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Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS) Plan

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, Foreword and Introduction (PDF, 24 pp, 766kb)

Natural History of New York (PDF, 16 pp, 270kb)

New York State Map (PDF, 2 p, 1.06 Mb)

Species Selection Information (PDF, 28 pp, 532kb)

Statewide Threats (PDF, 15 pp, 235kb)

Statewide Conservation Priorities (PDF, 16 pp, 643kb)

Conservation Recommendations by Watershed Basin

Allegheny Basin (PDF, 34 pp, 448kb)

Allegheny Tables (PDF, 13 pp, 226kb)

Allegheny Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 618kb)

Atlantic Ocean Basin (PDF, 28 pp, 365kb)

Atlantic Ocean Tables (PDF, 11 pp, 103kb)

Atlantic Ocean Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 604kb)

Delaware Basin (PDF, 24 pp, 330kb)

Delaware Tables (PDF, 11 pp, 231kb)

Delaware Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 639kb)

Lake Champlain Basin (PDF, 62 pp, 789kb)

Lake Champlain Tables (PDF, 16 pp, 294kb)

Lake Champlain Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 1.36 Mb)

Lake Erie Basin (PDF, 46 pp, 534kb)

Lake Erie Tables (PDF, 16 pp, 325kb)

Lake Erie Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 769kb)

Lower Hudson-Long Island Bays Basin (PDF, 42 pp, 504kb)

Lower Hudson-Long Island Bays Tables (PDF, 18 pp, 225kb)

Lower Hudson-Long Island Bays Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 602kb)

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Northeast Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence Basin (PDF, 72 pp, 731kb)

Northeast Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence Tables (PDF, 23 pp, 293kb)

Northeast Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 1.55mb)

Southeast Lake Ontario Basin (PDF, 32 pp, 555kb)

Southeast Lake Ontario Tables (PDF, 20 pp, 274kb)

Southeast Lake Ontario Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 0.99mb)

Southwest Lake Ontario Basin (PDF, 40 pp, 687kb)

Southwest Lake Ontario Tables (PDF, 20 pp, 311kb)

Southwest Lake Ontario Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 692kb)

Susquehanna Basin (PDF, 36 pp, 449kb)

Susquehanna Tables (PDF, 15 pp, 286kb)

Susquehanna Basin Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 929kb)

Upper Hudson Basin (PDF, 48 pp, 571kb)

Upper Hudson Tables (PDF, 33 pp, 418kb)

Upper Hudson Figure 1 (PDF, 1 p, 1.55mb)

Monitoring (PDF, 18 pp, 295kb)

Public Participation and Updates of CWCS (PDF, 6 pp, 110kb)

Appendix A: Taxonomic group reports from the CWCS Planning Database

A1: Birds (PDF, 165 pp, 978kb)

A2: Crustacea/Meristomata (PDF, 28 pp, 378kb)

A3: Freshwater Fish (PDF, 110 pp, 549kb)

A4: Herpetofauna (PDF, 80 pp, 539kb)

A5: Insects (PDF, 140 pp, 753kb)

A6: Mammals (PDF, 43 pp, 427kb)

A7: Marine Fish (PDF, 78 pp, 570kb)

A8: Mollusks (PDF, 53 pp, 450kb)

Appendices B and C

Habitat classifications and a complete list of threats to species of greatest conservation need. (PDF, 8 pp, 299kb)

Appendix D: Species of Greatest Conservation Need

D1: Alphabetical list of species of greatest conservation need and their conservation status. (PDF, 21 pp, 151kb)

D2: Alphabetical list of species of greatest conservation need indicating the species group assignment of each. (PDF, 36 pp, 185kb)

Appendices E and F

List of DEC Unit Management Plans and Rosters of participants on the Watershed review teams. (PDF, 22 pp, 177kb)


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