States. Currently, there are http://www.fws.gov three estuaries in the program http://www.harborestuary.org state-wide. Unlike traditional David Stilwell regulatory approaches to Wetlands Supervisor environmental protection, the NEP [email protected] targets a broad range of issues and Information Hotline engages local communities in the Carl Schwartz process. The program focuses not The Wetlands Information Hotline State Coordinator just on improving water quality in is a toll-free telephone service and Partners for Fish Wildlife an estuary, but on maintaining the e-mail correspondence that [email protected] integrity of the whole system--its answers requests for information chemical, physical, and biological about wetlands regulation, NATIONAL WETLANDS INVENTORY properties, as well as its economic, wetland values and functions, and A program responsible for recreational, and aesthetic values. other wetland-related topics. The Hotline is staffed by Information identifying, classifying, mapping, EPA, Region 2 Specialists who provide EPA- and reporting on the status of 24th Floor approved information, documents, wetlands in the U.S. 290 Broadway and referrals addressing federal 300 Westgate Center Drive New York, NY 10007 and state wetland programs, Hadley, MA 01035 http://www.epa.gov/region02/ wetland science, and wetlands 413-253-8620 water/nep/nep.htm Fax: 413-253-8482 education and outreach. The Hotline operates Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays, from 9:00a.m. to 5:30p.m. Eastern
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Ralph Tiner Regional Wetlands Coordinator Federal Highway National Oceanic and [email protected] Administration Atmospheric
MONTEZUMA NATIONAL Three Offices within the Federal Administration WILDLIFE REFUGE Highway Administration focus on Montezuma National Wildlife environmental protection and New York Sea Grant Program Refuge was established on enhancement. The Office of Sea Grant is a local, state, and September 12, 1938 as a refuge and Natural Environment primarily federal partnership designed to help breeding ground for migratory focuses on environmental people solve coastal problems. In birds and other wildlife. The refuge programs associated with air New York, it is administered provides resting, feeding, and quality, noise, and water quality. through the State University of New nesting habitat for waterfowl and The Office of Human York (SUNY) and Cornell other migratory birds. Montezuma Environment primarily focuses on University. is situated in the middle of one of programs associated with the SUNY at Stony Brook the most active flight lanes in the built environment, including 121 Discovery Hall Atlantic Flyway. transportation enhancements, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5001 3395 Route 5 & 20 East community programs, and public 631-632-6905 Seneca Falls, NY 13148 involvement. The Office of NEPA Fax: 631-632-6917 315-568-5987 Facilitation focuses on NEPA [email protected] http://www.fws.gov/R5MNWR http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu project development process as a balanced and streamlined SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND - approach to transportation New York Sea Grant Extension NEW YORK BIGHT COASTAL decision making that takes into Program ECOSYSTEMS PROGRAM account the potential impacts on Cornell University Purpose: The primary focal point both human and natural resources 348 Roberts Hall and coordinator for Service coastal and the public's need for safe and Ithaca, NY 14853-3001 activities in the southern New efficient transportation 607-55-2832 England coast, the New York-New improvements. Information Fax: 607-255-2812 Jersey Harbor, and the New York regarding the full range of FHWA E-mail: [email protected] Bight, i.e., the expanse of relatively environmental programs can be http://www.cce.cornell.edu/ shallow ocean water covering the found on their website. programs/seagrant/index.html bend in the continental shelf off the shores of New Jersey and Long DIVISION OFFICE U.S. Department of Island. This entire region is an 7th Floor, Leo O’Brien Building interconnected system, with its Albany, NY 12207 Agriculture largest estuaries including the 518-431-4125 watersheds of the Connecticut and Fax: 518-431-4208 Natural Resources Conservation Hudson Rivers. General: Service Shoreline Plaza, Route 1A [email protected] Administers the “Emergency P.O. Box 307 http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ Watershed Protection” program, Charlestown, RI 02813 which works through local 401-364-9124 William Gates government sponsors to help Fax: 401-364-0170 Division Environment participants solve natural resource [email protected] Coordinator and related economic problems on a http://www.fws.gov/r5snep/snep 518-431-4125, ext. 257 watershed basis. Also administers 2.htmIES CONTIED [email protected] the Wetlands Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Jeffrey Firmin Program, Swampbuster Provisions, Division Environment Engineer Wildlife Habitat Incentives 518-431-4125, ext. 220 Program, Forest Stewardship and [email protected] Stewardship Incentive Programs.
