Species Maps and Data Online
The DEC website provides an exceptional online application which provide information on the locations of New York's animals, plants, and natural communities: the Environmental Resource Mapper. This application displays maps of rare animals and plants (including Endangered and Threatened species) and of significant natural communities. Natural communities are high-quality wetlands, forests, grasslands, ponds, streams, and other types of habitats and ecosystems.
Environmental Resource Mapper
Environmental Resource Mapper displays the general areas where rare animals and rare plants, have been documented by the NY Natural Heritage Program. It also displays the specific locations where rare and significant natural communities (such as forests, wetlands, and other habitat types) have been documented. The Environmental Resource Mapper displays locations of New York State regulated freshwater wetlands and of protected streams, rivers, and lakes. These maps are intended as one source of information for landowners, land managers, citizens, local officials, and project sponsors engaged in land use decision making, conservation planning, or environmental assessment of proposed projects or actions. One section of Environmental Resource Mapper provides information to help answer the question "Do I need a permit?"
