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NY Env Conserv L § 9-1103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 11 - Forest Fire Control 9-1103 - Additional Powers of the Department.

§ 9-1103. Additional powers of the department.In addition to the powers provided in section 9-0105 and in connection   with the control of fire, the department shall have the power to:1.  Maintain  a  system of forest fire protection in such areas of the   state as the department determines necessary.2. Purchase necessary equipment, tools  or  supplies,  employ  men  or   incur other expenses as may be necessary to furnish adequate forest fire   protection.3.  Establish,  maintain,  equip  and  operate forest fire observation   stations, telephone lines or other structures  therefor  as  the  public   interest requires.4.  Make  contracts,  agreements or purchases either for construction,   operation  or  maintenance  of  telephone  lines  for  fire   protection   purposes. Any telephone company may grant the state a preferred rate.5.  With consent of owner build or improve fire roads, ditches, trails   or fire lines. No action for trespass shall lie on account of injury  to   private  property  on  such  account,  if  the  act  is performed in the   protection of the forests from fire.6. Appoint necessary employees to perform such duties as are  required   by this title 11.7.  Order  removed  from  service,  on  forty-eight hours' notice, any   railroad locomotive, operating in the fire towns, not properly  equipped   with fire protection devices.8.  Grant an extension of time in which owners may comply with section   9-1113 when the department is satisfied that such an extension  of  time   will not endanger the forests to fire, but in no case shall an extension   be granted for a period of more than six weeks from the time of cutting,   except  in  connection  with  operations for the clearing of a reservoir   site under the authority of section 15-1507.9.  Relieve  railroads  from  maintaining  railroad  fire  patrol,  or   clearing right of way when in the judgment of the department the absence   of such patrol or clearing will not subject the forests to fire menace.10.  Request  the  Public  Service  Commission  to  hear and determine   whether any railroad, person or company operating  railroad  locomotives   through  forest  land  is using such devices and precautions against the   setting of forest fires, as the public interest requires.11. Designate persons who shall have authority  to  issue  permits  as   required by subdivision 5 of section 9-1105.12.  Enter into working agreements with land owners for the purpose of   securing better forest fire protection in the fire towns.13. Make rules and regulations to secure better fire protection within   all or any portion of those areas designated  as  fire  districts  under   subdivision  2  of  section  9-1109  or defined as fire towns by section   9-1107.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1107 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 11 - Forest Fire Control 9-1107 - Fire Towns.

§ 9-1107. Fire towns.The  following  towns,  including  the  area  within the boundaries of   incorporated villages, are hereby designated as "fire towns": All  towns   in  Essex  and  Hamilton  counties;  the towns of Altona, Ausable, Black   Brook, Dannemora, Ellenburg and Saranac, Clinton county;  the  towns  of   Andes, Colchester, Hancock and Middletown, Delaware county; the towns of   Altamont,  Belmont, Brighton, Duane, Franklin, Harrietstown, Santa Clara   and Waverly, Franklin county; the towns of Bleecker,  Caroga,  Mayfield,   Northampton  and  Stratford, Fulton county; the towns of Hunter, Jewitt,   Lexington and  Windham,  Greene  county;  the  towns  of  Ohio,  Russia,   Salisbury and Webb, Herkimer county; the towns of Crogham, Diana, Grieg,   Lyonsdale  and Watson, Lewis county; the towns of Forestport and Remsen,   Oneida county; the towns of Corinth, Day, Edinburg and Hadley,  Saratoga   county;   the   towns   of  Clare,  Clifton,  Colton,  Fine,  Hopkinton,   Parishville, Piercefield, Pitcairn, Saint Lawrence county; the towns  of   Neversink,  Rockland,  Sullivan  county; the towns of Denning, Gardiner,   Hardinburgh, Olive,  Rochester,  Shandaken,  Shawangunk,  Wawarsing  and   Woodstock,  Ulster county; the towns of Bolton, Chester, Hague, Horicon,   Johnsburgh, Lake George, Luzerne, Queensbury, Stoney Creek, Thurman  and   Warrensburgh,  Warren county; the towns of Dresden, Fort Ann and Putnam,   Washington County.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1109 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 11 - Forest Fire Control 9-1109 - Fire Protection Areas.

