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Conservation Commissions, Boards and Councils

Municipalities in New York State have varying names for their duly appointed environmental stewardship bodies, such as Conservation Commission, Conservation Advisory Commission, Conservation Board, et cetera. These committees are found at the municipal level in cities, towns, and villages across the State of New York. Environmental Management Councils are less common, and are generally a county-level body. Below is a list of active commissions grouped by NYS DEC region, with links to their websites.

Region 1 (Long Island): Nassau and Suffolk counties

Region 2 (New York City): Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island

Region 3 (Lower Hudson Valley): Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties

Region 4 (Capital Region/Northern Catskills): Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties

 

Region 5 (Eastern Adirondacks/Lake Champlain): Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties

Region 6 (Western Adirondacks/Eastern Lake Ontario): Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and St. Lawrence counties

Region 7 (Central New York): Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga and Tompkins counties

Region 8 (Western Finger Lakes): Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties

Region 9 (Western New York): Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties

 

Map of the nine regions of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: