New guidance document for municipal planning: Best Practices for Adopting Conservation Inventories and Plans

The DEC Hudson River Estuary Program and Cornell University recently released a new publication, Best Practices for Adopting Conservation Inventories and Plans. The document provides legal guidance and best practices for municipalities for adopting and implementing natural resources inventories, open space inventories and plans, and critical environmental areas. The publication explores three options—policy statements in resolutions, comprehensive plans, and local laws.

Publication (PDF): Best Practices for Adopting Conservation Inventories and Plans: A Guide for Communities in the Hudson River Estuary Watershed (ny.gov)

There is also a recorded webinar about the guidance, featuring Jessica Bacher of Pace Land Use Law Center:  Best Practices for Adopting Conservation Inventories and Plans-20230518 1700-1 – NYS Information Technology Service WebEx Enterprise Site”