The Power of Ideas I’m always amazed no matter how many times I see evidence of how powerful an idea can be in changing history. More powerful than the largest army. More powerful than even our instincts within our own human psyche. I came across two examples recently while reading the New York Times, both published...
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...
NYSACC Asks You to Fill Out a SurveyAs part of our association’s duties, we need to keep an updated file on who, what, how, and where our members are. We know surveys are a pain, but this one shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to fill out, and will provide us with an abundance...
Happy 50th Birthday NYSACC! 2021 is NYSACC’s 50th Anniversary Year, and we want it to be our break-out year. For those of you who don’t know us, the New York State Association of Conservation Commissions is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education organization that provides leadership in the development of vital environmental programs for cities, towns, and villages...
Question: Does the New York State Department of Conservation have a formal responsibility to assist CACs and CBs in the performance of their work? Answer: Surprisingly, yes! All this goes back to the enabling legislation that allowed municipalities to establish Conservation Advisory Commissions (CACs) and Conservation Boards (CBs) pursuant to New York State General Municipal Law...
NYSACC would like to offer its members the opportunity to share with us the things they’ve done and provide us with information we can use. To start the ball rolling, the Town of Bedford Conservation Board presents a few of the things it cares about. Short Description of Bedford The town, composed of three hamlets, Bedford Hills,...
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