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Department of State Hudson River Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats Update

The New York State Department of State, in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is revising the Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitat documentation for habitat areas located along the Hudson River in the Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Columbia, Green, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester. 

A total of 35 previously designated Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats areas along the Hudson River have been revised to 33 Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats and 7 new habitat areas have been recommended for designation by the Department of Environmental Conservation under the State’s Coastal Management Program as administered by the Department of State.  Boundary extensions have been proposed for 14 habitats and four habitats have been combined into two.

The purpose of this notice is to obtain comments relevant to the accuracy of the information contained in the proposed draft habitat documentation. 

Comments on the revisions to the Hudson River Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats should be submitted by August 15th 2011 to: Stephanie Wojtowicz, Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources, 99 Washington Ave., Suite 1010, Albany, NY 12231, 518.486.7641. 

View the slide show presented by the Department of State at the Public Information Meetings on July 6th and July 11th 2011 which reviews the Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Designation Process

 For complete narratives and maps see below (listed North to South): 

Normans Kill (City of Albany, Town of Bethlehem)

Papscanee Creek Marsh and Creek (Town of Schodack, Town of East Greenbush, Village of Castleton-on-Hudson)

Shad and Schermerhorn Islands (Town of Coeymans, Town of Bethlehem)

Schodack and Houghtaling Islands and Schodack Creek (Town of Schodack, Town of Stuyvesant, Town of New Baltimore)

Coeymans Hannacroix Creeks Complex (Town of Coeymans, Town of New Baltimore, Village of Ravena)

Mill Creek Wetlands (Town of Stuyvesant)

Stuyvesant Marsh (Town of Stuyvesant)

Coxsackie Creek (Town of New Baltimore)

Coxsackie Island Backwater (Town of Coxsackie, Town of Stuyvesant, Town of New Baltimore, Village of Coxsackie)

Stockport Creek and Flats (City of Hudson, Town of Greenport, Town of Coxsackie, Town of Stockport, Town of Stuyvesant)

Vosburgh Swamp and Middle Ground Flats (Town of Coxsackie, Town of Athens, Village of Athens)

Catskill Creek (Town of Catskill, Village of Catskill)

Brandow Point Marsh and Flats (Town of Athens, Town of Greeport, Village of Athens

South Bay Creek and Marsh (Town of Greenport, City of Hudson)

Catskill Deepwater (Town of Catskill, Town of Greenport, Town of Germantown, Town of Livingston)

Roger's Island (Town of Greenport, Town of Catskill, Village of Catskill)

Ramshorn Marsh (Town of Catskill)

Inbocht Bay and Duck Cove (Town of Germantown, Town of Catskill)

Roeliff-Jansen Kill (Town of Germantown, Town of Livingston, Town of Clermont)

Germantown-Clermont Flats (Town of Germatown, Town of Clermont, Town, of Catskill, Town of Saugerties)

Smith's Landing (Town of Catskill, Town of Saugerties, Village of Catskill)

Esopus Estuary (Town of Red Hook, Town of Saugerties, Village of Saugerties, Village of Tivoli)

North and South Tivoli Bays (Town of Red Hook, Village of Tivoli)

The Flats (Town of Rhinebeck, Town of Red Hook, Town of Ulster, City of Kingston)

Rondout Creek (Town of Kingston, Town of Ulster, Town of Esopus)

Vanderburgh Cove and Shallows (Town of Rhinebeck, Town of Hyde Park)

Kingston-Poughkeepsie Deepwater (Town of Wappinger, Town of Marlborough, Town of Rhinebeck, Town of Esopus, Town of Hyde Park, Town of Lloyd, City of Newburgh, City of Poughkeepsie, City of Kingston)

Esopus Meadows (Town of Esopus)

Black Creek (Town of Esopus)

Wappinger Creek (Town of Wappinger, City of Poughkeepsie, Village of Wappingers Falls)

Fishkill Creek (Town of Fishkill, Town of Beacon)

Moodna Creek (Town of Cornwall, Town of New Windsor, Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson)

Constitution Marsh (Town of Philipstown,Village of Cold Spring)

Hudson River Mile 40-60 (Town of Fishkill, Town of Philipstown, Town of Cornwall, Town of Highlands, Town of Stony Point, Town of Peekskill, Town of Cortlandt, Town of New Windsor, Village of Buchanan, Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, Village of Cold Spring, Village of Highland Falls)

Manitou Marsh (Town of Cortlandt, Town of Philipstown)

Iona Island Marsh (Town of Stony Point)

Haverstraw Bay (Town of Stony Point, Town of Cortlandt, Town of Haverstraw, Town of Clarkstown, Village of Croton-on-Hudson, Village of Haverstraw)

Croton River and Bay (Town of Ossining, Town of Cortlandt, Village of Croton-on-Hudson, Village of Ossining)

Hook Mountain (Town of Clarkstown, Village of Upper Nyack)

Piermont Marsh (Town of Orangetown, Village of Piermont, Town of Germantown, Town of Catskill, Village of Catskill)


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