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- /documentcenter/view/4484 Conservation Board Annual Report 2025
- Conservation Board Annual Report 2024
- Inventory of Land Use and Land Cover
- Native Plant Manual
- NYS DEC Interactive Environmental Resource Mapper
- Richard Young Groundwater Resources Report 1987
- Richard Young Groundwater Map 1987
- Richard Young Map Plate I
- Richard Young Map Plate II
- Richard Young Map Plate III
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Natural Resource Inventory (NRI)
- NRI Final 2014
- NRI Open Space Index 2014
- Map 1.12 Shaded Relief
- Map 1.13 Steep Slopes
- Map 2.14 Aquifers
- Map 2.15 Richard Young's Permeability Analysis
- Map 2.16 Wetlands, Streams, Floodplains
- Map 2.17 NYS DEC Classified Streams
- Map 3.4 Erodible Soils
- Map 3.5 Hydric Soils
- Map 4.2 Generalized Land Cover
- Map 7.5 Parklands
- Map 7.6 Unique Landforms/Views
Conservation Easements
Conservation easements are legal agreements that allow landowners or municipalities to protect their properties from development or other forms of use for a period, or in perpetuity. In essence, conservation easements are a way for landowners to voluntarily give up some of their rights to use their land in exchange for preserving its natural, scenic, or historic value.
Some conservation easements allow landowners to maintain ownership and control over their land, while others are more restrictive. More restrictive easements prohibit any activity within the area of the easement and are intended to be “no touch” easements.
These easements are recorded on the property’s Deed and recorded with the Ontario County clerk. Easements survive a change in property ownership.
If you are unsure of which type of Conservation Easement is on your property, please contact the Planning & Building department at 585-742-5035 for more information..