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The Galleries of Syracuse New York District Office 441 S. Salina Street 425 Jordan Road Suite 354, Room 520 Troy, NY 12180 Syracuse, NY 13202-2450 518-285-5600, ext. 5659 Fax: 315-477-6550 Fax: 518-285-5601 http://www.usda.gov [email protected] http://www.usgs.gov Steven Machovec Wetlands Program Manager Water Resources Division 315-477-6527 30 Brown Road [email protected] Ithaca, NY 14850 607-266-0217, ext. 3019 Michael Townsend Fax: 607-266-0521 State Biologist William Coon 315-477-6537 State Hydrologist [email protected] [email protected]
Richard Swenson Coram District Office State Conservationist Water Resources Division 315-477-6504 2045 Route 112 [email protected] Building 4 Coram, NY 11727 Farm Service Agency 516-736-0783 The USDA Farm Service Agency Fax: 516-736-4283 administers the Conservation Reserve Program, a voluntary Potsdam District Office program that offers annual rental Water Resources Division payments and cost-share assistance 22 Depot Street, Box U to establish long-term resource- Market Square Mall conserving practices on croplands. Potsdam, NY 13676 315-265-4410 Main 441 S. Salina Street, Suite 356 Fax: 315-265-2166
Syracuse, NY 13202-2455 315-477-6300 Fax: 315-477-6323 [email protected] http://www.fsa.usda.gov/ny/
U.S. Geological Survey
The USGS provides information about the geology, biology, and hydrology of NY, including invasive species, breeding bird surveys, vegetation mapping, aerial photos, hydrologic unit maps, and topographic maps. The USGS is also involved with many research efforts to monitor wetlands and aquatic resources.
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NEW YORK STATE AGENCIES
Tidal Wetlands Information: Region 3: Dutchess, Orange, Department of The NYS Tidal Wetlands Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster Environmental Regulatory Program is designed and Westchester Counties to prevent the despoliation and 21 South Putt Corners Road Conservation destruction of tidal wetlands by New Paltz, NY 12561-1696 Division of Fish, establishing and enforcing 845-256-3087 (Freshwater Wetland regulations. Official tidal wetlands Habitat) Wildlife and Marine maps showing the exact locations 845-758-7010 (Tidal Wetland of regulated wetlands are on file at Habitat) Resources DEC regional offices in Regions 1, http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web 2, and 3, and in the County Clerks' site/reg3/index.html Freshwater Wetlands Information: Offices of Nassau, Suffolk, Bronx, The NYS Freshwater Wetlands Kings, New York, Queens, Region 4: Albany, Columbia, program aims to protect, maintain, Richmond, Rockland, and Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, enhance, and restore freshwater Westchester Counties. They are Delaware, Otsego, Schenectady, wetlands ecosystems. Division staff also available at local assessing and Schoharie Counties in the regional offices implement agencies in these areas. 1150 Westcott Road most aspects of the wetlands http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web Schenectady, NY 12306-2014 program and also work closely site/dfwmr/marine/mhabitat.htm 518-357-2234 (Freshwater Wetland with other organizational units, Habitat) other agencies and levels of REGIONAL CONTACTS http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web government, and with non- Region 1: Nassau and Suffolk site/reg4/index.html governmental parties to implement Counties the program. Regulatory Loop Road, Building 40 Region 5: Franklin, Clinton, Freshwater Wetland Maps exist for Stony Brook, NY 11790-2356 Hamilton, Essex, Warren, Fulton, all counties except for the portions 631-444-0275 (Freshwater Wetland Saratoga and Washington Counties of these six counties located within Habitat) Route 86, P.O. Box 296 the Adirondack Park: Franklin, 631-444-0295 (Tidal Wetland Ray Brook, NY 12977-0296 Fulton, Herkimer, Saratoga, St. Habitat) 518-897-1291 (Freshwater Wetland Lawrence, and Washington. In http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web Habitat) addition, the wetland maps have site/reg1/index.html http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web been amended at various locations site/reg5/index.html