New York State Conservation Department Rules and Regulations
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Summary:
This series documents the rules and regulations that the Conservation Department forwarded to the Department of State for
publication. The bulk of the material consists of routine correspondence between the Conservation Department and the Department
of State and the text of the rules and regulations adopted, revised, or repealed; in some instances, internal memorandums
concerning the content of draft regulations and certificates citing the statute that gave the department the authority to
issue a given regulation are also present.
Creator:
Title:
Conservation Department rules and regulations
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1931-1969
Bulk Dates:
1944-1969
Series Number:
B1837
Sponsor:
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Arrangement
Alphabetical by departmental division.
Administrative History
The State Legislature has enacted the laws that have shaped the general policies of the Conservation Department and its successor
agency, the Department of Environmental Conservation. However, in most instances it has allowed the department to draft and
enforce the detailed regulations needed to implement the broad policies outlined in legislation. Regulations issued by the
department acquire the force of law when the Department of State publishes them in the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules
and Regulations of the State of New York (commonly known as the NYCRR). In 1962, the Legislature required (Chapter 305) that
each new or revised regulation sent to the Department of State for publication be accompanied by a certificate citing the
statutory authority pursuant to which the regulation was adopted or revised.
Scope and Content Note
This series documents the rules and regulations that the Conservation Department forwarded to the Department of State for
publication. The bulk of the material consists of routine correspondence between the Conservation Department and the Department
of State and the text of the rules and regulations adopted, revised, or repealed; in some instances, internal memoranda concerning
the content of draft regulations and certificates citing the statute that gave the department the authority to issue a given
regulation are also present.
Almost all of the regulations (also referred to as "rules" or "orders") in this series were drafted by the Division of Fish
and Game and concern hunting and fishing seasons, use of hunting, fishing and trapping equipment, and licensing requirements.
Regulations developed by the Division of Lands and Forests concern forestry and recreational use of state-owned lands, and
those created by the Division of Motorboats concern use of boating equipment and boating safety. Most of the rules written
by the Division of Water Resources concern the internal structure of the division. Other divisions represented in this series
include: Oil and Gas, Parks, and Saratoga Spa State Park-Saratoga State Park. Also included are annual summaries (19591963)
detailing all of the rules that the department adopted, revised, or repealed during a given year.
Related Material
13063 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Executive Office Commissioner's Subject and Correspondence Files,
contains records documenting additional functions of the department and its predecessor agencies.
Processing Information
This series description was enhanced as a part of the New York State Archives Environmental History Virtual Research Collection
Project, 2004. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided funding for this project.
This series was originally accessioned as accretion 13063-80A, but was determined to have records specifically documenting
the Conservation Department's (later Department of Environmental Conservation) development and promulgation of rules and regulations.
Therefore, the accretion was reaccessioned in 2004 as Series B1837, New York State Conservation Department Rules and Regulations.
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Detailed Description
Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Accretion: B1837-04 |
1959 January 2-December 16 |
Original Orders: Volume XLIX |
1 |
1959 January 2-December 16 |
Original Orders: Volume XLIX |
1 |
1960 January 18-December 29 |
Original Orders: Volume L |
1 |
1961 January 24-December 22 |
Original Orders: Minutes of Meetings-Volume LI |
1 |
1962 January 11-December 11 |
Original Orders: Volume LII |
1 |
1963 April 10-December 11 |
Original Orders: Volume LIII |
2 |
1948-1951 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: General |
2 |
1956 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Aquatic Insects for Bait, Taking of |
2 |
1959 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Aviation Division-Establishment of (06.1) |
2 |
1944-1962 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Additional Protection to Fish, Game, Birds or Quadrupeds |
2 |
1955 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Bag Limits on Certain Species of Fish in McCargos Lake, etc. |
2 |
1951-1966 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Bait or Lure-Minnows or Any Species of Fish |
2 |
1948 June 1-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Bait Fish, Taking of |
2 |
1959-1962 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Basswood Pond (Use of) |
2 |
1959 October 1-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Bear-Closing Open Season for Taking Bear in Specific Counties |
2 |
1945-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Beaver and Otter, Trapping [Folder 1 of 2] |
2 |
1945-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Beaver and Otter, Trapping [Folder 2 of 2] |
2 |
1950-1967 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Black Bears |
3 |
1960 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Boat Launching Sites (Public) (06.1) |
3 |
1959 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Boat Launching Sites (State) |
3 |
1965 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Bullheads (06.1) |
3 |
1945-1960 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Clams-Surf or Hen, Taking of |
3 |
1947 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Conservation Education Division, Establishment of (06.1) |
3 |
1946 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Deer, Additional Protection of |
3 |
1946-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Deer, Antlerless |
3 |
1948-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Deer of Either Sex [Folder 1 of 2] |
3 |
1948-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Deer of Either Sex [Folder 2of 2] |
3 |
1960-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Deer of Either Sex-Hunting Party Permits |
3 |
1950-1954 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Deer on Howlands Island |
3 |
1960 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Deer Hunting-Schenectady County (Prohibiting Use of Rifles) |
4 |
1959-1960 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Deer-Tagging of Additional Deer Taken in Westchester County |
4 |
1952 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Deer, Taking of on DeBar Mountain Game Area |
4 |
1949-1964 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Dog Training Licenses-Fixing Expiration Date |
4 |
1950 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Eels |
4 |
1965 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Erwin Game Management-Transfer of Jurisdiction, From Fish and Game to Forest Lands and
Forests (06.1)
|
4 |
1947-1952 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Farm Fish Ponds |
4 |
1946-1947 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Fish and Game, Bureau of (Activities of) (06.1) |
4 |
1961-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Fishing Regulation (06.1) |
4 |
1959 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Fish and Wildlife Management Act-Classifications or Restricted Areas with Respect to
Lands Operated Under a Cooperation Agreement According to the Fish and Wildlife Management Act, 9/25/1959
|
4 |
1958-1960 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Fish and Wildlife Management Districts |
4 |
1960-1965 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Fishing, Prohibited |
4 |
1952-1961 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Public Fly Fishing Areas |
4 |
1966 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Game Breeders and Shooting Preserve License (06.1) |
4 |
1966 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Flood Control Reservoirs (06.1) |
4 |
1945-1946 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Game, Bureau of (Establishment of) (06.1) |
4 |
1947-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Game, Importation of |
4 |
1944-1964 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Game Refuges, Establishment of |
4 |
1944 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Guides, Licensing of |
4 |
1967 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting-Arnot Forest Cooperation Area (06.1) |
4 |
1967-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Niagara County Cooperator Area (06.1) |
4 |
1967-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting Hours, Deer, Bear, Wild Turkey (06.1) |
4 |
1959 July 25-1964 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting on State-Owned Islands and Portion of Three Mile Bay Game Management Area on
Oneida Lake
|
4 |
1967-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting-Big Game; Archer and Anna Huntington Wildlife Forest Station Cooperator Area
(06.1)
|
4 |
1963 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting and Trapping Seasons for Non-Migratory Game and Furbearers Following Termination
of the Governor’s Proclamation Suspending Such Seasons During the Fire Emergency
|
4 |
1959 November 25-1965 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing on Camp Drum Cooperator Area |
4 |
1948 September 29-1953 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing Control in Oneida Lake |
4 |
1966-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping on Howland Island Game Management Area (06.1) |
4 |
1959-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting, Oak Orchard Cooperator Area |
4 |
1967 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing on Perch River Game Management Area, (06.1) |
5 |
1959 September 29-1961 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing on the Putnam County Cooperator Area |
5 |
1961-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping on Suffolk County Cooperator Area |
5 |
1960-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing on Wilson Hill |
5 |
1957-1961 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Ice Fishing |
5 |
1946-1949 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Insect and Insect Larvae |
5 |
1945 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: License Fees, Citizen, Alien, and Non-Resident |
5 |
1959 October 1-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Licenses-Forms of Proof to Satisfy Requirements of Eligibility for Licenses |
5 |
1944-1959 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Migratory Game Birds [Folder 1 of 2] |
5 |
1944-1959 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Migratory Game Birds [Folder 2 of 2] |
5 |
1960-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Migratory/Game Birds [Folder 1 of 2] |
5 |
1960-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Migratory/Game Birds [Folder 2 of 2] |
5 |
1956-1965 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Minnows, Prohibited Order for Taking of |
5 |
1964-1965 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Muskalonge (06.1) |
5 |
1947-1957 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Muskrats-Muskrats and Mink [Folder 1 of 2] |
5 |
1947-1957 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Muskrats-Muskrats and Mink [Folder 2 of 2] |
6 |
1958-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Muskrats-Muskrats and Mink |
6 |
1950 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: National Rifle Association An Agent of the Conservation Department |
6 |
1963-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Navigation Aids and Floating Objects (06.1) |
6 |
1945-1959 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Netting of Shad, Menhaden, and Herring |
6 |
1944-1965 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Nets, Set and Trap Lines, Eel Weirs, and Eel Pots |
6 |
1956-1963 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Oak Orchard Game Management Area (Regulating Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping) |
6 |
1947-1953 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Open Seasons on Certain Game Birds and Quadrupeds |
6 |
1949-1962 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Otter and Fisher |
6 |
1960 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Penalty Orders-Fish and Game (Violation of Conservation Law) |
6 |
1945-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Pheasant Order |
6 |
1957-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Pickerel and Pike Perch |
7 |
1962-1964 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Proof of Enrollment at College or University in State for Purpose of Obtaining Certain
Licenses at the Resident Fee (06.1)
|
7 |
1951 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Public Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing Ground Regulating |
7 |
1962-1966 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Public Use |
7 |
1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Publication for Advertisement (06.1) |
7 |
1950-1965 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Rabies, Control of Disease |
7 |
1952-1957 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Raccoons |
7 |
1959-1961 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Rails and Gallinules-Establishing Season and Bag Limits |
7 |
1945-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Ruffed Grouse and Partridge |
7 |
1956-1962 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Rules and Regulations-Conservation Law |
7 |
1955 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Scallops |
7 |
1968-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Shellfish Lands |
7 |
1965-1967 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Shellfish Lands |
8 |
1959-1964 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Shellfish Lands |
8 |
1943-1958 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Shellfish Lands |
8 |
1950-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Skunks |
8 |
1945-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Smelts-Suckers-Yellow Perch-Use of Scap or Dip Nets |
8 |
1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Southold and Riverhead, Town of (06.1) |
8 |
1945-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Spearing Order [Folder 1 of 2] |
8 |
1945-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Spearing Order [Folder 2 of 2] |
9 |
1953-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Squirrels, Black, Gray, and Fox |
9 |
1959 October 1-1963 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Streams-List of Which May Be Altered or Modified Only under Permit from Conservation
Department
|
9 |
1944-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Tip-Up [Folder 1 of 2] |
9 |
1944-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Tip-Up, [Folder 2 of 2] |
9 |
1962 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Transferring Jurisdiction of Land at Capital District Game Management Area to Lands
and Forests
|
9 |
1964-1966 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Trapping-Perch River Game Management Area (06.1) |
9 |
1960-1968 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Trout Waters-Designating Trout Waters in Which Black Bass and Pickerel May Be Taken
Without Limit (06.1)
|
9 |
1952 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Traps-Setting of |
9 |
1940-1959 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Trout [Folder 1 of 2] |
9 |
1940-1959 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Trout [Folder 2 of 2] |
9 |
1959 September 22-1969 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Turkey (Wild)-Open Seasons for |
10 |
1965 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Use of Certain State-Owned Ponds and Lakes (06.1) |
10 |
1933-1963 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Varying Hares-Varying Hares and Cottontail Rabbits |
10 |
1944-1966 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Waterfowl |
10 |
1953 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Woodcock |
10 |
1940-1961 |
Orders for Division of Fish and Game: Yellow Perch |
