The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Land Use Toolbox
New York - Water/Sewer
links
Cornell
University
CaRDI
: Community & Rural Development Institute,
http://www.cardi.cornell.edu
Description: The Cornell Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI) works to strengthen and support New York's local communities and citizens. CaRDI and the Cornell Local Government Program serve as a point of entry to Cornell University's resources and expertise in community development and local governance, and provides outreach to community leaders, educators, elected officials and citizens interested in the vitality of their communities.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell
University
Geospatial
Data Information Repository,
http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu/
Description: CUGIR is an active online repository in the National Spatial Data Clearinghouse program. CUGIR provides geospatial data and metadata for New York State, with special emphasis on those natural features relevant to agriculture, ecology, natural resources, and human-environment interactions.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell
University
Local
Government Program,
http://www.clgp.cornell.edu/
Description: Small and rural governments are especially vulnerable to economic and political change. They frequently face critical issues without the resources enjoyed by larger urban and suburban communities. The Cornell Local Government Program is focused on the unique needs of small and rural governments and the problems they face.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell
University
NYS
Water Resources Institute,
http://wri.eas.cornell.edu/
Description: In 1986, the New York State legislature established WRI under state law as the New York State Water Resources Institute at Cornell University. At Cornell, it serves as a university-wide Institute to address problems of water resources through research, education and outreach.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell
University
Water
Quality Extension Program,
http://www.human.cornell.edu/txa/extension/wq/
Description: In 1986, improving water quality was set as a major national initiative for Cooperative Extension out of the need for a deliberate, coordinated program addressing the spectrum of ground water contamination problems. The protection and quality of private drinking water supplies has been a focus of the Water Quality Extension Program in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell
University
Wetlands,
Streams and Ponds,
http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/wetlands/index.htm
Description: Information about the management of wetlands, streams, and ponds.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Appalachian
Mountain Club
Appalachian
Mountain Club,
http://www.outdoors.org/
Description:
The enhancement program reflects a growing recognition that transportation
programs, while vital for national mobility and international competitiveness,
must also be environmentally sound. The Vermont Agency of Transportation
(VTrans) encourages local communities to be directly involved in enhancement
projects. Enhancement activities are a means to more creatively and sensitively
integrate transportation facilities into the surrounding communities.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Battenkill
Conservancy
Battenkill
Conservancy,
http://www.battenkillconservancy-ny.org/
Description:
The BC - NY promotes public education to teach people about the importance
of the Battenkill Watershed. The BC-NY works in conjunction with the National
River Watch Network to monitor the water quality of the Battenkill. The
BC - NY is a 501(c)(3) land trust and therefore has the legal ability
to accept donations of land and to hold conservation easements.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Boquet
River Association
Boquet
River Association,
http://www.boquetriver.org/
Description:
BRASS is a small, 200-member, grass-roots non-profit organization dedicated
to enhancing the quality of water and life in the Boquet watershed. Formed
in 1984, it discusses and acts upon issues related to land uses, point
and non-point source pollution, in-stream and riparian species and habitats,
recreation, and the economy. Its membership is primarily local landowners,
and its Board is composed of appointees from the five watershed towns
and elected representatives.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Catskill
Center
Catskill
Center,
http://www.catskillcenter.org/
Description:
The Catskill Center is a nonprofit organization working to protect the
cultural, historic, and natural resources of the Catskill Mountains. Marrying
both environmental protection and sustainable economic development, we
are an advocate for the region's vibrant main streets, valuable natural
resources, artistic and historic assets, and working landscapes.
Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Catskill
Watershed Corporation
Catskill
Watershed Corporation,
http://www.cwconline.org/
Description:
The CWC is a not-for-profit corporation with a dual goal: to protect the
water resources of the New York City Watershed west of the Hudson River,
while preserving and strengthening communities located in the region.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Community
Mapping Assistance Project
CMAP,
http://www.cmap.nypirg.org/
Description: CMAP offers a host of mapping-related services to nonprofit, philanthropic, and public sector groups.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York
Delaware
River Basin Commission
Delaware
River Basin Commission's Home Page,
http://www.nj.gov/drbc/drbc.htm
Description: A breakthrough in water resources management occurred in 1961 when President Kennedy and the governors of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York for the first time signed concurrent compact legislation into law creating a regional body with the force of law to oversee a unified approach to managing a river system without regard to political boundaries.
Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Delaware
River Basin Commission
i-Map
Delaware River Basin,
http://bassriver.state.nj.us/imap_delbasin/
Description: I-Map Delaware River Basin is DRBC's first interactive mapping application. This application has been designed to serve maps from DRBC and by remote map services over the Web using ESRI's ArcIMS (Internet Map Server) Internet mapping technology. The application provides a map view frame, a popup window for tabular information related to map features, a toolbar for basic GIS analysis, several predefined queries, and the capability to produce a basic map layout that can be sent to the user's printer.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Delaware
Riverkeeper Network
Delaware
Riverkeeper Network,
http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/
Description: The Delaware Riverkeeper is the voice of the Delaware River and its streams, championing their rights as living members of our community, and is leader for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. The Delaware Riverkeeper and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network stand as vigilant protectors and defenders of the River, its tributaries and its watershed committed to restoring the natural balance where it has been lost and ensuring its preservation where it still exists.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Department
of Agriculture and Markets
New
York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee,
http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/soilwater/homepane.html
Description:
The mission of the New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
is to develop and oversee implementation of an effective soil and water
conservation and agricultural nonpoint source water quality program for
the State of New York that is implemented primarily through county Soil
and Water Conservation Districts.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Department
of Environmental Conservation
Division
of Environmental Remediation,
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/der/index.html
Description:
DER's mission is to manage the New York State Superfund Program, promote
and manage the 1996 Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act's Environmental Restoration
Program, promote and manage the Brownfield Cleanup Program, manage the
Spill Response Program, manage the Petroleum and Chemical Bulk Storage
Registration Program, administer the Brownfield Opportunity Area Grants
Program.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Department
of Environmental Conservation
Division
of Water,
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dow/index.html
Description:
The Division of Water protects water quality in lakes, rivers, aquifers
and coastal areas by regulating wastewater discharges, monitoring waterbodies
and controlling surface runoff. We manage availability of freshwater resources,
and help communities prevent flood damage and beach erosion. We promote
water stewardship and education.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Department
of Environmental Conservation
Freshwater
Wetlands Program,
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/habitat/fwwprog.htm
Description:
It is the mission of the Freshwater Wetlands program to protect, maintain,
enhance, and restore freshwater wetlands ecosystems so they provide a
broad array of wetlands functions and benefits to the people and the environment
of New York.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Department
of Environmental Conservation
Great
Lakes Programs,
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/greatlakes/index.html
Description:
The New York DEC works with many organizations on cross-cutting programs
to help protect, restore, conserve, and enhance the water quality and
natural resources of the Great Lakes Basin.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Department
of Environmental Conservation
Hudson
River Estuary Program,
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/hudson/hrep.html
Description:
The Hudson River Estuary Program is a unique regional partnership designed
to protect, conserve, restore, and enhance the estuary. The Hudson's productivity
and diversity of natural resources sustain a wide array of present and
future human benefits. It is a nursery for valuable food and game fish,
a water supply, a boater's playground, a landscape of inspiring beauty,
a shipping route, and more. Its management calls for a cooperative effort
of broad scope, coordinating public input with the expertise of professionals
throughout New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation [DEC]
and other agencies.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Department
of Environmental Conservation
Marine
Habitat Protection,
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/marine/mhabitat.htm
Description:
Marine habitats like tidal wetlands and barrier beaches also protect New
York's shoreline from erosion and flooding. It is the responsibility of
the DEC's Bureau of Marine Resources, Marine Habitat Protection Section
to protect and restore these valuable resources for the benefit of all
New Yorkers.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Department
of State
Watershed
Partnership and Protection Council,
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/watershed/WPPC.htm
Description:
The Watershed Protection and Partnership Council represents and provides
a working forum for diverse interests that share the common goal of protecting
and enhancing the environmental integrity of the New York City Watershed,
the social and economic vitality of its communities, and the quality and
quantity of the water that sustains them.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Department
of Transportation
Environmental
Analysis Bureau,
http://www.dot.state.ny.us/eab/eab.html
Description:
It is EAB's mission, in partnership with regional environmental personnel,
to provide NYSDOT with leadership, liaison and expertise on environmental
matters to promote safe, effective, balanced, environmentally sound transportation
services.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Division
of Administrative Rules
NY
Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations,
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/oiswww.html
Description:
Directions on how to get ahold of this 82 volume loose-leaf publication
containing all rules and regulations adopted by state agencies, miscellaneous
boards and authorities and the Judiciary. The NYCRR and supplementation
of new and amended pages is available from Lawyers Cooperative Publishing,
a member of the West Group, at 1-800-344-5009 and is currently not available
online.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Environmental
Advocates of New York
Environmental
Advocates of New York,
http://www.eany.org/
Description:
Environmental Advocates serves the people of New York as an effective
and aggressive watchdog and advocates on nearly every important state
environmental issue. Through advocacy, coalition building, citizen education
and policy development, we work to safeguard public health and preserve
our unique natural heritage.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Environmental
Protection Agency
Great
Lakes National Program,
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/lakes.html
Description:
The Great Lakes National Program Office oversees and helps all Great Lakes
stakeholders (Federal, state, tribal, local, governments; non-government
organizations; industry; and private citizens) work together in an integrated,
ecosystem approach to protect, maintain, and restore the chemical, biological,
and physical integrity of the Great Lakes.
Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York, Pennsylvania
Environmental
Protection Agency
Region
2 Water Programs,
http://www.epa.gov/region02/water/
Description:
Information about EPA Region 2's various water programs.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey, New York
Farm
Service Agency - USDA
Farm
Service Agency,
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/ny
Description:
Stabilizing farm income, helping farmers conserve land and water resources,
providing credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and helping
farm operations recover from the effects of disaster are the missions
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA).
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Farm
Service Agency - USDA
New
York City Enhancement Program,
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/nycrep.htm
Description:
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary program for agricultural
landowners. Through CRP, you can receive annual rental payments and cost-share
assistance to establish long-term, resource conserving covers on eligible
farmland.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Farm
Service Agency - USDA
Skaneateles
Lake, NY, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program,
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/crepskny01.htm
Description:
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary program for agricultural
landowners. Through CRP, you can receive annual rental payments and cost-share
assistance to establish long-term, resource conserving covers on eligible
farmland.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Governor's
Office for Small Cities
Governor's
Office for Small Cities,
http://www.nysmallcities.com/
Description: The Governor's Office for Small Cities administers the Community Development Block Grant Program for the State of New York. The Community Development Block Grant Program provides grants to eligible cities, towns, and villages with a population under 50,000 and counties with an area population under 200,000 to revitalize neighborhoods, expand affordable housing and economic opportunities and or improve community facilities and services.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Great
Lakes Commission
Great
Lakes Commission,
http://www.glc.org/
Description:
The Great Lakes Commission is a binational agency that promotes the orderly,
integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the
water and related natural resources of the Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence
River.
Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York, Pennsylvania
Great
Lakes Information Network
Great
Lakes Information Network,
http://www.great-lakes.net/
Description:
The Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) is a partnership that provides
one place online for people to find information relating to the binational
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region of North America. GLIN offers a wealth
of data and information about the region's environment, economy, tourism,
education and more. Thanks to its strong network of state, provincial,
federal and regional partner agencies and organizations, GLIN has become
a necessary component of informed decisionmaking, and a trusted and reliable
source of information for those who live, work or have an interest in
the Great Lakes region.
Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York, Pennsylvania
Great
Lakes Protection Fund
Great
Lakes Protection Fund,
http://www.glpf.org/
Description:
The Great Lakes Protection Fund is a private, nonprofit corporation formed
in 1989 by the Governors of the Great Lakes States. It is a permanent
environmental endowment that supports collaborative actions to improve
the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem. The Fund seeks projects that:
lead to tangible improvements in the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem;
promote the interdependence of healthy ecological and economic systems;
and are innovative, creative, and venturesome.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York, Pennsylvania
Hudson
River Watertrail Association
Hudson
River Watertrail Association,
http://www.hrwa.org/index.html
Description:
The Hudson River Watertrail Association is a coalition of small boaters,
primarily human and wind powered, who are actively interested in the Hudson
River as a treasure of natural and human history. The HRWA was formed
in 1992 as an all-volunteer, nonprofit environmental and recreational
action group, with the specific goal of building a river trail from the
Atlantic Ocean to Canada and promoting a low impact approach to the river.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Lake
Champlain Basin Program
About
the Lake Champlain Basin Program,
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/champ/lcbpsumr.htm
Description:
The LCBP works in partnership with government agencies from New York,
Vermont, and Quebec, private organizations, local communities, and individuals
to coordinate and fund efforts which benefit the Lake Champlain Basin's
water quality, fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, recreation, and cultural
resources.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York, Vermont
Lake
George Association
Lake
George Association,
http://www.lakegeorgeassociation.org/
Description:
The Lake George Association was formed in 1885 by a small group of individuals
who shared a common passion- fishing at Lake George. These individuals
gathered together to initiate an Association of people who would lead
others by their example for the betterment of the lake. Their goal was
a simple one- to give back to the lake what it was giving to them. Their
first project was to plan, finance, and carry out a program to restock
the lake with the species of fish they enjoyed catching.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York
Legislative
Commission on Rural Resources
Keeping
New York's Waters Pure,
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/Docs/water00.pdf
Description:
This guide to technical and financial assistance programs is prepared
by the New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources to help
guide state and local elected officials, water utility administrators,
consultants and developers to the major regional, state and federal resources
providing financial and technical assistance for water and sewer infrastructure
development and water quality management.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York
Legislative
Commission on Rural Resources
Rural
Futures,
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/Docs/rur0502.pdf
Description:
The newsletter of the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Natural
Resource Conservation Service - USDA
New
York NRCS,
http://www.ny.nrcs.usda.gov/
Description:
NRCS soil conservationists, soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists,
engineers, planners, and other specialists promote land stewardship by
providing technical assistance through teams to address surface and groundwater
quality; wetlands, riparian areas, and biodiversity; aquatic and terrestrial
habitat; and impacts of landuse changes. NRCS teams work on all of a state's
landscapes: agricultural, wetlands and riparian areas, suburban, rural,
urban centers, and forested.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
New
York Rural Water Association
New
York Rural Water Association,
http://www.nyruralwater.org/index.shtml
Description:
New York Rural Water Association (NYRWA) is a not-for-profit organization
organized in 1979 with the goal of promoting the development, improvement,
and sound operation of rural drinking water and wastewater systems throughout
New York State.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
New
York State Federation of Lake Associations
NYSFOLA,
http://www.nysfola.org/
Description:
NYSFOLA's Mission is; "to protect the water resources of New York
State by assisting local organizations and individuals through public
dialogue, education, information exchange and collaborative efforts."