to correct errors and to reflect Region 2: Bronx, Kings, New changes in the wetlands resource. York, Queens and Richmond Region 6: Herkimer, Jefferson, The maps show "the approximate Counties Lewis, Oneida and St. Lawrence location of the actual wetland 1 Hunters Point Plaza Counties boundary." DEC will refine that 4740 21st Street 317 Washington Street approximate boundary by doing a Long Island City, NY 11101-5407 Watertown, NY 13601-3787 field delineation for landowners 718-482-4922 (Freshwater Wetland 315-785-2263 (Freshwater Wetland when they need more precise Habitat) Habitat) information, such as when they are 718-482-6464 (Tidal Wetland http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web planning to conduct work near a Habitat) site/reg6/index.html wetlands area. The clerk's office http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web for each county, city, town and site/reg2/index.html Region 7: Broome, Cayuga, village has the Freshwater Wetland Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga, Maps for wetlands within their Oswego, Madison, Tioga and geographic area. Tompkins Counties http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web 615 Erie Boulevard West site/dfwmr/habitat/fwwprog.htm Syracuse, NY 13204-2400 607-753-3095 (Freshwater Wetland Habitat) http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web site/reg7/index.html
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Region 8: Chemung, Genesee, William Nieder Howard Pike, Section Chief Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Research Coordinator 518-402-8186 Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, 845-758-7013 http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web Steuben, Wayne and Yates [email protected] site/dow/bfp/gisfpm/gisfpm.htm Counties 6274 E. Avon-Lima Road Administrative Assistant Coastal Flooding and Erosion Avon, NY 14414-9519 845-758-7010 Management 716-226-2466 (Freshwater Wetland [email protected] Assists with shore protection Habitat) projects; harbor drift removal; beach http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND nourishment; and addressing issues site/reg8/index.html MEDIATION SERVICES related to coastal storms, coastal Professional mediators to assist erosion, and coastal flooding. Region 9: Allegany, Cattaraugus, parties in resolving disputes Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara and through free, negotiated, Roman Rakoczy Wyoming Counties confidential, and mutually 518-402-8139 270 Michigan Avenue agreeable settlements. http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web Buffalo, NY 14203-2999 625 Broadway site/dow/bfp/cem/cem.htm 716-372-0645 (Freshwater Wetland Albany, NY 12233 Habitat) 518-402-9003 http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web [email protected] Office of Parks, site/reg9/index.html http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web Recreation and site/ohms/index.html FRESHWATER WETLANDS Historic Preservation PROGRAM - CENTRAL OFFICE 625 Broadway Division of Water Administers funds for federal Albany, NY 12233 historic preservation and park The NYS DEC Division of Water programs and the 1986 New York Patricia Reixinger protects water quality in lakes, State Environmental Quality Bond Wetlands Program Manager rivers, aquifers and coastal areas Act, the Environmental Protection 518-402-8848 by regulating wastewater Fund and the 1996 Clean Fax: 518-402-8925 discharges, monitoring Water/Clean Air Bond Act. [email protected] waterbodies and controlling surface runoff; provides technical Agency Building 1 Judy Marth-Steven assistance and education; Empire State Plaza Freshwater Wetlands Mapping manages freshwater resources; Albany, NY 12238 Coordinator and helps prevent flood damage 518-474-0409 518-457-0576 and beach erosion. Public benefits Fax: 518-474-7013 [email protected] include clean water for all uses; http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us and public participation in Ilsa Gruber decisions about water; water Thomas Lyons Wetlands Program Counsel quantity and quality management Director 518-457-0989 by watershed, through federal, [email protected] [email protected] state and local partnerships.