10 |
1964 |
Orders for Division of Oil and Gas: Oil and Gas (Division of)-Establishment of (06.1) |
10 |
1966-1968 |
Orders for Division of Oil and Gas: Natural Resources of Oil and Gas-Establishing Rules and Regulations |
10 |
1955 |
Orders for Division of Parks: Parks-Trespass |
10 |
1963-1968 |
Orders for Division of Parks: Lake George State Park Commission-Long Island State Park Commission |
10 |
1962-1969 |
Orders for Division of Saratoga Spa State Park-Saratoga State Park (Rules and Regulations) (06.1) |
10 |
1957-1959 |
Orders for Division of Water Resources: Minutes-Advisory Council and Commissioner Mauhs Advisory Committee (06.1) |
10 |
1931-1953 |
Orders for Division of Water Resources: Miscellaneous Minutes and Conservation Department Administration Charts |
10 |
1963 |
Orders for Division of Water Resources: Minutes-Moving Expenses-When Vacating Property (06.1) |
10 |
1962 |
Orders for Division of Water Resources: Water Resources (Rules and Regulations)-State Aid to Counties with Watershed Protection
Districts
|
11 |
1962 |
Orders for Division of Water Resources: Water Resources-Establishment of Certain Bureaus in the Division of Water Resources |
11 |
1957-1958 |
Orders for Division of Water Resources: Reorganization |
11 |
1956-1960 |
Orders for Division of Water Resources: Houlihan, Thomas E.-Personnel Officer |
11 |
1963 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Boat Launching (06.1) |
11 |
1965 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Boat Mooring (Overnight) (06.1) |
11 |
1964 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Camping Permits (06.1) |
11 |
1964 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Entry Control-State Lands (06.1) |
11 |
1964 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Firearms-Use of (06.1) |
11 |
1945-1959 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Fire District Regulations (06.1) |
11 |
1951 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Closing of Forest Lands-Fire Hazards (06.1) |
11 |
1950 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Forest Pest Control Regulations, 06.1 |
11 |
1946-1960 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Forest Practices-Forest Districts |
11 |
1947 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Forest Practice Board-Forest Practice Standards, 06.1 |
11 |
1947-1952 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Free Tree Amendment to Forest Practice Act, 262.11, 06.1 |
11 |
1956 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Horses and All Other Animals Except Household Pets Are Prohibited on Public Campsites
(06.1)
|
11 |
1964 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Intoxicating Beverages: Use of (06.1) |
11 |
1961 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Lands and Forests - Containing the Bureau of Forest Management and Bureau of Nurseries |
11 |
1959-1960 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Lands and Forests Fire Violation Orders, 1959-1960 |
11 |
1961 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Lands and Forests - Bureau of Recreation (Establishment of) |
11 |
1964 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Limekiln Lake-Cedar River Road-Operation of Motor Vehicles on (06.1) |
11 |
1967 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Mechanically Propelled Vessels-Lands and Forests (06.1) |
11 |
1963-1965 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Motorized Vehicles in Forest Preserve-Lands and Forests, (06.1) |
11 |
1959-1961 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Lands and Forests and Parks-Penalty Orders on Trespass Cases (See Trespass File
256 and 244), (06.1)
|
11 |
1953-1961 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Nurseries and Tree Planting-Distribution Planting Stock (06.1) |
11 |
1965-1967 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Peace Officer Powers (06.1) |
11 |
1957-1968 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Permits to Set Fires (06.1) |
11 |
1963-1965 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Permits-Signs, Adirondack Park (06.1) |
11 |
1965 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Pesticides-Use of (06.1) |
11 |
1963 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Planting Stock-Distribution of (06.1) |
11 |
1964 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Public Campsites (06.1) |
12 |
1969 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: Snowmobiles-Forest Preserve-Saratoga Springs (06.1) |
12 |
1948 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: State Lands and Islands of Lake George (06.1) |
12 |
1947-1959 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: State Land, Use of (06.1) |
12 |
1964 |
Orders for Division of Lands and Forests: White Pine Blister, Rustfruiting (Identification of) (06.1) |
12 |
1961 |
Orders for Division of Motorboats: Motorboats-Division of (Establishment of Certain Bureaus) (06.1) |
12 |
1964 |
Orders for Division of Motorboats: Boat Registration and Accident Reports (06.1) |
12 |
1963-1969 |
Orders for Division of Motorboats: Equipment-Carried on Public Vessels (06.1) |
12 |
1963-1968 |
Orders for Division of Motorboats: Mechanically Propelled Vessels-Prohibited on (06.1) |
12 |
1967 |
Orders for Division of Motorboats: Navigation of Vessels on the Navigable Waters of New York (06.1) |
12 |
1965 |
Orders for Division of Motorboats: State Aid to Counties, Cities, Towns, or Villages Enforcing Navigation Law (06.1) |
12 |
1967 |
Orders for Division of Motorboats: State Boat-Launching Sites, Boat-Access Sites and Fishing Rights Areas (06.1) |
12 |