Hudson River Valley - Conservation Priorities
© Steve Stanne | Hudson River Estuary Program Coxsackie Creek
The following are documents and websites that expand on the conservation priorities that many partner organizations have helped identify and address in the Hudson River Valley.
The NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program Action Agenda
The Hudson River Valley Greenway
NYS Office of Parks, Recration, and Historic Preservation Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan
The State of the Hudson 2009, NYSDEC
Scenic Hudson’s Saving the Land that Matters Most campaign
NYSDEC Open Space plan, 2009 version and the 2013 revisions
Hudson River Estuary Wildlife and Habitat Conservation Framework
NYSDEC Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy
Ulster County NY Open Space Plan
Dutchess County NY Natural Resources Inventory
NYS Department of State Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
Hudson Highlands Land Trust Conservation Objectives
Open Space Institute New York
Conservation Priority Map Layers
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Rare Aquatic Species and Community Counts
This feature class contains stream segments on which at-risk aquatic species or exemplary aquatic natural communities have been documented.
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Predicted Distribution of Rare Species
This layer depicts the predicted richness (number) of up to 379 rare species in various categories.
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Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitat
The data set consists of boundaries of Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats as identified by NYS Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources.
