Recipient Organization
STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK
(N/A)
SYRACUSE,NY 13210
Performing Department
Forest & Natural Resources Management
Non Technical Summary
The purpose of these technical services with SUNY ESF is to address the significant back log associated with land acquisitions and management planning for newly acquired land. Under the Environmental Protection Fund, technical services are authorized for the purpose of completing approved land acquisition projects and developing management plans where no such management plan has been developed. DEC's Real Property Bureau has been authorized to spend about $355 million in Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) resources during the past twenty years to acquire about 618,000 acres of fee and easements. Coupled with funds available from previous Bond Acts, the Bureau has secured the permanent protection of more than a millionacres of fee and easements during this time frame-on thousands of parcels-in every region of the state. This open space acquisition program has increased DEC's public lands by more than 20%.Technical services under this contract for the Integration of Newly Acquired Lands include the tasks outlined below to ensure DEC maintains a comprehensive and accurate database of all DEC Real Property Land Records, Title Files, and spatial data related but not limited to Forest Preserve, Reforestation Areas, Wildlife Management Areas, Wetland, Unique Areas, Pine Barrens, Conservation Easements, and Public Fishing Easements purchased under the Environmental Protection Fund.Land Management Database: Integrating newly acquired lands into a statewide DEC land management system, including processing purchases, updating historical land records, properly assembling the acquisition record and updating GIS databases pertaining to:Statewide EPF land acquisition statistics o Real Property Land RecordsOriginal deedsAbstractsLand Survey mapsLands transfersLegal documents, Agreements, ContractsConservation easementsPublic Fishing EasementFlood Protection EasementsCooperative AgreementsConcurrent use and Occupancyo Integration of DEC's land acquisition procedure with Real Property spatial informationo Land Management categories o Land classificationsFunding sources (i.e. Environmental Protection Fund, various Federal Sources, etc.)Funding sources impact management optionsConservation Easement Monitoring: Development and maintenance of statewide database of DEC Conservation Easements, acquired with EPF resources, containing inventory of all required DEC data useful for management planning purposes, including but not limited to:Land ownership information o ·Recreation accessEasement monitoring statisticso Easement compliance and inspections o Violation trackingEasement photosAnnual meeting with land ownerSupport .services for Lands and Forest staff:Assistance in utilizing Land Management and Conservation Easement DatabasesProvision of complete and accurate information for the completion and implementation of Unit Management PlansDevelopment of conservation easement baseline reportsDEC will appoint appropriate DEC personnel to assist SUNY-ESF to best facilitate efficient and accurate integration of all statistics and other information into the DEC Land Management and Conservation Easements Database(s). All information produced or obtained for this project will be publicly available and will therefore. be accessible to SUNY-ESF for publications and other educational purposes.Requirements:Job requirements for staff assigned to provide the services for Integration of Newly Acquired Lands are two years' experience and a comprehensive knowledge obtained by working with real property land records, including mapping, land surveying, GIS, AutoCAD, and management and framework of an ArcSDE geodatabase. Additionally, knowledge of Adobe and Microsoft Office software is necessary. Staff are preferred who have experience with DEC's unit management planning process.In addition, staff assigned to provide these services should have a bachelor's degree in environmental , biological or ecological sciences; environmental studies; geography; natural or physical science; civil, environmental or geological engineering or related fields.Awarded Start Date: 3/1/14Sponsor: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Animal Health Component
75%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
25%
Applied
75%
Developmental
(N/A)
Goals / Objectives
The purpose of these technical services with SUNY ESF is to address the significant back log associated with land acquisitions and management planning for newly acquired land. Under the Environmental Protection Fund, technical services are authorized for the purpose of completing approved land acquisition projects and developing management plans where no such management plan has been developed. DEC's Real Property Bureau has been authorized to spend about $355 million in Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) resources during the past twenty years to acquire about 618,000 acres of fee and easements. Coupled with funds available from previous Bond Acts, the Bureau has secured the permanent protection of more than a millionacres of fee and easements during this time frame-on thousands of parcels-in every region of the state. This open space acquisition program has increased DEC's public lands by more than 20%.Technical services under this contract for the Integration of Newly Acquired Lands include the tasks outlined below to ensure DEC maintains a comprehensive and accurate database of all DEC Real Property Land Records, Title Files, and spatial data related but not limited to Forest Preserve, Reforestation Areas, Wildlife Management Areas, Wetland, Unique Areas, Pine Barrens, Conservation Easements, and Public Fishing Easements purchased under the Environmental Protection Fund.Land Management Database: Integrating newly acquired lands into a statewide DEC land management system, including processing purchases, updating historical land records, properly assembling the acquisition record and updating GIS databases pertaining to:Statewide EPF land acquisition statistics o Real Property Land RecordsOriginal deedsAbstractsLand Survey mapsLands transfersLegal documents, Agreements, ContractsConservation