HUDSON RIVER NATIONAL GIS / Flood Plain Management ESTUARY RESEARCH RESERVE Providing community outreach Bard College Field Station and assistance; flood mitigation; Annandale, NY 12504-5000 geographic information systems http://inlet.geol.sc.edu/HUD data development and acquisition; flood mapping; Elizabeth Blair flood modeling; flood insurance Manager program. 845-758-7011 [email protected]
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The Metadata Repository provides Natural Heritage Department of State one central location where State Program Division of Local agencies and local governments can list the GIS data sets that they have. A statewide biodiversity inventory Government GIS users can browse the list, or that develops, maintains, and Services search for specific keywords, to find out what data is available, who interprets an integrated system of holds it, and how it can be obtained. conservation databases. Their The Division of Local information and expertise facilitate Government provides training In addition to these primary sound planning, conservation, and and technical assistance to local functions, the Clearinghouse natural resources management to governments and community provides information on and links conserve the plants, animals, and organizations throughout the to GIS education and training communities that represent our state and helps local officials solve opportunities; other state and natural heritage. problems involving basic powers Federal GIS resources, including 700 Troy - Schenectady Road and duties, public works, downloadable data from the U.S. Latham, NY 12110-2400 municipal organization, planning, Census Bureau and the USGS; GIS 518-783-3937 land use and regulatory controls, user groups throughout New York; Fax: 518-783-3916 and community development. and GIS-related listserves. http://www.dec.state.ny.us/web One of the goals of the Division is NYS GIS Clearinghouse site/dfwmr/heritage/ to serve as a "one-stop-shop" for NYS Office for Technology New York local governments. State Capitol Kathryn Schneider Local officials can request Albany, NY 12224 Director assistance through e-mail on this http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us [email protected] web site.
New York State Department of Bruce Oswald State Department of State 518-73-5622 Division of Local Government [email protected] Coastal Management Services
41 State Street Program Albany, NY 12231-0001 Soil and Water 518-473-3355 Responsible for administering New Fax: 518-474-6572 Conservation York State's Coastal Management http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss Committee Program. In voluntary partnership /localgovt.html with local governments, the [email protected] Provides information and local Coastal Management Program seeks to meet the needs of coastal contacts for Soil and Water residents and visitors, while NYS GIS Conservation Districts. This striving to advance economic information may also be found in development opportunities and Clearinghouse the Blue Pages of local telephone protect our natural coastal books. resources. The New York State Geographic 41 State Street Information Systems (GIS) 1 Winners Circle Albany, NY 12231 Clearinghouse is operated by the Albany, NY 12235 518-473-2476 New York State Office for 518-457-3738 Fax: 518-473-2464 Technology. It was established to Fax: 518-457-3412 http://www.dos.state.ny.us/cstl/ disseminate information about [email protected] cstlwww.html New York's Statewide GIS http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/ Coordination Program and to Jeffrey Zappieri provide access to the New York James McCardle [email protected] State GIS Metadata and Data Assistant Director Repository. [email protected]
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REGIONAL AGENCIES AND PLANNING BOARDS
