The following list of topics serves as both an Index and a Glossary for the Central Pine Barrens web site.  Please note that this section only contains links to pages and files within this web site.  Links to outside web sites are in the Related Links section (see below).  While necessarily lengthy, this list allows you to start with a particular topic, word or phrase, and find those portions of the site which explain or reference it.
 

• Academy - New York Wildfire and Incident Management Academy - see "PB Wildfire Task Force" section.
• Acquisition of Land - see "Land Acquisition" section.
• Adobe Acrobat ".pdf" (Portable Document Format) downloadable files
• Pdf files are found throughout this web site.  To download them, you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download free from the Adobe web site.
• Advisory Committee - see "Pine Barrens Advisory Committee" section.
• Agendas for Upcoming Meetings - see "Pine Barrens Community Calendar" page for links to current draft agendas next to meeting listings.
• Air Ground Firefighting Coordination Committee (of the Wildfire Task Force) - see Stewardship - Air Ground page.
• Albany Pine Bush
• See "Northeastern US pine barrens:  map and comparison chart"  (or pdf version without chart)
• See "Related Links" page.
• All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) - see Pine Barrens Stewardship - Law Enforcement Council page; also see "Legislation" section here.
• ATV and Dumping Flyer - A Citizen's Guide to Reporting
• Alternative Funding for Suffolk County Parks: see "Legislation" section.
• Amendments
• To Pine Barrens Plan and other documents - see "Documents" section.
• To Pine Barrens law and other laws - see "Legislation" section.
• Applications
• For Development Permits - See Pine Barrens Development Projects Main Page
• For Pine Barrens Credits (Letters of Interpretation and Credit Certificates) - See Pine Barrens Credit Program Main Page
• For recreational access permits from landowning agencies - See "Recreation" section.
• Assertions of Jurisdiction (also known as "call ups") over CGA development projects by Commission - see Development Projects Main Page
• ATVs - All terrain vehicles; see that section.
• Battelle Memorial Institute Pine Barrens Research Awards - see "Research" section.
• Bicycling - see "Recreation" section.
• Bills - see "Legislation" section.
• Bottled Water - Commission Plan to restrict bottled water use pursuant to 2009 Governor's Executive Order 18.
  
• Boundaries - see "Central Pine Barrens", "Compatible Growth Area", or "Core Preservation Area" sections.
• Bylaws
• Of the Pine Barrens Advisory Committee - see "Pine Barrens Advisory Committee".
• Of the Pine Barrens Commission - see "Pine Barrens Commission".
• Calendar  - see Pine Barrens Community Calendar  (events, meetings, draft agendas, etc.)
• Call Up(s) - formally known as Assertions of Jurisdiction over CGA development projects by Commission - see Development Projects Main Page
• Cape Cod
• See "Northeastern US pine barrens:  map and comparison chart"  (or pdf version without chart)
• See "Related Links" page.
• Central Pine Barrens (CPB)
• Boundary definition: ECL 57-0107(10)
• Central Pine Barrens Comprehensive Land Use Plan - see "Documents" section.
• Development in either the CGA or the CPA, including applications, information for applicants, permits issued, applications pending, etc. - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Location of a parcel with respect to the Central Pine Barrens definition (Core, CGA, outside, etc.) - see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Maps:  See "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• CGA - Compatible Growth Area; see that section.
• Chairs and Vice Chairs of Various Entities - see the individual Commission, Committee, Council, Task Force, and Subcommittee Rosters under their respective headings.
• Clarifications (i.e., interpretations) of the Core Preservation Area boundary - see "Core Preservation Area" section.
• Clearinghouse - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Committees -
• Overall Commission Organizational Chart - see "Pine Barrens Commission" section.
• Advisory Committee - see "Pine Barrens Advisory Committee" section
• Cooperation Committee for Parks Twinning - see "Twinnings" section of main page
• Fire Investigation Committee - see "Law Enforcement" or "Fire" sections of Stewardship Program Main Page
• Fire Protection Assessment (FPA) Committee - see "FPA" section of Stewardship Program Main Page
• Fire Weather Committee - see "Fire Weather" section of Stewardship Program Main Page
• New York Wildfire and Incident Management Academy (NYWIMA) - see "NYWIMA" section of Stewardship Program Main Page
• Pine Barrens Credit Clearinghouse Board of Directors - see "PBC Program Main Page"
• Prescribed Fire Committee - see "Prescribed Fire" section of Stewardship Program Main Page
• Public Education Committee - see "Public Education" section of Stewardship Program Main Page
• Training and Equipment Committee - see "Training and Equipment" section of Stewardship Program Main Page
• Compatible Growth Area (CGA)
• Boundary definition: ECL 57-0107(12)
• Central Pine Barrens Comprehensive Land Use Plan - see "Documents" section.
• Development applications, information for applicants, permits issued, applications pending, etc. - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Interim Goals and Standards for the CGA (no longer in effect) - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Location of a parcel with respect to the Central Pine Barrens definition (Core, CGA, outside, etc.) - see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Maps:  See "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Complaints About Possible Land Use Violations - see "Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council" section.
• Conservation Easements - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section for sample easements in Handbook and lands with easements.
• Conveyances of Pine Barrens Credits - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Core Preservation Area (CPA or simply "Core")
• Boundary definition: ECL 57-0107(11)
• Boundary clarifications (interpretations): pdf
• Boundary modification: ECL 57-0109
• Central Pine Barrens Comprehensive Land Use Plan - see "Documents" section.
• Core Roadfront Residential Parcel Exemption List - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Development applications, information for applicants, permits issued, applications pending, etc. - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Location of a parcel with respect to the Central Pine Barrens definition (Core, CGA, outside, etc.) - see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Maps:  See "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Protected lands management: see Stewardship Program Main Page (covers all three stewardship councils)
• Court Cases and Decisions Involving the Commission - see "Litigation" section.
• CPA - Core Preservation Area; see that section.
• CPB - Central Pine Barrens; see that section.
• CRA - Critical Resource Area(s); see that section.
• Credits - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Critical Resource Areas (CRAs; areas within the Compatible Growth Area)
• Definition - requirement in pine barrens law: ECL 57-0121(6)(e)
• Definition - specification in Plan: Volume 1, Chapter 4, Section 4.5.4.1
• Development applications, information for applicants, permits issued, applications pending, etc.. - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• References in ECL Article 57 to "critical resource areas": see "Legislation" section.
• Cultural and Historic Resources
• References in ECL Article 57 to cultural, historic, and archaeological resources: see "Legislation" section.
• See Pine Barrens Plan, Volume 2, Chapter 7.
• Designated Representatives - see "Pine Barrens Commission" section.
• Determination of Jurisdiction - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Development Projects and Topics
• Pine Barrens Development Projects Main Page
• Compatible Growth Area Permits Issued:
• Listed by Tax Map Number: text, pdf
• Listed by Issue Date: text, pdf
• Core Preservation Area Permits Issued:
• Listed by Tax Map Number: text, pdf
• Listed by Issue Date: text, pdf
• Core Preservation Area residential nondevelopment ("roadfront") parcel list  (covers all three Towns)
• Text of 2/21/01 Plan amendment to the Core Preservation Area residential nondevelopment ("roadfront") parcel list
• Chapter 443 of the Laws of 2001 - approving the 2/21/01 Plan amendments regarding the Core Roadfront List  (unofficial copy of bill)
• Definition of term "development": ECL 57-0107(13)
• Determination of jurisdiction - a decision as to whether a specific land use proposal is subject to the provisions of ECL Article 57 and review by the Commission. Such a decision is generally made by the Commission, which may pass a formal resolution or not. Such determinations are recorded in the Commission's meeting minutes or hearing transcripts.