§ 9-1109. Fire protection areas.Facilities  for  protection  against forest fire shall be available as   follows:1. In fire towns. The department, for the prevention of  forest  fires   and  the  extinguishment of fires burning or threatening forests, shall,   in the fire towns defined in section 9-1107, maintain an  approved  fire   protection   system,  including  fire  observation  stations  and  other   equipment necessary to prevent and extinguish forest fires.2. In forest fire districts. The department  may  establish  a  forest   fire  protective  system in such other parts of the state as it may deem   necessary. In such regions the department may maintain an approved  fire   protection   system,  including  fire  observation  stations  and  other   equipment necessary to prevent and extinguish forest fires.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1111 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 11 - Forest Fire Control 9-1111 - Forest Fire Protection.

§ 9-1111. Forest fire protection.1. Towns adjacent to fire towns and fire districts. The department may   when  necessary  in its judgment, in order to protect the forests in the   fire towns and fire districts from fire, take steps to extinguish  fires   actually burning in any town adjacent to a fire town or district.2. Impressing fire fighting assistance. Any department employee or any   other  officer  charged by the department with the duty of fire fighting   shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to  the  contrary   or  in  conflict  herewith,  have  the  power to summon and hire for the   purpose of fighting fires any person who  shall  have  attained  sixteen   years  of  age,  and  to  incur  other  expenses deemed necessary to the   extinguishment of particular fires.3. Additional protection by towns in Suffolk county. Any town  in  the   county  of Suffolk may appropriate not exceeding the sum of one thousand   dollars in any one year without the vote of town meeting for the purpose   of purchasing equipment and establishing fire patrols for the prevention   of forest fires within any such town. The patrols and equipment shall be   under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  town   board.   Moneys   appropriated  pursuant to this subdivision shall be assessed, levied and   collected in the same manner  as  moneys  for  other  town  charges  are   assessed, levied and collected.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1113 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 11 - Forest Fire Control 9-1113 - Top Lopping Evergreen Trees.

§ 9-1113. Top lopping evergreen trees.Every  person  who  shall,  within any of the fire towns or within any   fire  district  or  part  thereof  when  so  designated  by   department   regulation,  fell  or  cause  to  be  felled  or permit to be felled any   evergreen tree for sale or other purposes or  engage  in  salvaging  any   blown  down evergreen tree shall cut off or cause to be cut off from the   tree at the time of felling or  salvaging  the  tree,  unless  otherwise   authorized  by  the  department before the trees are felled or salvaged,   all the limbs thereof up to a point where the trunk of the  tree  has  a   longest  diameter which does not exceed three inches, unless the tree be   felled or salvaged for use with the limbs thereon.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1115 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 11 - Forest Fire Control 9-1115 - Railroad Patrol.

§ 9-1115. Railroad patrol.All  railroads  shall,  on  such  parts  of their rights of way as are   operated through forest lands, maintain from  April  first  to  November   fifteenth  of  each year a sufficient number of competent fire patrolmen   unless relieved by the department. The railroad shall file in the office   of the department on or before April first of each year a complete  list   of  such  patrol  indicating the names of the persons, their post-office   address and portion of right of way assigned to each patrolman.  If  any   changes  are  subsequently  made  similar  data  shall  be furnished the   department.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1117 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 11 - Forest Fire Control 9-1117 - Condition of Rights of Way.

§ 9-1117. Condition of rights of way.1.  The  railroad  right  of  way  of all railroads which are operated   through forest lands shall be kept cleared of all  inflammable  material   whenever required by the department.2.  Fire,  live  coals  or  hot  ashes  shall  not be deposited unless   properly protected upon any track or railroad right of way  on  or  near   forest land.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1119 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 11 - Forest Fire Control 9-1119 - Use of Protective Devices.

§ 9-1119. Use of protective devices.1.  Employees  of a railroad which operates through forest lands shall   at all times use in a proper and effective manner  the  fire  protective   appliances provided by such railroad.2.  No  locomotive  operating  through  forest lands shall be operated   unless equipped with fire protective devices of ash pan  and  front  end   which  have  been  approved  by  the  department.  Such devices shall be   maintained and properly used.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1501 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 15 - Removal of Trees and Protected Plants 9-1501 - Removal of Trees.

§ 9-1501. Removal of trees.No person shall cut, pull or dig up for the purpose of removal, injure   or  destroy or cause to be so removed, injured or destroyed, any tree on   the lands of another without consent of the owner.  Any  peace  officer,   acting  pursuant  to  his  or  her special duties, or police officer may   enforce the provisions of this section.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1503 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 15 - Removal of Trees and Protected Plants 9-1503 - Removal of Protected Plants.

