2006 NYS Open Space Conservation Plan

New York's Open Space Conservation Plan (Plan) serves as the blueprint for the State's land conservation efforts, which during the past several years, has conserved nearly a million acres of land with an investment of more than $658 million.

The Plan is required by law to be revised every three years. The 2005 Draft Plan was released in November 2005 and public comment was accepted through January 18, 2006. The 2006 Plan was released on November 1, 2006.

Entire Plan (2.99 Mb pdf) This document is large and may take a few minutes to download. For faster download, the plan is listed below in 5 parts.

Summary (1.0 Mb pdf)

Plan Parts:

Introduction, Chapters 1 and 2 (614 kb pdf): Foundations of the Open Space Plan; Evaluating the Benefits of Open Space

Chapters 3 and 4 (609 kb pdf): Summary of Resource Inventories, Resource Categories and an Assessment of Need; Project Eligibility and Evaluation Process

Chapters 5 through 7 (821 kb pdf): Regional Advisory Committee Recommendations; Priority Conservation Projects; Stewardship of Private and Public Open Space Lands

Chapters 8 and 9 (276 kb pdf): Maintaining a Comprehensive Open Space Program for the Future; Generic Environmental Impact Statement

Appendices (811 kb pdf)

More about 2006 NYS Open Space Conservation Plan:

2006 Priority Projects Maps - Priority Projects Maps by Region
2006 NYS Open Space Plan - State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) - Notice of Completion of Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement