{"id":364638,"date":"2026-10-05T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364638\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T08:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:30:07","slug":"new-york-finalizes-wildlife-conservation-plan-for-next-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364638\/","title":{"rendered":"New York finalizes Wildlife Conservation Plan for next decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALBANY- New York has finalized a new 10-year plan to guide conservation efforts for wildlife species considered most in need of protection, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">The 2025\u20132035 State Wildlife Action Plan identifies 570 wildlife species as Species of Greatest Conservation Need, including 147 designated as high priority. The plan also identifies 269 plant species for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">DEC assessed 920 wildlife species as part of the update, examining population trends, habitats, and threats. The plan will guide conservation and management efforts and is required for New York to remain eligible for federal State and Tribal Wildlife Grants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">The plan, species list and individual species assessments are available through the DEC website.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY- New York has finalized a new 10-year plan to guide conservation efforts for wildlife species considered most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2586,9,11,10,135221],"class_list":["post-364638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-dec","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-wildlife-management-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}