WATERSHED AGRICULTURE Hudson Valley Regional Council Adirondack Park PROGRAM Counties: Dutchess, Orange, Agency 44 West Street Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Walton, NY 13856 Ulster, & Westchester The Adirondack Park Agency is an 607-865-7090 280 Broadway independent state agency Fax: 607-865-5535 Newburgh, NY 12550-5408 responsible for developing long- [email protected]. 845-565-4921 range Park policy in a forum that usda.gov Fax: 845-565-4960 balances statewide concerns and the interests of local governments Regional Planning Lake Champlain-Lake George in the Park. The approximately 2.5 Regional Planning Board million acres of public lands in the and Development Counties: Clinton, Essex, Hamilton, Park are managed according to the Warren, & Washington State Land Master Plan. The Boards Lower Amherst Street
Adirondack Park Land Use and Lake George, NY 12845 Study the needs and conditions of Development Plan regulates land 518-668-5773 an entire region and to develop use and development activities on Fax: 518-668-5774 strategies that enhances the the 3.5 million acres of privately [email protected] region’s communities. owned lands. The Agency also http://www.albany.net/~rpb/ administers the State's Wild, Scenic Central New York Regional and Recreational Rivers System Act Southern Tier Central Regional Planning & Development Board for private lands adjacent to Planning & Development Board Counties: Cayuga, Madison, designated rivers in the Park, and Counties: Chemung, Schuyler, & Onondaga, & Oswego the State's Freshwater Wetlands Steuben 126 North Salina Street Act within the Park. 145 Village Square 100 Clinton Square, Suite 200 P.O. Box 99 Painted Post, NY 14870 Syracuse, NY 13202 Ray Brook, NY 12977 607-962-5092 315-422-8276 518-891-4050 Fax: 607/962-3400 Fax: 315-422-9051 Fax: 518-891-3938 http://www.stcrpdb.dst.ny.us/ [email protected] http://humber.northnet.org/adiro http://www.cnyrpdb.org/ Southern Tier East Regional ndackparkagency/ Planning Development Board
Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Counties: Broome, Chenango, Ray Curran Planning Council Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, [email protected] Counties: Genesee, Livingston, Schoharie, Tioga, & Tompkins
Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, 375 State Street New York City Wayne, Wyoming, & Yates Binghamton, NY 13901 1427 Monroe Avenue 607-724-1327 Department of Rochester, NY 14618 Fax: 607-724-1194 Environmental 716-442-3770 Fax: 716-442-3786 Southern Tier West Regional Protection [email protected] Planning & Development Board http://www.gflrpc.org/ Counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, & STREAM MANAGEMENT Chautauqua PROGRAM Herkimer-Oneida Counties Center for Regional Excellence 71 Smith Avenue Comprehensive Planning 4039 Route 219, Suite 200 Kingston, NY 12401 Program Salamanca, NY 14779 845-340-7515 Counties: Herkimer & Oneida 716-945-5301 Fax: 845-340-7504 800 Park Avenue Fax: 716-945-5550 http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/ Utica, NY 13501 [email protected] html/watershed.html 315-798-5710 http://www.southerntierwest.org/ Fax: 315-798-5852 Beth Gelber [email protected]
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NATIVE AMERICAN NATURAL RESOURCE CONTACTS
CAYUGA NATION ONONDAGA NATION TUSCARORA NATION Key Environmental Contact Chief Environmental Program Director P.O. Box 11 Box 319B 2045 Upper Mountain Road Versailles, NY 14168 Nedrow, NY 13120 Sanborn, NY 14132 716-532-4847 315-492-4210 716-297-5553 Fax: 716-432-5417 Fax: 315-469-1725 Fax: 716-297-3995 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
HAUDENOSAUNEE SENECA NATION OF TONAWANDA BAND OF ENVIRONMENTAL TASK INDIANS SENECAS FORCE Director Environmental Key Environmental Contact Director Protection Department 7027 Meadville Road P.O. Box 366 1508 Route 438 Basom, NY 14013 Rooseveltown, NY 13683-0202 Irving, NY 14081 716-542-4244 518-358-3381 716-532-0024 Fax: 716-542-4244 Fax: 518-358-3488 Fax: 716-532-0035 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