easementsPublic Fishing EasementFlood Protection EasementsCooperative AgreementsConcurrent use and Occupancyo Integration of DEC's land acquisition procedure with Real Property spatial informationo Land Management categories o Land classificationsFunding sources (i.e. Environmental Protection Fund, various Federal Sources, etc.)Funding sources impact management optionsConservation Easement Monitoring: Development and maintenance of statewide database of DEC Conservation Easements, acquired with EPF resources, containing inventory of all required DEC data useful for management planning purposes, including but not limited to:Land ownership information o ·Recreation accessEasement monitoring statisticso Easement compliance and inspections o Violation trackingEasement photosAnnual meeting with land ownerSupport .services for Lands and Forest staff:Assistance in utilizing Land Management and Conservation Easement DatabasesProvision of complete and accurate information for the completion and implementation of Unit Management PlansDevelopment of conservation easement baseline reportsDEC will appoint appropriate DEC personnel to assist SUNY-ESF to best facilitate efficient and accurate integration of all statistics and other information into the DEC Land Management and Conservation Easements Database(s). All information produced or obtained for this project will be publicly available and will therefore. be accessible to SUNY-ESF for publications and other educational purposes.Requirements:Job requirements for staff assigned to provide the services for Integration of Newly Acquired Lands are two years' experience and a comprehensive knowledge obtained by working with real property land records, including mapping, land surveying, GIS, AutoCAD, and management and framework of an ArcSDE geodatabase. Additionally, knowledge of Adobe and Microsoft Office software is necessary. Staff are preferred who have experience with DEC's unit management planning process.In addition, staff assigned to provide these services should have a bachelor's degree in environmental , biological or ecological sciences; environmental studies; geography; natural or physical science; civil, environmental or geological engineering or related fields.
Project Methods
The purpose of these technical services with SUNY ESF is to address the significant back log associated with land acquisitions and management planning for newly acquired land. Under the Environmental Protection Fund, technical services are authorized for the purpose of completing approved land acquisition projects and developing management plans where no such management plan has been developed. DEC's Real Property Bureau has been authorized to spend about $355 million in Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) resources during the past twenty years to acquire about 618,000 acres of fee and easements. Coupled with funds available from previous Bond Acts, the Bureau has secured the permanent protection of more than a millionacres of fee and easements during this time frame-on thousands of parcels-in every region of the state. This open space acquisition program has increased DEC's public lands by more than 20%.Technical services under this contract for the Integration of Newly Acquired Lands include the tasks outlined below to ensure DEC maintains a comprehensive and accurate database of all DEC Real Property Land Records, Title Files, and spatial data related but not limited to Forest Preserve, Reforestation Areas, Wildlife Management Areas, Wetland, Unique Areas, Pine Barrens, Conservation Easements, and Public Fishing Easements purchased under the Environmental Protection Fund.Land Management Database: Integrating newly acquired lands into a statewide DEC land management system, including processing purchases, updating historical land records, properly assembling the acquisition record and updating GIS databases pertaining to:Statewide EPF land acquisition statistics o Real Property Land RecordsOriginal deedsAbstractsLand Survey mapsLands transfersLegal documents, Agreements, ContractsConservation easementsPublic Fishing EasementFlood Protection EasementsCooperative AgreementsConcurrent use and Occupancyo Integration of DEC's land acquisition procedure with Real Property spatial informationo Land Management categories o Land classificationsFunding sources (i.e. Environmental Protection Fund, various Federal Sources, etc.)Funding sources impact management optionsConservation Easement Monitoring: Development and maintenance of statewide database of DEC Conservation Easements, acquired with EPF resources, containing inventory of all required DEC data useful for management planning purposes, including but not limited to:Land ownership information o ·Recreation accessEasement monitoring statisticso Easement compliance and inspections o Violation trackingEasement photosAnnual meeting with land ownerSupport .services for Lands and Forest staff:Assistance in utilizing Land Management and Conservation Easement DatabasesProvision of complete and accurate information for the completion and implementation of Unit Management PlansDevelopment of conservation easement baseline reportsDEC will appoint appropriate DEC personnel to assist SUNY-ESF to best facilitate efficient and accurate integration of all statistics and other information into the DEC Land Management and Conservation Easements Database(s). All information produced or obtained for this project will be publicly available and will therefore. be accessible to SUNY-ESF for publications and other educational purposes.Requirements:Job requirements for staff assigned to provide the services for Integration of Newly Acquired Lands are two years' experience and a comprehensive knowledge obtained by working with real property land records, including mapping, land surveying, GIS, AutoCAD, and management and framework of an ArcSDE geodatabase. Additionally, knowledge of Adobe and Microsoft Office software is necessary. Staff are preferred who have experience with DEC's unit management planning process.In addition, staff assigned to provide these services should have a bachelor's degree in environmental , biological or ecological sciences; environmental studies; geography; natural or physical science; civil, environmental or geological engineering or related fields.