• Summary of Land Use Jurisdiction Determinations by the Commission
• Development applications:  pending and recent applications before Commission: text, pdf
• Development applications:  summary counts since 1993 (date of the Act): text, pdf
• Enterprise Park at Calverton (EPCAL) and the Central Pine Barrens from 1995 Plan Adoption Through 2005: pdf
• Grandfathering and grandfathered projects
• An informal term used in referencing development projects or proposals which are exempt from the jurisdiction of ECL 57 due to their prior approvals with certain dates.  It is one example of "nondevelopment".
• See definition of term "development": ECL 57-0107(13)
• Interim Goals and Standards for the CGA (no longer in effect): pdf
• Nondevelopment
• Informal term used to describe those land use projects and proposals which do not meet the definition of the term "development" in ECL 57.
• See definition of term "development": ECL 57-0107(13)
• Public hearings:
• Hearings are always recorded by a court stenographer, and those transcripts are available for inspection at the Commission Office.
• The minutes of Commission meetings note that a hearing was held at a certain point in the meeting, and that a stenographic transcript exists.
• Policy on public hearings on development applications: text, pdf.
• References in ECL Article 57 to "development": see "Legislation" section.
• Review Procedures and Jurisdiction over Projects  (Central Pine Barrens Plan, Volume 1, Chapter 4)
• Standards and Guidelines for Land Use  (Central Pine Barrens Plan, Volume 1, Chapter 5)
• Developments of Regional Significance (DRS) - see Development Projects Main Page
• Development Rights - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Directions to Common Meeting Locations, Parks, etc.
• Directions to the places below are within this web site.  For directions to other Suffolk County or NYS DEC parks and locales, see those agencies' web sites on our Related Links page.
• Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton) - Berkner Hall
• Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton) - Building 535
• Brookhaven Town Hall  (Farmingville)
• Commission Office  (Great River)
• David Sarnoff State Preserve  (Riverside)
• Quogue Fire Department  (Quogue)
• Quogue Wildlife Refuge  (Quogue)
• Riverhead Town Hall  (Riverhead)
• Southaven County Park  (Yaphank)
• Suffolk County Parks Headquarters  (West Sayville)
• Suffolk County Water Authority's Coram Operations Center
• Suffolk County Water Authority's Westhampton Operations Center
• Documents
• ATV and Dumping Flyer - A Citizen's Guide to Reporting
• Central Pine Barrens Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Volume 1:  Policies, Programs and Standards: text copy by chapters, pdf version (entire volume)
• Calendar Based Statutory Requirements During Development and Early Implementation of the Pine Barrens Plan, 1993 - 1996
• Text of 5/1/96 amendments to the original 1995 Plan (included in Volume 1 pdf file above)
• Text of 2/21/01 Plan amendment to the Core Preservation Area residential nondevelopment ("roadfront") parcel list (included in Volume 1 pdf file above)
• Chapter 443 of the Laws of 2001 - amending the Core Roadfront Residential Parcel Exemption List  (unofficial copy of bill)
• Five year review
• Text of, and SEQR materials for, 10/20/04 Plan amendments (included in Volume 1 pdf file above)
• Central Pine Barrens Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Volume 2:  Existing Conditions text copy by chapters, pdf version (entire volume)
• Central Pine Barrens Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Generic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft and Final) and Findings Statement: pdf version.
• GEIS SEQR Findings Statement only (June 1995; included in GEIS file above): pdf.
• Central Pine Barrens Fire Management Plan
• Enterprise Park at Calverton (EPCAL) and the Central Pine Barrens from 1995 Plan Adoption Through 2005 - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Environmental Hotlines in Suffolk County and Long Island, NY:  text, pdf
• Exploring the Long Island Pine Barrens:  Information for Outdoor Recreation: text, pdf
• Fact Sheet:  Campfire Safety Tips - pdf  (one page).
• Fact Sheet:  Good Fire or Bad Fire? - pdf  (one page).
• Fact Sheet:  How Do the Fire Danger Ratings Assist the Suffolk County Fire Community? - pdf  (includes an explanation of the ratings' fire behavior meanings and their application to public lands management in Suffolk County).
• Fact Sheet:  Living on the Edge in the "Wildland Urban Interface" - pdf  (one page).
• Fact Sheet:  NY Wildfire and Incident Management Academy - text, pdf  (two pages).
• Fact Sheet:  What and Where are the Central Pine Barrens of New York?: text, pdf.
• Fact Sheet:  What is a Prescribed Fire? - pdf  (one page).
• Flyer:  Prescribed Fire on Long Island:  The use of fire as a management tool in the Pine Barrens Region of Long Island" - pdf  (two pages; best printed on legal paper).
• Fact Sheet:  Wildfire Task Force - pdf  (two pages).
• Fact Sheet:  Work for pride .. not a paycheck. Volunteer! - pdf  (three pages).
• General overview of the legislation, the Pine Barrens, and the Commission: pdf.
• General overview of the legislation, the Pine Barrens, and the Commission - more detailed version: pdf.
• Interim Goals and Standards for the CGA (no longer in effect) - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Living With Fire in New York's Central Pine Barrens - pdf  (one page)
• Major Central Pine Barrens Events, Milestones and Policy Decisions - pdf  (three pages)
• Master List of External Pine Barrens Web Links (i.e., "related links")
• New York Environmental Conservation Law Article 57  (LI Pine Barrens Protection Act)
• Pine Barrens Commission Report of Activities - see "Pine Barrens Commission" section
• Pine Barrens Community Calendar  (events, meetings, draft agendas, etc.)
• Pine Barrens Credit Program Documents and Publications
• Pine Barrens Credit Program Overview: pdf.
• Pine Barrens Reference Library Category Inventory: text, pdf
• Pine Barrens Research Forum Proceedings - see "Research" section
• Protected Lands Council Regional Management Plan (in progress) - see Stewardship Program Main Page
• Report of Activities: July 1993 to July 1994; July 1994 to July 1995; Five Year Report 1993-1998; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009-2010
• Report of the Commission's 2005 Temporary Committee on Staffing and Administrative Needs: pdf; follow up position descriptions: pdf
• Report to the Pine Barrens Credit Clearinghouse on the Value of Development Within the Towns of Brookhaven, Southampton and Riverhead, Dr. James Nicholas, 5/20/1996: pdf
• Southaven Trap & Skeet Range Findings of Fact Report, May 2009: resolution and report
• Shoreham - Wading River School District's Fourth Grade "Pine Barrens Guide"
• Summary of changes to the Act and the Plan: pdf (one page)
• Taking the Pine Barrens Into the 21st Century - pdf (three pages)
• Twinnings Program between the Migliarino - San Rossore - Massaciuccoli (MSRM) Regional Park in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy and the Central Pine Barrens  - see "Twinnings Program" section.
• Web Site Introduction - see "Web Site" section
• Wildfire and the Wildfire Task Force FAQs
• DOJ - Determination(s) of Jurisdiction; see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Donations to the Commission - see "Grants and Donations" section.
• Draft Agendas for Upcoming Meetings - see "Pine Barrens Community Calendar" page for links to current draft agendas.
• DR - Development Right(s); see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• DRS - Development of Regional Significance; see that section.
• Dumping - see Pine Barrens Stewardship - Law Enforcement Council page.
• ATV and Dumping Flyer - A Citizen's Guide to Reporting
• E-mail addresses for:
• General Commission and pine barrens information and questions: info mailbox
• Pine Barrens Credit Program information and questions: clearinghouse mailbox
• Web site comments, requests and suggestions: webmaster mailbox
• Easements -
• References in ECL Article 57 to "pine barrens development rights and values, transfers and easements": see "Legislation" section.
• Sample conservation easements in Handbook, as well as a list of lands with PBC easements- see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• ECL - NY Environmental Conservation Law; see "Legislation" section.
• Emergency Telephone Numbers and Contacts
• Environmental Hotlines in Suffolk County and Long Island, NY:  text, pdf
• Enforcement of the Pine Barrens Law - see "Legislation" section.
• Enterprise Park at Calverton (EPCAL) - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Environmental Conservation Law - see "Legislation" section.
• EPCAL - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Fact Sheets - see "Documents" section.
• FAQs - see "Documents" section.
• Federal Government
• Grants received by the Commission: see "Grants and Donations" section.
• Membership of federal entities on ECL 57 and Commission committees:
• Advisory Committee (created by statute): see "Roster of Organizations" link under "Pine Barrens Advisory Committee".
• Law Enforcement Council: see "Roster of Organizations" link under "Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council".
• Protected Lands Council: see "Roster of Organizations" link under "Pine Barrens Protected Lands Council".
• Wildfire Task Force: see "Roster of Organizations" link under "Pine Barrens Wildfire Task Force".
• References in ECL Article 57 to federal government: see "Legislation" section.
• Financial:  see Fiscal
• Findings Statement under SEQRA for CPB Plan - see "Documents" section.
• Fire:
• Commission work: see "PB Wildfire Task Force" section.
• References in pine barrens law: see "Legislation" section.
• Fire Danger Ratings - see "Central Pine Barrens Fire Weather Program" page.
• Fire Protection Assessment - see "FPA" section of Stewardship Program Main Page
• Fire Weather - see "Central Pine Barrens Fire Weather Program" page.
• Fiscal:
• Agreements (pdf) between Commission and SC Water Authority: 2008-2013, 2006-2008, 2004-2006, 2003-2004, 2002-2003, 2001-2002, 2000-2001, 1999-2000, 1998-1999, 1997-1998, 1996-1997, 1995-1996, 1994-1995
• Policy concerning contacts during Commission procurement (adopted 3/17/10): policy
• Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for: FY ended 3/31/05, FY ended 3/31/06, FY ended 3/31/07, FY ended 3/31/08, FY ended 3/31/09
• Fishing - see:
• ECL 57-0131.
• "Recreation" section.
• "PB Protected Land Council" section.
• Central Pine Barrens Plan - Volume 1, Chapter 7:  Public Lands Management.
• FOIL - Freedom of Information Law; see that section.
• Forum (annual Pine Barrens Research Forum) - see "Research" section.
• FPA - "Fire Protection Assessment" - see that section.
• Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Requests - Written FOIL requests should be sent either to the Commission's mailing address or to info@pb.state.ny.us.  See the "Contacts" section of the main web page for the Commission's postal address and fax number.
• GEIS - "Generic Environmental Impact Statement" for CPB Plan - see "Documents" section.
• Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for CPB Plan - see "Documents" section.
• Geographic Information - see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Grandfathering and Grandfathered Projects - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Grants and donations received by the Commission
• Access Highway (Central Islip, NY) donation of web site hosting and e-mail services on an ongoing basis (Thank you very much!)
• Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH) monetary grant for furthering student scientific research through the Pine Barrens Research Forum (2001)
• Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, NY) monetary donation for start up costs (1994)
• Donations of books, papers, newspaper clippings, video and audio materials and related items to the Pine Barrens Research Forum from various individuals
• Environmental Benefit Payment from a private corporation through a NYS DEC enforcement action with the monies donated to the Central Pine Barrens Commission for the Law Enforcement Council (2004)
• Long Island Board of Realtors (West Babylon, NY) monetary donation for start up costs (1994)
• Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference (Central Islip, NY) monetary donation for start up costs (1994)
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) Natural Resource Damages Unit 10 year, no interest loan (not a grant or donation) to provide initial funding for the work of the Pine Barrens Credit Clearinghouse (1995 to 2006)
• NYS DEC enforcement settlement with a private firm outside pine barrens includes a $175,000 donation to the Commission for use by the Law Enforcement Council and establishes the LEC's Environmental Benefit Fund (2004)
• Rauch Foundation (Garden City, NY) donation of professional staff for assistance with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan update (2005)
• Rauch Foundation donation to cover part of the cost of the 7/26/05 Interagency Working Meeting on the Central Pine Barrens Plan Amendments (2005)
• U.S. Forest Service (Newtown Square, PA) monetary grant for production of the Wildfire Safety and Awareness video and related public service announcements (2001-02)
• U.S. Forest Service monetary grant for upgrading the Commission's fire weather station to a GOES (satellite based) station (2004)
• U.S. Forest Service monetary grant for producing a Teaching and Training CD-ROM Version of the Wildfire Safety and Awareness video (2004-05)
• U.S. Forest Service monetary grant for conducting a Fire Protection Assessment Training: National Wildfire Coordinating Group Course P301 "Wildland Fire Prevention Planning" (Course held 11/1-3/05)
• And, last but never least, untold hours of individuals' personal and professional time and energy from all walks of life in making pine barrens protection a reality!
• Graphs
• Of cumulative acres protected by Pine Barrens Credit Program conservation easements - See "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Of Pine Barrens Credit conveyance prices through time - See "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Hardships
• Types of development applications in Core and CGA.  The term has different meanings in these two areas.
• See Development Projects Main Page.
• Hearings
• Public hearings are held by the Commission for all development project applications (in both the CGA and Core areas), as well as all Pine Barrens Credit Program appeals.  Hearings may also be held on any other topic that the Commission deems appropriate.
• Hearings are always recorded by a court stenographer, and those transcripts are available for inspection at the Commission Office.
• The minutes of Commission meetings note that a hearing was held at a certain point in the meeting, and that a stenographic transcript exists.
• Policy on public hearings on development applications: text, pdf.
• Hearings on topics other than development projects and PBC allocation appeals may occasionally be held by the Commission, and those transcripts are also available in the Commission Office.
• Hiking and Walking - see "Recreation" section.
• Historic and Cultural Resources
• References in ECL Article 57 to cultural, historic, and archaeological resources: see "Legislation" section.
• See Pine Barrens Plan, Volume 2, Chapter 7.
• Horseback Riding - see "Recreation" section.
• Hunting - see:
• ECL 57-0131.
• "Recreation" section.
• "PB Protected Land Council" section.
• Central Pine Barrens Plan - Volume 1, Chapter 7:  Public Lands Management.
• IGS - Interim Goals and Standards; see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Images - see "Photographs" section.