ONEIDA INDIAN NATION ST. REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE Environmental Manager 412 State Route 37 Department of Environmental Hogansburg, NY 13655-9702 Protection 518-358-5937 579 Main Street Fax: 518-358-6252 Oneida, NY 13421 http://www.northnet.org/earth/ 315-361-6500 Fax: 315-361-6533 Director of Environment Division [email protected] [email protected] Wetlands Biologist [email protected]
CENTERS FOR LEGAL INFORMATION
Government Law Center at Institute for Local Governance Land Use Law Center Albany Law School and Regional Growth Pace University School of Law 80 New Scotland Avenue University at Buffalo 78 North Broadway Albany, NY 12208-3494 Beck Hall, 3435 Main Street White Plains, NY 10603 518-445-2329 Buffalo, NY 14214 914-422-4090 Fax: 518-445-2303 716-829-3777 Fax: 914-422-4168 http://www.als.edu/glc/ Fax: 716-829-3776 http://www.pace.edu/lawschool/ http://www.regional- landuse/ institute.buffalo.edu
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NONPROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE SIERRA CLUB ATLANTIC National 257 Park Avenue South, 17th Floor CHAPTER New York, NY 10010 353 Hamilton Street AMERICAN FARMLAND 212-505-2100 Albany, NY 12210 TRUST Fax: 212-505-2375 518-426-9144 Northeast Regional Office contact@environmental Fax: 518-426-3052 6 Franklin Square, Suite E defense.org [email protected] Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 http://www.environmental http://www.newyork.sierraclub.org/ 518-581-0078 defense.org/ conservation/wetlands/wetlands.html Fax: 518-581-0079 Purpose: Dedicated to protecting Purpose: Provide educational and [email protected] the environmental rights of all outreach resources to help prevent http://www.farmland.org/ people, including future or stop wetland impacts. Purpose: To stop the loss of generations. productive farmland and promote THE NATURE CONSERVANCY farming practices that lead to a LAND TRUST ALLIANCE New York City Office healthy environment. In NYS, AFT NORTHEAST PROGRAM 570 Seventh Avenue #601 provides technical assistance to P.O. Box 792 New York, NY 10018 policymakers, land trusts, and Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 212-997-1880 farmers on a range of farmland 518-587-0774 http://nature.org/ protection issues. Fax: 518-587-6467 Purpose: To preserve the plants, [email protected] animals and natural communities BEAVERS, WETLANDS, AND http://www.lta.org/ that represent the diversity of life on WILDLIFE Purpose: To promote voluntary Earth by protecting the lands and 146 Van Dyke Road land conservation and strengthen waters they need to survive. Dolgeville, NY 13329 the New York State land trust 518-568-2077 movement by providing the TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND and Fax: 518-568-6046 leadership, information, skills and OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE [email protected] resources land trusts need to 666 Broadway http://www.beaversww.org conserve land for the benefit of New York, NY 10012 Purpose: Educate public on the communities and natural systems. 212-677-7171 value of beaver wetlands and Call or visit web site for local Fax: 212-353-2052 methods to resolve beaver conflicts Land Trust contact information. http://www.tpl.org for everyone’s benefit, so the Purpose: To pioneer new ways to wetlands are preserved. NATURAL RESOURCES finance parks and open space,
DEFENSE COUNCIL promote the importance of public DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. 40 West 20th Street land and help communities 1019 River Road New York, NY 10011 establish land-protection goals. Hamilton, NY 13346 212-727-2700 315-691-3167 Fax: 212-727-1773 Fax: 315-691-5910 [email protected] [email protected] http://www.nrdc.org http://www.ducks.org Purpose: Strives to restore the Purpose: To fulfill the annual integrity of air, land and water; lifecycle needs of North American defends endangered natural waterfowl by protecting, places; seeks to establish enhancing, restoring and managing sustainability and good important wetlands and associated stewardship of the Earth; strives uplands. to protect nature in ways that
advance the long-term welfare of
present and future generations.
