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New York State Wildlife Management Areas

Stream and forest at Happy Valley Wildlife Management Area in Oswego County, New York.
View of Lakeview Pond within Lakeview Wildlife Management Area

New York State Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are conservation areas managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) primarily for the benefit of wildlife, and used extensively by the public for hunting, fishing, and trapping. As of 2016, the NYSDEC owns and maintains 113 WMAs, with a total area of approximately 197,000 acres (308 sq mi; 800 km2).[1][2] The Wildlife Management Areas program is administered by the Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources of the NYSDEC.[1]

History

The first source of funding for New York's Wildlife Management Areas was the Conservation Fund of the Division, which was begun in 1925. It accumulates hunting, fishing, and trapping license fees and other miscellaneous fees and fines collected by the Division.[3] In the 1930s, the federal Resettlement Administration bought marginal and worn-out farmland and later donated it to the state for wildlife management purposes. The Pittman–Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937 places an excise tax on guns and ammunition, of which 10% is returned to the states to fund restoration and management efforts for wildlife including purchase of habitat. New York State Bond Acts in 1960, 1972 and 1986 have also helped fund the WMA system.

Some of the WMAs occupy land that is environmentally sensitive. Thus the Lakeview Wildlife Management Area has been declared the Lakeview Marsh and Barrier Beach National Natural Landmark, and was cited in 1973 as, "One of the best and most extensive marshlands that lie in protected bays and behind barrier beaches along eastern Lake Ontario."[4]

List of New York state wildlife management areas

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Habitat Management and Access on Wildlife Management Areas". New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  2. ^ "List of New York State Wildlife Management Areas". New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  3. ^ "Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources". New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  4. ^ "Lakeview Marsh and Barrier Beach". National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-07-31. Entry in registry of National Natural Landmarks.
  5. ^ "Title 9, Chapter I, Subchapter A, Part 384: Listing of State Parks, Parkways, Recreation Facilities, State Land and Historic Sites (Facilities), DEC Facilities". Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York. WestlawNext. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  6. ^ Unless otherwise noted, acreages are sourced from individual pages listed at: "List of New York State Wildlife Management Areas". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "Natural Heritage Area Designation for Eastern Lake Ontario Barrier Beach and Wetland Complex". New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  8. ^ a b Fayette-Varick Comprehensive Plan Commission (2005). Towns of Fayette and Varick Comprehensive Plan, Adopted 2005/2006 (PDF) (Report). Town of Fayette, NY. p. 26. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  9. ^ a b Final Environmental Impact Statement for the River Management Plan: Upper Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River, Delaware, Sullivan, and Orange Counties, New York, Pike and Wayne Counties, Pennsylvania (Report). United States National Park Service. 1984. p. 123. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  10. ^ a b Keuka Lowlands Unit Management Plan (PDF) (Report). NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. April 2012. p. 6. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  11. ^ "Cranberry Creek Wildlife Management Area". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Land and Conservation Easement Acquisitions: Second Quarter 2011". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Three Mile Bay Wildlife Management Area Map". New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  14. ^ "Helmer Creek Wildlife Management Area". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  15. ^ "Honeoye Inlet Wildlife Management Area". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  16. ^ a b Carroll, Thomas (2001). "History of the Wildlife Areas: Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, John White Wildlife Management Area". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. pp. 24–25. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  17. ^ a b Lake Ontario Islands WMA Unit Management Plan (PDF) (Report). New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. February 2002. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  18. ^ "DEC Adds 157 Acres to the Saratoga Sand Plains Wildlife Management Area". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. April 22, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  19. ^ "Stockport Wildlife Management Area". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  20. ^ "Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area". New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  21. ^ "Victory Mills Wildlife Management Area". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved July 9, 2016.

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