Resource Library

Town Ordinances

Philipstown Open Space Index (pdf)

Philipstown Natural Resource Plan (pdf)

Wetlands

Dutchess County ESAN Recommendations for Stream and Flood Management

Where Rivers are Born: The Scientific Imperative for Defending Small Streams and Wetlands (pdf)

2010 NYS Conference on the Environment

Conference on the Environment 2010 Speaker Presentations

Workshop Materials

Identifying & Designating Critical Environmental Areas (3/5/11)

Rubbo Presentation

Heady Presentation

Svenson Presentation

Biodiversity Assessment Hudsonia (2/13/10)

Wilder and Kivat, 2008 - Forests

General Conservation Recommendations

Hudsonia Persuasive Biodiversity Facts

Biodiversity and Human Community

Using SEQRA to Conserve Habitat (11/20/09)

Laura Heady SEQR Pwrpoint Pt. 1

Laura Heady SEQR Pwrpoint Pt. 2

The SEQR Cookbook

Wetland Identification and Regulatory Processes Overview (6/20/09)

Critical Environmental Areas Information

Trees and Forest for Ecological Health (4/25/09)

Town of Pawling Timber Harvesting Ordinance

Tarrytown Tree Ordinance (see chapter 281)

The Working Forest (NY Times Article)

Croton-on-Hudson Tree Ordinance (see chapter 208)

Review of Tree Protection Laws in Westchester (1996) (pdf)

Bedford Tree Ordinance (See Chapter 112)

Cortlandt Tree Ordinance (See Chapter 283)

Greenburgh Tree Ordinance (See Chapter 260)

Irvington Tree Ordinance (See Chapter 202)

Lewisboro Tree Ordinance (See Chapter 203)

Mt. Kisco Tree Ordinance (See Chapter 99)

Mt. Pleasant Tree Ordinance (See Chapter 201)

New Castle Tree Ordinance (See Chapter 121)

Pound Ridge Tree Ordinance (See Chapter 93)

Putnam Valley Forestry Ordinance (See Chapter 140)

Somers Tree Ordinance (see chapter 156)

Westchester County Deer Task Force Report Powerpoint Show

Town of Pound Ridge Conservation Board: Example Deer Management Policy

Tree City USA (Arbor Day Foundation)

Tree City USA Bulletins

Black Rock Forest Consortium

Watershed Agricultural Council

American Forests Urban Ecosystem Analysis

Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition

Functions of Forests (Hudsonia) (pdf)

Tax Parcel Maps in Google Earth Format (4/7/09)

Peekskill Tax Parcel File (kmz)

Tutorial: Tax Parcel Maps in Google Earth (pdf)

Google Earth 5.0 Download

Guide to Tax Parcel Files Available for ELLA Municipalities (pdf)

Dutchess County GeoAccess (Tax Parcel Files already in format for Google Earth)

Bedford Tax Parcel File (kmz)

Cornwall Tax Parcel File (kmz)

Cortlandt Tax Parcel File (kmz)

Greenburgh Online Property Mapping System (GIS)

Mt. Kisco Tax Parcel File (kmz)

Mt. Pleasant Tax Parcel File (kmz)

New Castle Tax Parcel File (kmz)

North Salem Tax Parcel File (kmz)

Ossining Tax Parcel File (kmz)

Somers Tax Parcel File (kmz)

Yorktown Tax Parcel File (kmz)

CAC’s: History & Tools (1/24/09)

SEQR Cookbook (pdf)

Links to Online Environmental Resources for CAC’s & OSC’s (pdf)

Links to Resources for CAC’s (pdf)

A Citizen’s Guide to the NEPA: Having Your Voice Heard (pdf)

Conservation Design for Subdivisions (10/6/08)

Planning for Biodiversity, Stategies for Developers and Municipalities (pdf)

Invasive Plants (7/19/08)

Hudson Valley Invasive Plant Contacts (pdf)

Invasive Plants Workshop Brainstorming & Discussion Notes (pdf)

Invasive Plant Resources (pdf)

Westchester County’s Most Invasive Plants (pdf)

Partnerships for Regional Invasive Species Management 2008 (pdf)

Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide (pdf)

Vernal Pools (4/12/08)

Vernal Pool Resources (pdf)

General Conservation Recommendations

The tax parcel files listed under Workshops are for basic reconnaissance and preliminary planning purposes only, and are based on data publicly available as of March 2009. ELLA and Teatown Lake Reservation cannot guarantee their accuracy. For the sources of the files, please access the PDF file listed under Tax Parcel Maps in Google Earth, for the Guide to Tax Parcel Files Available for ELLA Municipalities.