Biodiversity, Conservation and Policy

Comprehensive repository of NY State GIS data including environmental layers, natural resources, and conservation.

Search tool for NYS GIS layers including aquatic toxicity, campsites, easements, and environmental justice data.

Open data portal with extensive environmental, biodiversity, natural resources, and climate datasets.

Interactive map viewer and data portal for planning and environmental GIS data from state agencies.

(From Buffalo State). Focus on agricultural, ecological, and natural resource GIS datasets for New York.

REST services for datasets on water quality, forests, wildlife, and environmental monitoring.

GIS data focused on the Adirondack Park’s ecology, land-use, and conservation.

High resolution aerial imagery for environmental planning and land cover studies.

Aggregated list including regional biodiversity, wetlands, and ecological data.

(Streams Toxicity Datasets). Water pollution and health assessment data.

(Select Counties) e.g., Erie
Multiple counties provide environmental and parcel data relevant to natural resources.

Coastal ecosystems, permit planning, and shoreline habitat layers.

Include environmental, water quality, and natural resource datasets.

GIS data on NJ ecosystems, water resources, and environmental hazards.

Focused on conservation areas within the Pine Barrens.

Biodiversity and ecosystem datasets for NJ and adjacent regions.

Regional datasets supporting land use and environmental planning.

Conservation and ecosystem data for NJ Highlands.

Satellite, aerial imagery, land cover, elevation data across the U.S.

Topographic data, hydrography, land cover relevant to ecosystem and resource studies.

Soil, hydrology, natural resources, and agricultural data.

Socioeconomic and environmental data related to rural and natural resource trends.

Historical census, land use, and environmental boundary data.

Climate, coastal ecosystems, sea-level rise, and marine biodiversity data.

Protected areas, ecosystems, and natural resource spatial data.

Climate modeling and earth system datasets.

Forest inventory, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.

Local environmental, green space, and natural resource layers.

Urban environmental and ecological GIS data.

Rich environmental and biodiversity datasets within NYC.

County-wide environmental and natural resource datasets.

Coastal ecosystems, conservation lands, and water quality data.

Local biodiversity and land-use GIS layers.

(Plus derivative GIS exports)
Open-source base data, often used for environmental GIS overlays.

Comprehensive U.S.-wide ecosystem services and biodiversity mapping.

Platform hosting thousands of public GIS datasets including conservation and climate.

Data on threatened species habitat, refuges, ecosystems.