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resources of the six-county GREAT LAKES UNITED Regional Catskill region of New York State. Cassety Hall, SUNY at Buffalo 1300 Elmwood Avenue ADIRONDACK COUNCIL, INC. CORNELL COOPERATIVE Buffalo, NY 14222 2 Church Street, Box D-2 EXTENSION 716-886-0142 Elizabethtown, NY 12932 Environment and Natural Fax: 716-886-0303 518-873-2240 Resources Initiative [email protected] Fax: 518-873-6675 365 Roberts Hall http://www.glu.org [email protected] Ithaca, NY 14853-5905 Purpose: Dedicated to preserving http://www.adirondackcouncil.org 607-255-2237 and protecting the Great Lakes. Purpose: Watchdog over [email protected] Department of Environmental http://www.cce.cornell.edu/ HUDSON RIVER Conservation and the Adirondack Purpose: Improve the quality and ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY Park in regard to all wetland and sustainability of human 6626 Stitt Road watershed conservation issues environment and natural Altamont, NY 12009 within the Adirondack Park. resources. 518-861-8020 [email protected] AUDUBON NEW YORK DARRIN FRESH WATER http://www.hres.org 200 Trillium Lane INSTITUTE Purpose: Facilitate and coordinate Albany, NY 12203 5060 Lake Shore Drive research in the physical, biological Phone: 518-869-9731 Bolton Landing, NY 12814 and social sciences; environmental Fax: 518-869-0737 518-644-3541 engineering; resource management; [email protected] Fax: 518-644-3640 urban and regional planning; and http://ny.audubon.org [email protected] other disciplines in the Hudson Purpose: Promotes the protection http://www.rpi.edu/dept/bio/ River region. Equally important, and proper management of birds, fwi/ HRES serves as a channel of wildlife and their habitats through Purpose: For more than 25 years, communication between the advocacy and education. Through the Darrin Fresh Water Institute research community and a statewide council, 32 chapters has been conducting research that researchers. and a sanctuary system, National has helped increase public Audubon Society of New York awareness of environmental LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS State is providing conservation issues and has contributed to OF NEW YORK STATE leadership based on sound science answers for tough questions 35 Maiden Lane with specific campaigns on birds, concerning the protection of our Albany, NY 12207-2712 forests, wetlands and wildlife on land, water and air. 518-465-4162 local, state and national levels. Fax: 518-465-0812 ENVIRONMENTAL [email protected] Graham Cox ADVOCATES http://www.lwvny.org Forest & Wetlands Coordinator 353 Hamilton Street [email protected] Albany, NY 12210 NY PARKS AND 518-462-5526 CONSERVATION CATSKILL CENTER FOR Fax: 518-427-0381 ASSOCIATION CONSERVATION AND [email protected] 29 Elk Street DEVELOPMENT http://www.eany.org/ Albany, NY 12207 Route 28 Purpose: Works to safeguard 518-434-1583 Arkville, NY 12406 public health and preserve our [email protected] 845-586-2611 unique natural heritage through http://www.nypca.org Fax: 845-586-3044 advocacy, coalition building, Purpose: To protect and advocate [email protected] citizen education and policy for New York's parks and to create http://www.catskillcenter.org development. Watchdog and new park lands such as rail trails, Purpose: Advocates environmental advocate on virtually every greenways, and heritage corridors. quality, encourages appropriate important state environmental economic and cultural issue. development, assists in environmental planning and works to build strong constituencies for the protection of the irreplaceable
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SCENIC HUDSON, INC. UPSTATE FRESHWATER 9 Vassar Street INSTITUTE Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 P.O. Box 506 845-473-4440 Syracuse, NY 13214 [email protected] 315-466-1309 http://www.scenichudson.org Fax: 315-466-8289 Purpose: To protect the [email protected] ecosystems, unique landscapes, http://www.upstatefreshwater.org and historic fabrics of the Hudson Purpose: Improvement of water River Valley. quality and the advancement of freshwater research.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
ASSOCIATION OF STATE AIA NEW YORK STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WETLAND MANAGERS, INC. 235 Lark Street ENVIRONMENTAL P.O. Box 269 Albany, NY 12210 ASSISTANCE NETWORK Berne, NY 12023 518-449-3334 777 N. Capitol Street, NE, Suite 500 518-872-1804 Fax: 518-426-8176 Washington, DC 20002 Fax: 518-872-2171 [email protected] 202-289-4262 [email protected] http://www.aianys.org/ http://www.lgean.org http://www.aswm.org Purpose: Increase the public's Toll-Free: 1-877/TO-LGEAN Purpose: To protect wetlands by knowledge and awareness of [865-4326] helping public and private wetland architecture and the role architects Purpose: To provide environmental decision-makers utilize the best play in the built and planned management, planning, and possible scientific information and environment; and government regulatory information for local techniques in wetland delineation, affairs to monitor state legislative government elected and appointed assessment, mapping, planning, and regulatory activities to officials, managers and staff. The regulation, acquisition, restoration, promote and enhance the Network is managed and operated and other management. profession of architecture, those by the International City/County who practice, and to ensure the Management Association. ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS OF health, safety and welfare of the THE STATE OF NY public it serves. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 146 State Street COUNTIES Albany, NY 12207 EMPIRE STATE CHAPTER, 440 First Street, N.W., Suite #800 518-465-7933 SOIL AND WATER Washington, D.C. 20001 Fax: 518-465-0724 CONSERVATION SOCIETY 202-393-6226 [email protected] ESC-SWCS Fax: 202-393-2630 http://www.nytowns.org P.O. Box 1686 [email protected] Purpose: Provide training Syracuse, NY 13201-1686 http://www.naco.org programs, research and [email protected] Purpose: NACo is a full-service information services, technical Purpose: To enable the wise use of organization that provides an assistance, legal services, computer soil, water and natural resources. extensive line of services including software programs, insurance legislative, research, and technical programs and a variety of as well as public affairs assistance to publications to member towns. its members.