• Interim Goals and Standards for the CGA (no longer in effect) - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Intermunicipal Redemptions (Transfers) of Pine Barrens Credits - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Interpretations (i.e., clarifications) of the Core Preservation Area boundary - see "Core Preservation Area" section.
• Investment Policy for Clearinghouse funds - see the "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Jurisdiction - see "Pine Barrens Commission" section.
• Land Acquisition - Contacts for Potential Sellers of Core Preservation Area Property - text, pdf
• Land Management  - see "Pine Barrens Protected Lands Council" section.
• Land Use - see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Land Use Complaints, Investigations, and Violations - see "Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council" section.
• Law Enforcement - see "Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council" section.
• Laws - see "Legislation" section
• Lawsuits - see "Litigation" section.
• LEC - Law Enforcement Council; see "Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council" section.
• Legal Decisions - see "Litigation" section.
• Legislation
• 2003 State Legislation affecting the Central Pine Barrens (chart) - text, pdf
• New York Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) Article 57  (LI Pine Barrens Protection Act; unofficial copy, as amended)
• ECL Article 57 Governor's Bill Jacket: pdf
• Calendar Based Statutory Requirements During Development and Early Implementation of the Pine Barrens Plan, 1993 - 1996
• ECL Article 57 - 11/16/01, Chapter 443 of the Laws of 2001 - amending the Core Roadfront Residential Parcel Exemption List  (unofficial copy)
• ECL Article 57 - 08/26/03, Chapter 434 of the Laws of 2003 - providing penalties for violations of Article 57 - text, pdf  (unofficial copy)
• ECL Article 57 clarifications (interpretations) of the Core Preservation Area boundary by the Commission: pdf
• ECL (all articles) references to pine barrens development rights and values, transfers and easements: pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to critical resource areas: pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to Commission's establishment, purposes, and duties: pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to cultural or historic resources: pdf.
• ECL Article 57 references to development: pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to developments of regional significance: pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to developments over which the Commission asserts jurisdiction: pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to ECL Article 55 (Special Groundwater Protection Areas law): pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to federal government: pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to fire and fire related issues: pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to guidelines: pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to recreation, tourism or trails: pdf
• ECL Article 57 references to scenic resources: pdf
• Land Use Complaints, Investigations, and Violations of ECL 57 - see "Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council" section.
• Summary of changes to the Act and the Plan: pdf (one page)
• New York Criminal Procedure Law - 10/07/03, Chapter 638 of the Laws of 2003 - designating Riverhead Town Fire Marshals as peace officers - text, pdf (unofficial copy)
• Suffolk County, NY 1998 law restricting all terrain vehicle use in Suffolk County  (unofficial copy)
• Suffolk County, NY 1999 law prohibiting dumping in the pine barrens  (unofficial copy)
• Suffolk County, NY 2000 law requiring a "truth in selling statement" for ATVs and modifying the penalties associated with ATV violations  (unofficial copy)
• Suffolk County, NY 2002 law strengthening enforcement penalties for ATVs, and specifying impoundment and forfeiture provisions  (unofficial copy)
• Suffolk County, NY 2002 resolution creating an alternative parks funding committee  (unofficial copy)
• Suffolk County, NY 2003 resolution extending the deadline for the alternative parks funding committee report  (unofficial copy)
• Suffolk County, NY 2004 resolution establishing a task force to study the need for an ATV park in Suffolk County
• Letter of Interpretation (LOI) - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Libraries
• Pine Barrens Reference Library Category Inventory: text, pdf
• Other libraries (public, private, college, universities, etc.: see Related Links page.
• Litigation Involving the Pine Barrens Commission:
• Text version with links to copies of decisions; pdf version
• Chart of litigation durations
• Location of a Parcel with Respect to the Central Pine Barrens Definition (Core, CGA, outside, etc.) - see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Logos and Patches
• About the Commission's logo
• Commission logo - large image
• Commission logo in patch form - large image
• Commission student and educational logo - large image
• Law Enforcement Council logo - large image
• Law Enforcement Council logo in patch form - large image
• NY Wildfire and Incident Management Academy logo in patch form - large image
• LOI - Letter of Interpretation (LOIs); see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act - see NY ECL 57 unofficial copy
• Long Island Pine Barrens Protection Act - see NY ECL 57 unofficial copy.
• Long Island Sound
• See "Long Island, New York Central Pine Barrens:  locator map and text"  (or pdf version without text)
• See "Related Links" page.
• Maps and Geographic Information
• Central Pine Barrens map with Core, Compatible Growth Area, and major roads: pdf (best when printed at 11" x 17").
• Map of the Central Pine Barrens portion of Quogue Village (in Southampton Town) showing Core and Compatible Growth Areas: pdf (best when printed at 11" x 17").
• Map of the Central Pine Barrens portion of Westhampton Beach Village (in Southampton Town) showing Core and Compatible Growth Areas: pdf (best when printed at 11" x 17").
• Map of the Central Pine Barrens zone in the vicinity of Gabreski Airport, Westhampton: pdf (best when printed at 11" x 17").
• Map of Central Pine Barrens Public and Pine Barrens Credit Easement Protected Lands: pdf (best when printed at 11" x 17").
• For assistance in determining whether a specific parcel is within the Central Pine Barrens (or one of the statutorily defined areas within the Central Pine Barrens), simply contact the Commission staff at the main number, 631-224-2604, or by e-mail at our general mailbox.  For further information on this, see the Pine Barrens Development Projects Main Page.
• Central Pine Barrens Wildfire Task Force Fire Districts  (part of Fire Plan)
• Core Preservation Area estimated land use breakdown: text, pdf
• Long Island, New York Central Pine Barrens: locator map and descriptive text; map only in pdf format
• Northeastern United States pine barrens regions with regional planning commissions:  locator map and comparison chart; map only in pdf format
• Parcels protected by Pine Barrens Credit easements  (Tax map numbers, acreage, Credits, easement liber and page, etc.): text, pdf
• Peconic River Stewardship Unit:  high resolution - slower or low resolution - faster
  
• Physical map of Long Island showing the Long Island Sound, Peconic Estuary, South Shore Estuary Reserve, and the Central Pine Barrens areas: pdf map (best when printed at 11" x 17"; map courtesy of The Nature Conservancy Long Island Chapter and posted here with permission - thank you!)
• Media Advisories - see "Press Releases" section.
• Meeting Minutes
• Commission
• Credit Clearinghouse Board of Advisors
• Pine Barrens Advisory Committee
• Protected Lands Council
• Wildfire Task Force
• Meeting Schedules / Calendars - see "Pine Barrens Community Calendar" page.
• Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)
  
• Twinnings Program between the Migliarino - San Rossore - Massaciuccoli (MSRM) Regional Park in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy and the Central Pine Barrens  - see "Twinnings Program" section.
• U.S. Civil Air Patrol MOU with Commission (and Law Enforcement Council) - see "Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council" section.
  
• Migliarino - San Rossore - Massaciuccoli (MSRM) Regional Park in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy; see "Twinnings Program" section.
• Minutes - see "Meeting Minutes" section.
• MOA - "Memorandum of Agreement"; see that section.
• MSRM - Migliarino - San Rossore - Massaciuccoli (MSRM) Regional Park in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy; see "Twinnings Program" section.
• New Jersey Pinelands
• See "Northeastern US pine barrens:  map and comparison chart"  (or pdf version without chart)
• See "Related Links" page.
