New York Natural Heritage Program
The NY Natural Heritage Program enables and enhances conservation of the state's biodiversity by delivering high-quality information from field inventories, expert interpretation, and the most comprehensive database on New York's distinctive biodiversity. The following conservation guides are designed to help land managers, decision-makers, planners, scientists, consultants, and the interested public better understand the rare species and natural communities that characterize New York. Funding from the Hudson River Estuary Program made the initial development of these guides possible.