§ 9-1503. Removal of protected plants.1.  For  the  purposes of this section, "plants" shall mean species of   native shrubs,  trees,  herbs,  ferns,  fern-allies  and  wild  flowers;   "endangered  species"  shall  mean  those species of plants in danger of   extinction throughout all or  a  significant  portion  of  their  ranges   within  the  state,  and  requiring  remedial  action  to  prevent  such   extinction; "threatened species" shall mean those species of plants that   are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout   all or a significant portion of their ranges  within  the  state;  "rare   species"  shall mean those species of plants that have small populations   within their ranges in the state, and "exploitably  vulnerable  species"   shall  mean those species of plants that are likely to become threatened   in the near future throughout all or  a  significant  portion  of  their   ranges within the state if causal factors continue unchecked.2.  The department may, by rule and regulation, promulgate and adopt a   list or lists of protected plants which by reason of  their  endangered,   rare,  threatened  or exploitably vulnerable status should not be picked   or removed from their natural habitat. In promulgating and adopting such   list or lists the department shall consult with and cooperate  with  the   departments  of agriculture and markets and education and other affected   public or private organizations. Plants included in such list  or  lists   may be so included for purposes of the entire state or portions thereof.   Such  list  or  lists  may  be  modified in whole or in part through the   institution of a permit or waiver-issuing procedure.3. No person shall, in any area designated  by  such  list  or  lists,   knowingly  pick,  pluck,  sever,  remove,  damage  by the application of   herbicides or defoliants or carry away, without the consent of the owner   thereof, any protected plant. An offense under this section shall  be  a   violation, punishable by a fine of not to exceed twenty-five dollars.4.   The   department   is  authorized  to  regulate  the  harvesting,   collection,  sale,  and   exportation   of   American   ginseng   (Panax   quinquefolius)  plants,  roots  and  cuttings. The department is further   authorized  to  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  to  implement   the   authority conferred herein.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1701 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council 9-1701 - Legislative Findings.

§ 9-1701. Legislative findings.The  legislature  finds that invasive plant and animal species pose an   unacceptable risk to New York state's environment and economy  and  that   this  risk  is  increasing  through time as more invasive species become   established within the state. The legislature  additionally  finds  that   invasive  species are having a detrimental effect upon the state's fresh   and tidal wetlands, water bodies and  waterways,  forests,  agricultural   lands, meadows and grasslands, and other natural communities and systems   by  out-competing  native  species,  diminishing  biological  diversity,   altering community structure and,  in  some  cases,  changing  ecosystem   processes.  Moreover,  the  legislature  recognizes  that the ecological   integrity of an increasing number of publicly and privately-owned  parks   and  preserves  is  being  adversely  affected  by  invasive  plants and   animals,  challenging  the  ability  of  land  management  agencies   to   effectively  manage these sites. The legislature further recognizes that   nearly half (forty-six  percent;  fifty-seven  percent  of  the  plants,   thirty-nine  percent  of the animals) of the species on the federal list   of endangered species are declining, at least in part, due  to  invasive   species.  The  legislature additionally finds that invasive species have   an adverse impact on the New York state economy.  Particularly  affected   by  these  species  are the water supply, agricultural, and recreational   sectors of the state  economy.  The  economic  impact  to  the  national   economy  has  been  estimated  to be as high as one hundred thirty-seven   billion dollars annually.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1703 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council 9-1703 - Definitions.

§ 9-1703. Definitions.   As used in this title:   1.  "Advisory  committee" means the New York invasive species advisory committee established by section 9-1707 of this title.   2. "Council" means the New York invasive species  council  established by section 9-1705 of this title.   3.   "Control"   means,   as  appropriate,  eradicating,  suppressing, reducing, or managing invasive species populations, preventing spread of invasive species from areas where they are  present,  and  taking  steps such as restoration of native species and habitats to reduce the effects of invasive species and to prevent further invasions.   4.  "Ecosystem"  means the complex of a community of organisms and its environment.   5. "Introduction"  means  the  intentional  or  unintentional  escape, release, dissemination, or placement of a species into an ecosystem as a result of human activity.   6.  "Native  species" means, with respect to a particular ecosystem, a species that, other than as a result of  an  introduction,  historically occurred or currently occurs in that ecosystem.   7.  "Species"  means  a  group  of  organisms all of which have a high degree of physical and genetic  similarity,  generally  interbreed  only among themselves, and show persistent differences from members of allied groups of organisms.   8.  "Plan" means the plan developed pursuant to section 9-1705 of this title.   9. "GIS" means geographic information system.   10. "Invasive species" means a species that is:  (a) nonnative to the ecosystem under consideration; and  (b) whose introduction causes  or  is  likely  to  cause  economic  or environmental  harm  or  harm  to human health. For the purposes of this paragraph, the harm must significantly outweigh any benefits.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1707 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council 9-1707 - New York Invasive Species Advisory Committee.