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York
New
York State GIs Clearinghouse
NYS
GIs Clearinghouse,
http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/
Description:
The New York State Geographic Information Systems Clearinghouse, operated
by the New York State Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure
Coordination, was established to disseminate information about New York's
Statewide GIs Coordination Program and to provide access to the New York
State GIs Metadata and Data Repository.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York
New
York State Unified Court System
Court
Decisions,
http://www.nycourts.gov/decisions/index.shtml
Description:
The Courts in New York State are responsible for handling an ever-increasing
number of cases from litigants seeking relief in a wide variety of matters.
During the year 2002, the New York Courts issued over 3,500,000 decisions.
Many of the New York State Court System's decisions are available online.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
New
York Water Environment Associations
New
York State Water Environment Associations,
http://www.nywea.org/
Description:
The New York Water Environment Association, Inc. (NYWEA) was founded in
1929, by professionals in the field of water quality as a nonprofit, educational
organization. Association members helped lead the way toward existing
state and national clean water programs.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Northeast-Midwest
Institute
Northeast-Midwest
Institute,
http://www.nemw.org
Description:
The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, nonprofit,
and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality,
environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Norwalk
River Watershed Association
Norwalk
River Watershed Association,
http://www.norwalkriver.org/
Description:
Working and partnering to improve the water quality and quality of life
in the Norwalk, Silvermine, and Comstock watersheds.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New York
Norwalk
River Watershed Initiative
Norwalk
River Watershed Initiative,
http://www.norwalkriverwatershed.org/
Description:
The Norwalk River Watershed Initiative (NRWI or Initiative) is a partnership
among federal and state agencies, watershed towns, local groups, and residents
to address local water quality and resource protection problems and opportunities
in the Norwalk River Watershed.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New York
Ohio
River Basin Commission
Ohio
River Basin Commission,
http://www.orbcinterstate.org/
Description:
The Ohio River Basin Commission's purposes are to: provide a forum for
the Ohio River Basin States to study, discuss, and develop regional policies
and positions on common interstate issues concerning water and related
land resources; coordinate water and related land resources planning in
the Ohio River Basin; provide representation of the regional interests
of the Basin before the Congress and federal agencies responsible for
the planning, development, and management of water and related land resources
in the Basin; and investigate, study, and review water-related problems
and issues of interest to the member states.
Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Ohio
River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
ORSANCO
home page,
http://www.orsanco.org/
Description:
Since 1948, ORSANCO and its member states have cooperated to improve water
quality in the Ohio River Basin so that the river and its tributaries
can be used for drinking water, industrial supplies, and recreational
purposes; and can support a healthy and diverse aquatic community. ORSANCO
operates monitoring programs to check for pollutants and toxins that may
interfere with specific uses of the river, and conducts special studies
to address emerging water quality issues.
Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Orange
County Citizens Foundation
Orange
County Citizens Foundation,
http://www.occf-ny.org/
Description:
The Orange County Citizens Foundation encourages cooperation and dialogue
between Orange County residents, businesses, and government entities to
safeguard the County's historic and cultural heritage, to preserve open
space, agriculture, clean air and a serene environment, and to encourage
improvement in jobs, transportation, parks and recreation and government.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York
Save
the Sound
Save
the Sound,
http://www.savethesound.org/
Description: Save the Sound is a bi-state, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the restoration, protection, and appreciation of Long Island Sound and its watershed through advocacy, education and research.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New York
Scenic
Hudson
Scenic
Hudson: Your Valley, Your Voice,
Your Future,
http://www.scenichudson.org/
Description: Scenic Hudson's mission is to ensure that tomorrow's Hudson River Valley - from Manhattan to the foothills of the Adirondacks - is environmentally and economically sustainable and that its capacity to awe and inspire residents and visitors is preserved forever. To implement our mission, we forge partnerships with local citizens groups, governments and businesses to preserve landscapes, foster community planning, improve air and water quality, and promote environmental awareness.
Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Sierra
Club
New
York Chapter Homepage,
http://newyork.sierraclub.org/