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September 2021

 Question: Should my municipality enact a “temporary moratorium” on development to allow time for gathering enough information to address the impacts brought on by such new development?Answer: In a very unscientific poll, NYSACC asked this question of CACs statewide and received a variety of responses. A common thread for enacting a temporary moratorium on development...

  2021 NYSACC 50th Anniversary Conference on the Environment New York State Association of Conservation Commission’s 50th Anniversary Conference on the Environment: Climate Resilience Through Community Action October 21-24, 2021  Dear Conservation Advisory Commission, Sustainability Committee and Environmental Management Council Members,Please join us at this year’s COE! Not only will we be presenting a conference directed...

  Focus on an Environmental Management CouncilPer Article 47 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law, Environmental Management Councils (EMCs), representing one county, and Regional Environmental Management Councils (2 or more counties agreeing to unite their EMCs into one EMC), can be created to provide assistance to their county on natural environmental matters. They may...

Focus on a Conservation Advisory Commission   THE VILLAGE OF OCEAN BEACH ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION (“VOBEC”)   The Incorporated Village of Ocean Beach (celebrating its 100th anniversary as an incorporated village in 2021) is the largest of 16 communities of Fire Island, a 32-mile-long barrier island south of Long Island, located in Suffolk County. With an off-season population of 24...