§ 9-1707. New York invasive species advisory committee.1.  There  shall  be  established a New York invasive species advisory   committee which shall provide information, advice and  guidance  to  the   council,  including  but  not  limited  to providing assistance with the   development of the four-tier classification system for nonnative  animal   and plant species.2.  The  commissioner  and the commissioner of agriculture and markets   shall select up to twenty-five at-large members with at least one member   from each of the following: New York  biodiversity  research  institute,   New  York state's land grant university, New York sea grant, a statewide   organization formed  to  address  invasive  species,  a  statewide  land   conservation  organization,  a  statewide  agricultural  organization, a   nursery  business,  a  boating  organization,  the   darrin   freshwater   institute,  the  soil  and  water  conservation  districts,  the natural   heritage program, a New York state forestry school, a lake  association,   the  New  York  city  department  of  environmental  protection,  and  a   statewide local government organization.3.  The  members  of  the  advisory  council   shall   serve   without   compensation, except members shall be allowed their necessary and actual   expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this section.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1709 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council 9-1709 - General Powers and Duties of the Department.

§ 9-1709. General powers and duties of the department.   1.  The  department, in cooperation with the department of agriculture and markets, shall restrict the sale, purchase, possession, propagation, introduction, importation, transport and disposal  of  invasive  species pursuant   to  this  section.  The  department  and  the  department  of agriculture and markets in consultation with the council,  shall,  after public hearing, promulgate joint regulations to develop:  (a)  a  permit  for prohibited species disposal, control, research and education;  (b) a list of prohibited species, which shall be unlawful to knowingly possess  with  the  intent  to  sell,  import,  purchase,  transport  or introduce;  (c)  a  list  of prohibited species which shall be unlawful to import, sell, purchase, propagate, transport, or introduce except under a permit for disposal, control, research, or education; and  (d) a list of regulated species which shall be legal to possess, sell, buy, propagate and transport but may not be knowingly introduced into  a free-living  state or introduced by a means that one knew or should have known would lead to the introduction into a free-living state.   As part of the regulatory process, the  departments  and  the  council shall  consider  establishing grace periods for prohibited and regulated species so businesses can plan the management of existing stock.   2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this  title,  the department in cooperation with the department of agriculture and markets shall have the authority, within funds available, to:  (a)   establish,   operate   and  maintain  state-wide  databases  and clearinghouses  for  all  taxa  of  invasive  species  that  incorporate existing  data  from agencies and organizations in the state, as well as from nearby states, provinces, Canada, and the federal government.  Such databases and clearinghouses may provide the aggregate data on-line in a GIS;  (b)  coordinate  state  agency  and public authority actions to do the following:  (i) phasing out uses of invasive species;  (ii) expanding use of native species;  (iii) promoting private and local government use of native species  as alternatives to invasive species; and  (iv)  wherever  practical  and  where consistent with watershed and/or regional invasive species management  plans,  prohibiting  and  actively eliminating invasive species at project sites funded or regulated by the state; and  (c) in collaboration with the council, aid in the review and reform of relevant  regulatory  processes to remove unnecessary impediments to the restoration of invaded ecosystems.
NY Env Conserv L § 9-1710 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 9 - Lands and Forests Title 17 - New York Invasive Species Council 9-1710 - Aquatic Invasive Species; Spread Prevention.

* § 9-1710. Aquatic invasive species; spread prevention.   1. For purposes of this section:  (a)  "Watercraft"  shall mean every motorized or non-motorized boat or vehicle capable of being used or operated as a means  of  transportation or recreation in or on water.  (b)  "Launch" shall mean to place a watercraft or floating dock into a public waterbody or any inlet  or  outlet  to  such  waterbody  for  any purpose,  including  by  trailer  or  other device or carrying by hand a watercraft into the waterbody.   2. No person shall launch a watercraft or floating dock unless it  can be  demonstrated  that  reasonable  precautions  such  as removal of any visible plant or animal matter, washing, draining or drying  as  defined by the department pursuant to rules and regulations, have been taken.   * NB Repealed June 1, 2021