• New Material on This Web Site - see "What's new on site?" page.
• New York Environmental Conservation Law - see "Legislation" section.
• New York Wildfire and Incident Management Academy - see "PB Wildfire Task Force" section.
• News Releases - see "Press Releases" section.
• Nondevelopment - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• NYWIMA - "New York Wildfire and Incident Management Academy; see "PB Wildfire Task Force" section.
• Off highway vehicles (OHVs) - see Pine Barrens Stewardship - Law Enforcement Council page.
• Off road vehicles (ORVs) - see Pine Barrens Stewardship - Law Enforcement Council page.
• Office information for the Commission: - see "Main Page - Contacting the Commission" page.
• OHVs - Off highway vehicles; see that section.
• Organizational Chart - see "Pine Barrens Commission" section.
• ORVs - Off road vehicles; see that section.
• Past Chairs and Vice Chairs of Various Entities - see the individual Commission, Committee, Council, Task Force, and Subcommittee Rosters under their respective headings.
• Prior Commissioners and Designated Representatives for Commissioners - see the Prior Commissioners Roster.
• Patches - see "Logos and Patches" section.
• Paumanok Path (includes Pine Barrens Trail) - see "Recreation" section and Plan, Volume 1, Chapter 7 references, and the "Photographs" section below.
• PBC  - Pine Barrens Credit(s); see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Peconic Estuary
• See "Long Island, New York Central Pine Barrens:  locator map and text"  (or pdf version without text)
• See "Related Links" page.
• Pending Matters:
• Development applications (Core and CGA):  See Development Projects Main Page - Current Development Project Information
• Hearings (by the Commission):  See either Community Calendar - Pine Barrens Commission Section or  Current Development Project Information
• Meetings (Commission and all affiliated entities):  See Community Calendar
• Permit applications - Same as pending development applications immediately above.
• Permits
• Development permits issued by Commission - See "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Land Use Complaints, Investigations, and Violations of ECL 57 or Commission Permits - see "Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council" section.
• Recreation permits for public lands issued by landowning agencies - See "Recreation" section.
• Research permits for public lands issued by landowning agencies - See "Research" section.
• Photographs
• General scenes:  Aerial view of a pine barrens pond, portion of wildland urban interface, road corridor interface example, prickly pear cactus in summer bloom; early spring pond, icy treadway in late winter, traces of snow along the Brookhaven Trail in Shoreham; new oak leaves; reverting road in the barrens; butterfly weed at Sans Souci Lakes County Nature Preserve; striped wintergreen flowering in summer; surviving American Cranberry in late fall; late afternoon in late fall illumination of a pitch pine cone; pitch pine seedling snowbound in Sears Bellows County Park; snowbound stream in the barrens; vegetation understory following spring fire; birdfoot violet; butterfly in summer, Fire Island; scrub oak acorns; Peconic Ponds region in mid winter; 
• rning cloak butterfly in early spring; mid summer scene of open grassy area
• Fire Management - Air Ground Firefighting Training:  Sarnoff Preserve briefing session; water bucket flight (wide view);  Aug. 2000 training session
• Fire Management - Daily Fire Danger Signs:  sample sign; Oct. 2000 dedication, typical field posting during high danger time, Southaven Smokey on a MODERATE day, Smokey in the snow
• Fire Management - Fire Weather Station:  May 1999 assembly; May 1999 installation
• Fire Management - New York Wildfire and Incident Management Academy: 2000 power saws class, 2001 saws class, Academy patch
• Fire Management - Prescribed Burn Program:  Rocky Point burn startup, close up of burn, vegetation understory following burn, Spring 2002 burn at USFWS Sayville Refuge, May 2005 Rocky Point burn crew
• Fire Management - Public Education Committee:  education video prescribed fire segment, interviews regarding urban interface, wildfire investigation, portion of wildland urban interface, opening screen of the Teaching and Training CD-ROM Version of the Wildfire Safety and Awareness Video
• Fire Management - 1995 Sunrise Wildfire:  ground view along Sunrise Highway, urban interface in Westhampton, brush truck and firefighters
• Law Enforcement Council:  1999 Fishers Island Vehicle Airlift, 4/5/02 vehicle #62 (camper trailer) lift, 4/5/02 vehicle on flatbed, 2004 public service announcement filming: dumping incident, arrest, and group shot inside Southaven Lodge
• Migliarino - San Rossore - Massaciuccoli Regional Park, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy: sunset scene
• Montauk - Hither Woods: Winter along the Paumanok Path
• National Hunting and Fishing Day: 2004 Rough Rider
• North Carolina: Upland pine forest at Lake Waccamaw State Park
• Paumanok Path: treadway highlighted against spring fire scar, November 2004 PP Summit, a babbling stream along the Path in Fall 2005
• Pine Barrens Research Forum:  2000 Peconic River field trip; 2001 Sears Bellows Park field trip; 2001 Brookhaven Lab field trip, 2002 Forum pocket sized field magnifier souvenir; 2002 Fire Island Seashore field trip.
• Protected Lands Council:  seed collection; pine cone, groundwater pond fall scene, Brookhaven Trail scene, vehicle removal by SC Parks Dept, May 2002 Trails Grant Committee field trip; 2002 scrub oak acorn harvest; 2002 scrub oak collection site; Warbler Woods interior woodlands; Warbler Woods haircap moss; July 2003 invasive plants inventory debriefing at Warbler Woods; Japanese spiraea, Dwarf Pine Interpretive Trail in Westhampton: setting the blaze posts, marking the trail
• Quogue Wildlife Refuge: winter pond, cross country skiing, Inkberry
• Research: Yale Forestry trip to the barrens
• Rocky Point Natural Resource Management Area: fall foliage beginning, wild turkey tracks on roadway, single turkey track, ice breakup on pond, turtle shell; Estee Lauder employees' Pine Barrens Reforestation project, May 2003:  seedling close up; group at work; Eastern tent caterpillar
• School projects:  front cover of one of the Miller Avenue Elementary School Fourth Grade Pine Barrens Field Guides
• Smokey Bear: see "Wildfire Task Force Daily Fire Danger Signs" below, 2004 Colorado Wildfire Academy
• South Fork: spring fiddlehead at Sagg Swamp
• South Setauket Woods: South Setauket Woods winter sun
• Upton Ecological and Research Reserve: sign
• Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge: natural history session at the Wertheim Refuge
• Pine Barrens Advisory Committee
• Bylaws of the Committee (established by resolution): text, pdf
• Establishing language in pine barrens law
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Schedule
• Roster of organizations
• Roster of individuals representing the member organizations: text, pdf.
• Status and Chronology of the South Fork Pine Barrens Planning and Preservation Efforts (The Commission's and the Advisory Committee's 1999 and 2000 work re this are part of this chronology.)
• Pine Barrens Commission
• Bylaws of the Commission (established by resolution): text, pdf
• Development Projects Main Page (permits issued for Core and CGA; summary counts; explanations of development project and geographic categories, Commission jurisdiction generally and for specific projects, application information and forms, etc.)
• Establishing language in pine barrens law
• Logo - see "Logo" section.
• Meeting Schedule
• Meeting Summaries
• Organizational chart showing Councils, Committees, etc.: text, pdf
• Pine Barrens Plan, Generic Environmental Impact Statement and Findings Statement - see "Documents" section.
