List of Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Fish & Wildlife Species of New York State

Endangered || Threatened || Special Concern || High Priority Species of Greatest Conservation Need

The Department is proposing to revise the list of endangered, threatened, and special concern species. The table below shows the current status of species and the species status assessments developed in support of the State Wildlife Action Plan in 2015. These assessments are the basis of any proposed change in status. In addition to evaluating the currently listed species, DEC is evaluating all High Priority Species of Greatest Conservation Need for potential listing.

View the Draft Species List Under the Part 182.5 Pre-proposal (PDF) or a document showing all species with current and proposed changes (PDF).

Due to the impacts of COVID-19, many projects and proposals have been postponed or canceled as priorities shift to address changing work conditions and emerging issues. There is currently no timetable for regulatory changes to be made to the list of endangered species. Public comments have been collected, and when staff become available to work on this issue again, those comments will be used to update the species status assessments and enable evaluation of those assessments against the criteria for listing identified in the regulations. We hope to begin work again on this regulatory package before the end of 2022.

Endangered

Those endangered species which meet one or both of the criteria specified in section 182.2(g) of 6NYCRR Part 182 and which are found, have been found, or may be expected to be found in New York State include:

Threatened

Those threatened species which meet one or both of the criteria specified in section 182.2(h) of 6NYCRR Part 182 and which are found, have been found, or may be expected to be found in New York State include:

Special Concern

The following are designated as species of special concern as defined in Section 182.2(i) of 6NYCRR Part 182. Species of special concern warrant attention and consideration but current information, collected by the department, does not justify listing these species as either endangered or threatened.

High Priority Species of Greatest Conservation Need

Not Currently Endangered, Threatened, or Special Concern

¹Currently listed as "endangered" by the U. S. Department of the Interior.

²Currently listed as "threatened" by the U. S. Department of the Interior.

³Species is extirpated from New York State.

⁴Piping Plover is listed as federally endangered in the Great Lakes Region, and as federally threatened in the Atlantic Coastal Region.

Definitions

Extinct - Species is no longer living or existing.

Extirpated - Species is not extinct, but no longer occurring in a wild state within New York, or no longer exhibiting patterns of use traditional for that species in New York (e.g. historical breeders no longer breeding here).

Endangered - Any native species in imminent danger of extirpation or extinction in New York State.

Threatened - Any native species likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future in New York State.

Special Concern - Any native species for which a welfare concern or risk of endangerment has been documented in New York State.

Authority

Environmental Conservation Law of New York, Section 11-0535 and 6 NYCRR (New York Code of Rules and Regulations) Part 182 - effective (last promulgated in state regulation) December 4, 1999.

Revision History

Effective April 24, 2000 - Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) was added to the Threatened list.
Effective August 8, 2007 - Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was removed from the Endangered Species List by the U. S. Department of the Interior.
Effective May 4, 2015 - Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) was added to the Threatened list.

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