Conservation Commissions & Boards

Conservation Advisory Commissions (CACs), Conservation Commissions and Conservation Boards (CBs) are found in cities, towns, and villages across the State of New York. Below is a list of CACs, CCs and CBs, grouped by NYS DEC region (see region map at bottom of page), with links to their websites.

Region 1 (Long Island): Nassau and Suffolk counties

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

Town of Charlton Environmental Conservation Commission
Town of Clifton Park Environmental Conservation Commission
Town of Greenfield Environmental Commission
Town of Halfmoon Trails and Open Space Committee
Village of Lake George Go Green Committee
City of Saratoga Springs Open Space Advisory Committee
Town of Waterford Conservation Commission

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

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

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