• Report of Activities: July 1993 to July 1994; July 1994 to July 1995; Five Year Report 1993-1998; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009-2010
  
• Resolutions - see "Resolutions" section for a list of those present on this web site
• Roster of current Commissioners and Designated Representatives
• Roster of prior Commissioners and Designated Representatives
• Stewardship Program Main Page
• Pine Barrens Credit (PBC) Program (Development Rights) and the Clearinghouse Board of Advisors
• Pine Barrens Credit Program Main Page  (includes descriptive materials, monthly Registry, statistics, Handbook, applications, Credit allocation appeals, current and past special purchase offers, press releases, lands with easements, investment policy for Clearinghouse funds, recent market prices of Credit sales, conservation easement language, redemptions (transfers) of Credits, monthly and other interval reports, graphs, etc.)
• Appeals of Credit Allocations
• See the PBC Program Main Page (link above) for further information.
• Public hearings are held by the Commission for all Pine Barrens Credit allocation appeals, and those hearings are always recorded by a court stenographer.
• The minutes of Commission meetings note that a hearing was held at a certain point in the meeting, and that a stenographic transcript exists.
• Those transcripts are available for inspection at the Commission Office.
• Establishing language and mission statement in Pine Barrens Plan
• Graphs - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program Main Page" description above.
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Schedule
• Overview of the PBC Program: pdf.
• References in ECL Article 57 to "pine barrens development rights and values, transfers and easements": see "Legislation" section.
• Reports - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program Main Page" description above.
• Roster
• Pine Barrens Law - see "Legislation" section.
• Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council  (LEC)
• Stewardship Program Main Page - LEC information
• Abandoned Vehicle Airlift Program
• Establishing language and mission statement in Pine Barrens Plan
• Meeting Schedule
• Pine Barrens Watch and Telephone Hotline
• Roster of organizations
• Pine Barrens Land Use Complaint Investigation Protocol: pdf
• Also see Land Use section of LEC's portion of Stewardship Page
• Legislation supported by Council:
• New York Criminal Procedure Law - 10/07/03, Chapter 638 of the Laws of 2003 - designating Riverhead Town Fire Marshals as peace officers - text, pdf (unofficial copy)
• Suffolk County, NY 1998 law restricting all terrain vehicle use in Suffolk County  (unofficial copy of bill)
• Suffolk County, NY 1999 law prohibiting dumping in the pine barrens  (unofficial copy of bill)
• Suffolk County, NY 2000 law requiring a "truth in selling statement" for ATVs and modifying the penalties associated with ATV violations  (unofficial copy of bill)
• Suffolk County, NY 2002 law strengthening enforcement penalties for ATVs, and specifying impoundment and forfeiture provisions  (unofficial copy)
• U.S. Civil Air Patrol Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Commission (and Law Enforcement Council) - MOU
• Pine Barrens Plan - see "Documents" section.
• Pine Barrens Protected Lands Council  (PLC)
• Stewardship Program Main Page - PLC information
• Core Preservation Area estimated land use breakdown - includes categories of protected lands by conservation landowners
• Establishing language and mission statement in Pine Barrens Plan
• Exploring the Long Island Pine Barrens:  Information for Outdoor Recreation
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Schedule
• Roster of organizations
• Pine Barrens Reference Library - see "Libraries" section.
• Pine Barrens Research Forum - see "Research" section.
• Pine Barrens Trail (part of larger Paumanok Path) - see "Recreation" section and Plan, Volume 1, Chapter 7 references.
• Pine Barrens Wildfire Task Force  (WTF)
• Stewardship Program Main Page - WTF information - lists rosters, committees, projects, etc.
• Central Pine Barrens Fire Management Plan
• Current goals for Fire Protection Assessment Committee: text, pdf
• Current goals for Public Education Committee: text, pdf
• Establishing resolution by Commission (includes mission statement): text, pdf
• Fire Danger Ratings (current and past daily readings by year), Fire Related Restrictions, and Fire Information Links
• Grants received: see "grants and Donations" section.
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Schedule
• Roster of organizations
• Wildfire and Incident Management Academy (NYWIMA) establishing resolution by Commission (includes mission statement, reporting requirements, and Policies and Procedures for operation): text, pdf
• NYWIMA - Fact Sheet:  text, pdf
• NYWIMA - Auditing services Request for Proposals by Commission: 2003, 2010
  
• "Wildfire Safety and Awareness" Video:  11/01/00 Request for Proposals Public Notice; text version fact sheet (including information on requesting a copy); fact sheet in printer friendly pdf version; 2002 Telly Awards Finalist's Certificate (pdf); also see "Photographs" section above.
• Plans
• Central Pine Barrens Comprehensive Land Use Plan - see "Documents" section.
• Central Pine Barrens Fire Management Plan
• Protected Lands Council Regional Management Plan (in progress) - see Stewardship Program Main Page
• PLC - Protected Lands Council; see "Pine Barrens Protected Lands Council" section.
• Prescribed Fire - see "PB Wildfire Task Force" section.
• Prescribed Fire Committee (of the Wildfire Task Force) - see Stewardship - WTF page.
• Presentations - see "Documents" section for various overviews and program summaries.  These are usually pdf files.
• Press Releases
• 08/26/99: Pine Barrens Credit Clearinghouse Credit Auction Completed: text, pdf
• 03/29/00: Commission Honored Public Service of Mr. Jack Hanley, deceased Pine Barrens Credit Clearinghouse Board Member: pdf
• 10/24/00: Southaven County Park Fire Danger Sign Installed: text
• 08/14/06: The Nature Conservancy and Central Pine Barrens Commission Hire Interns to Help Control Invasives: pdf
• 06/01/07: Dwarf Pine Plains Trail Opening: pdf
• 07/05/07: Interns to Help Control Invasive Plant Species - Keeping Long Island Pine Barrens Healthy: pdf
• 01/27/09: Nassau County Boy Scouts 403 Acre Camp Wauwepex is Protected Through the Pine Barrens Credit Program: pdf
• Links to press releases from other entities relating to pine barrens and/or local environmental topics
• Prior Chairs and Vice Chairs of various entities - see the individual Commission, Committee, Council, Task Force, and Subcommittee Rosters under their respective headings.
• Prior Commissioners and Designated Representatives for Commissioners - see the Prior Commissioners Roster.
• Public Education Committee (of the Wildfire Task Force) - see Stewardship - WTF page.
• Public Hearings - see "Hearings" section.
• Publications - see "Documents" section.
• Purchases of Land - see "Land Acquisition" section.
• Purchases of Pine Barrens Credits - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Purchasers of Pine Barrens Credits - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Quogue Village - see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Real Property Information Maintained by the Commission Regarding:
• Core Preservation Area residential nondevelopment ("roadfront") parcel list - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Maps - see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Pending and recent development projects subject to Commission jurisdiction - see "Development Projects and Topics" section.
• Pine Barrens Credit Program - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Receiving Areas - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Recordings
• Commission, Advisory Committee, Clearinghouse Board, and other meetings are normally recorded.  Audio tapes of these are available for listening at the Commission office.
• Recreation - see:
• Central Pine Barrens Plan - Volume 1, Chapter 7:  Public Lands Management.
• ECL 57-0131.