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NY PLANNING FEDERATION NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF WETLAND 44 Central Avenue WETLANDS FORUM, INC. SCIENTISTS Albany, NY 12206 4 Youngs Place, P.O. Box 1351 Mid-Atlantic Chapter 518-432-4094 Latham, NY 12110 P.O. Box 7060 Fax: 518-427-8625 518-783-1322 Lawrence, KS 66044-7060 [email protected] Fax: 518-783-1258 785-843-1235 or 1-800-627-0629 http://www.nypf.org [email protected] Fax: 785-843-1274 Purpose: To promote sound http://www.wetlandsforum.org [email protected] planning, land use and zoning Purpose: A non-advocacy http://www.sws.org practice in New York State so that organization working to improve Purpose: Founded in 1980 to orderly growth and development communication among people promote wetland science and the may occur balanced with necessary interested in wetlands, call exchange of information related to resources conservation. attention to and objectively wetlands. discuss local, statewide, regional, NEW YORK STATE national and global wetland Wetland Training ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES issues as they relate to New York
111 Pine Street State, improve its members' RICHARD CHINN Albany, NY 12207 knowledge and understanding of ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING 518-465-1473 wetlands, and make available INC. Fax: 518-465-0506 information about wetlands to its 804 Cottage Hill Way http://www.nysac.org/ members and the general public. Brandon, FL 33511-8098 Purpose: To represent the interests 800-427-0307 of more than 4,000 county officials, SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL Fax: 1-888-457-6331 including legislators, supervisors, RESTORATION [email protected] county executives, administrators, Society for Ecological Restoration http://richardchinn.com 1955 W. Grant Road #150 commissioners and other county employees who deliver essential Tucson, AZ 85745 WETLAND TRAINING services to the public. 520-622-5485 INSTITUTE Fax: 520-622-5491 P.O. Box 31 NEW YORK STATE [email protected] Glenwood, NM 88039 ASSOCIATION OF http://www.ser.org 877-792-6482 PROFESSIONAL LAND Purpose: To serve the growing Fax: 877-792-6482 SURVEYORS, INC. field of Ecological Restoration [email protected] Land Surveyors Building through facilitating dialogue http://www.wetlandtraining.com/ 146 Washington Avenue among restorationists, Albany, NY 12210-2203 encouraging research, promoting WETLAND SCIENCE INSTITUTE 518-432-4046 awareness of and public support USDA/NRCS Fax: 518-432-4055 for restoration and restorative Patuxent Wildlife Research Center [email protected] management, contributing to Building #109 http://www.nysapls.net/home. public policy discussions and 12311 Beech Forest Road html recognizing those who have made Laurel, MD 20708 Purpose: collects and disseminates outstanding contributions to the 301-497-5938 statistical and technical information field of restoration. SER Fax: 301-497-5911 of value to both its members and promotes ecological restoration [email protected] the public. The NYSAPLS fosters around the globe through a http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/wli/ the establishment and maintenance newsletter, website, training of uniform high professional program, committees, working standards of work and ethics in the groups, two journals and annual practice of the profession of land conferences. surveying.
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DIRECTORY OF WETLAND PROTECTION CONTACTS IN NEW YORK STATE Please return your comments by March 1, 2002 to Jennifer Brady-Connor, ASWM, P.O. Box 269, Berne, NY 12023-9746; E-mail: [email protected]; or by fax: 518-872-2171.
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