Fish and Wildlife Guidance Documents
License Issuing Officers
- Policy Memorandum: License Issuing Officer Application Review for Applications Previously Convicted of a Criminal Offense (PDF) (September 2016)
Aquatic Life
Sediment Quality Assessment Guidance
- Screening and Assessment of Contaminated Sediment (PDF) (June 2014)
- Public Comment Responsiveness Summary (PDF) (November 2013)
Permit Guidance
- Guidance on Protection of Shorelines (PDF) (September 2007)
- Permitting Guidelines for Breach and Removal of Nuisance Beaver Dams (PDF) (September 1997)
Freshwater Wetlands
- Policy Memorandum 87-1: Confirmation of Freshwater Wetlands Determinations and Delineations (PDF) (August 1987)
- Policy Memorandum 15-01: Change to Portion of Policy FW 87-1 to Change the Expiration of Freshwater Wetlands Determinations and Delineations (PDF) (October 2015)
- Memorandum: Interpretation of Standards for Issuance of Freshwater Wetlands Permits (PDF) (July 1988)
- Freshwater Wetlands Delineation Manual (PDF) (July 1995)
- Freshwater Wetlands Mapping Technical Methods Statement (PDF) (April 1986)
- Freshwater Wetlands Regulatory Guidelines on Compensatory Mitigation (PDF) (October 1993)
- General Permit for Habitat Management by NYSDEC (PDF) (March 2016)
Cooling Water Intake Guidance
Hazardous Materials Guidance
Wildlife Management Areas
- Public Use of Wildlife Management Areas (PDF) provides a list of allowable and restricted activities (March 2018)
Renewable Energy
Environmental Impact Statements
- Final Environmental Impact Statement for Policy on Contaminants in Fish (October 1985)
- Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Program of Liming Selected Acidified Waters (October 1990)
- Table of Contents (PDF)
- Proposed Action and Revised Liming Program in NYS (PDF)
- Background of the Liming Program in NY- Part 1 (PDF)
- Background of the Liming Program in NY- Part 2 (PDF)
- Background of the Liming Program in NY- Part 3 (PDF)
- The Acid Deposition Problem and Its Impact (PDF)
- Environmental Setting (PDF)
- Significant Environmental Impacts- Part 1 (PDF)
- Significant Environmental Impacts- Part 2 (PDF)
- Significant Environmental Impacts- Part 3 (PDF)
- Significant Environmental Impacts- Part 4 (PDF)
- Mitigation Measures to Minimize Adverse Environmental Impacts (PDF)
- Unavoidable Adverse Impacts; Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources; Growth Inducing Aspects of the Program; and Effects of Use and Conservation of Energy Resources (PDF)
- Alternatives to the Proposed Program (PDF)
- List of Preparers; Literature Cited (PDF)
- Appendices 1-2 (PDF)
- Appendix C- Part 1 (PDF)
- Appendix C- Part 2 (PDF)
- Appendix D (PDF)
- Appendix E (PDF)
- Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on Habitat Management Activities of the Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Fish and Wildlife (December 1979)
- Final PEIS (PDF)
- Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SFEIS) (PDF) to update 1979 PEIS (December 2017)
- Statement of Findings on SFEIS (PDF)
- Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on Public Use Development Activities of the Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Fish and Wildlife (January 1979)