• Exploring the Long Island Pine Barrens:  Information for Outdoor Recreation: text, pdf
• "PB Protected Land Council" section.
• References in ECL Article 57 to "Recreation, tourism or trails": see "Legislation" section.
• Redemptions of Pine Barrens Credits - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Related Links  (Links to external sites)
• Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
• 11/01/00 Wildfire Task Force public education video public notice
• 10/08/03 NY Wildfire and Incident Management Academy auditing services RFP: pdf
• 04/01/10 NY Wildfire and Incident Management Academy auditing services RFP: pdf
• Report of Activities - see "Pine Barrens Commission" section
• Research
• Scientific Research and the Pine Barrens - Main Page (includes materials for the annual Pine Barrens Research Forums)
• Resolutions  (A small number of Commission resolutions are present on this web site, and are selected due to their broad nature or general interest. Some are individual documents, and some are contained within the Commission's meeting minutes. Thus, this is not a complete listing of Commission resolutions! Resolutions of other entities are also included here where applicable.)
• 08/06/93 - appointing Chair and Vice Chair: minutes
• 08/06/93 - adopting initial meeting schedule and bylaws: minutes
• 08/06/93 - recognizing Advisory Committee representatives: minutes
• 08/06/93 - establishing Commission as lead agency for land use plan and Generic Environmental Impact Statement: minutes
• 08/06/93 - accepting SCWA's offer to provide staff and up front funding with reimbursement: minutes
• 08/06/93 - recognizing and commending work of committees to date: minutes
• 08/06/93 - adopting official map: minutes
• 08/06/93 - resolving to notify affected government agencies: minutes
• 08/27/93 - appointing an Executive Director: minutes
• 08/27/93 - issuing a Request for Qualifications for counsel: minutes
• 08/27/93 - authorizing letters to Metropolitan Demonstration Greenspace Project for support: minutes
• 09/08/93 - establishing Commission address: minutes
• 09/08/93 - amending bylaws: minutes
• 10/13/93 - adopting Interim Goals and Standards (IGS) for the CGA pursuant to State Administrative Procedures Act (SAPA): minutes and also see p.13 of pdf version of IGS for resolution (Note: the IGS are no longer in effect)
• 10/13/93 - decision but not a resolution to decline to invoke Section 57-0121(8)(c) re CGA exemption extensions: minutes
• 11/10/93 - appointing an outside general counsel firm: minutes
• 12/06/93 - designating Newsday as the official newspaper for publishing notices, etc.: minutes
• 01/12/94 - readopting the Interim Goals and Standards: minutes
• 01/12/94 - designating the Executive Director as the Commission Secretary: minutes
• 01/12/94 - establishing bylaws of the Commission: minutes and also see text, pdf
• 02/07/94 - adopting Core area inventory pursuant to ECL 57-0119(7)(a): minutes; also see resolution: pdf
• 02/09/94 - approving letter to Core property owners: minutes
• 02/09/94 - approving public outreach contract with Regional Plan Association: minutes
• 02/09/94 - supporting native plants grant application: minutes
• 02/23/94 - final adoption of the Interim Goals and Standards (IGS) for the CGA: minutes
• 03/09/94 - acceptance of Harriman School proposal to perform economic analysis of development rights transfer program: minutes
• 04/13/94 - adoption of positive SEQRA declaration for the Plan Generic Environmental Impact Statement: minutes
• 07/11/94 - adopting the development yield calculation for Core properties: minutes
• 07/13/94 - adopting Draft Plan and GEIS: minutes
• 07/13/94 - authorizing issuance of public information session notices for the three Towns, and notice of Draft GEIS completion: minutes
• 07/13/94 - establishing a policy regarding public hearings on development applications (revised several times): minutes; also see: text, pdf.
• 07/13/94 - authorizing a fee to cover cost of Draft Plan and Draft GEIS reproduction: minutes
• 07/27/94 - amending dates of the public information sessions for the three Towns: minutes
• 08/10/94 - amending date of the public information session for Brookhaven Town: minutes
• 12/14/94 - adopting a Core hardship application checklist: minutes.
• 12/14/94 - adopting Critical Resource Area definitions for Plan: minutes.
• 01/13/95 - recommending the revised land use plan for consideration and ratification to the Town Boards: see Plan Volume 1, Appendix A
• 02/08/95 - endorsing legislative extension of Pine Barrens Act deadline: minutes.
• 03/15/95 - endorsing proposed SC Health Code Article 6 changes relating to development rights transfers in Central Pine Barrens: pdf.
• 03/30/95 - recommending that the Calverton Redevelopment Policy in Plan be implemented legislatively: minutes.
• 04/26/95 - recommending the revised Plan Volumes 1 and 2: minutes.
• 04/26/95 - regarding the Supplemental Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the Plan: pdf.
• 05/24/95 - regarding Harriman School economic analysis of Draft Plan: pdf.
• 06/07/95 - Suffolk County Planning Commission endorsement of PB Plan: pdf.
• 06/12/95 - specifying cover sheet contents for release of Harriman School analysis of Draft Plan: minutes.
• 06/12/95 - approving and adopting Final GEIS for Plan: minutes.
• 06/23/95 - approving and adopting Findings Statement: minutes.
• 06/28/95 - adopting the Central Pine Barrens Plan: text
• 08/09/95 - establishing public comment and participation guidelines for Commission meetings: minutes.
• 08/09/95 - requiring PBC Board of Advisors members to file state financial disclosure forms: minutes.
• 08/09/95 - authorizing contract with NYS DEC to obtain Clearinghouse funds from Northville settlement: pdf.
• 09/15/95 - approving the Brookhaven and Southampton Town Code amendments: minutes.
• 10/25/95 - establishing the Wildfire Task Force (revised several times; see current version for list of dates): original text in minutes, text of current version
• 10/25/95 - adopting the Suffolk County investment policy as the Clearinghouse investment policy with changes of wording to be made: minutes.
• 11/21/95 - authorizing the deposit of the Clearinghouse funds from DEC with the Suffolk County Treasurer: minutes, resolution
  
• 01/03/96 - establishing an investment policy for the management of Clearinghouse funds by the Suffolk County Treasurer: text, pdf
• 01/10/96 - endorsing a change to ECL Article 57 to coordinate time frames with Article 8 (SEQRA): minutes.
• 01/24/96 - application review cost recovery policy: minutes.
• 02/07/96 - application review cost recovery policy modification: minutes.
• 02/21/96 - decision (NOT a resolution) on applying the clearing standard to project sites which include noncontiguous parcels: minutes excerpt
• 03/06/96 - supporting a State Legislative bill to remove Quogue and Westhampton Beach Villages from the pine barrens area: minutes.
• 03/06/96 - approving helicopter external load training exercises with the NY Army National Guard: minutes.
• 03/06/96 - decision (NOT a resolution) that each town has responsibility for enforcing the Plan once Town laws have been updated: minutes.
• 05/01/96 - establishing a title policy for the Pine Barrens Credit Program (revised several times - this is the original, not the current!): pdf (current: pdf)
• 05/01/96 - adopting amendments to Plan: minutes.
• 05/01/96 - recommending pine barrens law amendment bill: minutes.
• 05/01/96 - approving Pine Barrens Credit purchase policy for Clearinghouse: pdf.
• 05/15/96 - approval of agreement with Suffolk County Treasurer: minutes.
• 06/11/96 - approving modified version of Pine Barrens Credit purchase policy for Clearinghouse: minutes.
• 06/24/96 - accepting the 5/20/96 report of Dr. James Nicholas and establishing an initial offering price for Pine Barrens Credits: text, pdf
• 06/24/96 - approving final text of 5/1/96 title policy for Clearinghouse: minutes.
• 08/07/96 - adopting a non-residential property allocation formula for the Pine Barrens Credit Program: text, pdf
• 08/07/96 - approving Southampton Town Code change to conform code to 5/1/96 PB Plan amendment regarding residential property Credit allocation formula: pdf
• 08/07/96 - approving Quogue Village Code changes as being in conformance with the PB Plan subject to a further change: minutes. (The Village Board incorporated that condition into its code on 11/25/96.)
• 08/21/96 - commending the NY Army National Guard for its work on the Law Enforcement Council (presented on 04/23/97): text
• 08/23/96 - authorizing the Commission to be the grantee for Credit program conservation easements until such time as the County is authorized to accept that role: minutes
• 10/02/96 - determining conformance of Westhampton Beach Village code revisions with PB Plan: minutes.
• 11/13/96 - determining conditional conformance of Riverhead Town Code amendments with PB Plan: minutes.
• 04/02/97 - recommending amendment to ECL Article 49 to specify Commission as an entity that can accept conservation easements: minutes.
• 05/14/97 - opposing State bill to amend ECL 57 with respect to the Peconic Estuary: minutes.
• 06/04/97 - adopting business and student logos (one each) for the Commission: minutes.
• 08/27/97 - authorizing issuance of RFP for appraisals of Riverhead receiving area parcels: minutes.
• 09/17/97 - approving a Pine Barrens Credit Program development yield factor of 1.2 for parcels zoned for 1 residence per 30,000 sq. ft.: minutes.
• 10/08/97 - modifying RFP for appraisals of Riverhead receiving area parcels: minutes.
• 10/08/97 - (NOT a resolution) commemoration of 100th acre in Pine Barrens Credit Program: minutes.
• 01/07/98 - modifying stenography cost policy for hearings: minutes
• 01/07/98 - recommending adoption of a Suffolk County ATV law: minutes
• 04/01/98 - approval of a PBC Program general release for Rodick / Ridge parcel with easement on both CGA and Core: minutes
• 04/01/98 - recommending transfer of Hot Water Street and Toppings Path from Brookhaven Town to Suffolk County: minutes
• 04/22/98 - interpreting Plan Volume 1 Section 6.7.6.6 as referring to parcels on a public, improved road: minutes
• 04/22/98 - recommending that the ex officio Commission members appoint alternates to the PBC Board of Advisors: minutes
• 04/22/98 - recommending approval and signing of Suffolk County Legislature Introductory Resolutions 1331 (expediting small lot acquisitions within the Core area), 1334 (authorizing The Nature Conservancy to assist the County with that effort), 1336 (authorizing the Peconic Land Trust to assist the County with land acquisition and protection), and 1387 (authorizing County acquisition of certain sets of parcels): minutes
• 05/13/98 - recommending inclusion of the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge in the Central Pine Barrens and the Core: minutes, resolution
• 07/15/98 - opposing SC Legislature IR 1628-98 relating to equine activities and to endorse SC Parks Trustees resolution on this matter: minutes
• 08/05/98 - authorizing a third reverse auction of Pine Barrens Credits for Brookhaven Town: minutes
• 08/05/98 - authorizing the Commission to be a cosponsor of the 10/17/98 Paumanok Path East Hampton Inaugural walks: minutes
• 09/16/98 - accepting Wildfire Task Force's Draft Fire Management Plan to commence SEQRA review: minutes
• 09/16/98 - making the Wildfire Task Force a permanent council of the Commission: minutes
• 10/07/98 - adopting preapproved standard conservation easement for properties with a single family home which also qualify for Credits: minutes
• 12/09/98 - (NOT a resolution) informal interpretation of Plan Volume 1 Section 6.7.6.4 re payment of taxes before Credits are issued: minutes.
• 01/13/99 - modifying the preapproved conservation easement to clarify restrictions on applying for a hardship once the easement is in effect: minutes
• 03/17/99 - modifying the Commission's public hearing policy regarding locations and costs: minutes
• 04/07/99 - adoption of Central Pine Barrens Fire Management Plan: minutes
• 04/07/99 - approval of agreement with Suffolk County Water Authority to host the fire weather station: minutes
• 04/07/99 - making the NY Wildfire and Incident Management Academy (NYWIMA) a responsibility of the Commission (revised several times): text, pdf
• 04/28/99 - amending the Commission's title policy: minutes
• 05/19/99 - amending the Commission's title policy: minutes
• 07/21/99 - endorsing Suffolk County Introductory Resolution 1751-1999 increasing dumping penalties within the Central Pine Barrens: minutes
• 10/13/99 - (NOT a resolution) presentation to Commission by NY State Division of Military and Naval Affairs for assistance with Guard HELP and abandoned vehicle airlift program: minutes
• 10/20/99 - two resolutions responding to the East Hampton and Southampton Town Board's South Fork Pine Barrens resolutions:
• Resolution 1 commences a South Fork Pine Barrens planning process, and requests the Advisory Committee to consider this issue.
• Resolution 2 establishes criteria, as required by ECL 57-0125, for the expansion of the Commission's jurisdiction, authority, and membership to include geographic areas east of the Shinnecock Canal
• 02/16/00 - authorizing signing of park twinning MOU with MSRM Regional Park, Pisa, Italy: minutes
• 03/08/00 - interpreting Plan Section 6.7.6.6 to not apply to limited access highways for Credit allocation purposes (part of appeal decision): minutes
• 03/29/00 - (NOT a resolution) posthumous commemoration of the service of Mr. Jack Hanley as the Riverhead representative to the PBC Clearinghouse: minutes
• 06/21/00 - establishing a development yield factor for Core property zoned PRC: minutes
• 09/13/00 - rescinding 6/21/00 resolution re development yield factor for PRC; issuing negative declaration, and readopting it Core property zoned PRC: minutes
• 02/21/01 - approval of Plan amendments re Core area residential exemption parcels: minutes
• 06/06/01 - endorsing NYS Legislation regarding SC Drinking Water Protection Program Bonding Authority: minutes
• 06/06/01 - (NOT a resolution) hearing on the effectiveness of the land use Plan: minutes
• 06/27/01 - endorsing NYS Legislation approving the revised Core area residential exemption list in the revised Plan: minutes
• 09/05/01 - designating Commission staff as assistant secretaries of the Commission: minutes
• 09/05/01 - adopting Core Preservation Area Hardship Application Checklist: minutes
• 09/05/01 - clarifying the clearance standard for projects using Pine Barrens Credits in Residential overlay districts in the CGA: minutes (also see further clarification at 09/26/01 meeting below for final version of resolution)
• 09/05/01 - (NOT a resolution) interpreting the clearance standard for a proposed project (Devon Lane Land Division) on a single tax parcel in the CGA with split zoning, given existing development and prior clearing: minutes excerpt
• 09/26/01 - further clarifying the 09/05/01 interpretation of the clearance standard for projects using Pine Barrens Credits in Residential overlay districts in the CGA: pdf.
• 02/27/02 - Credit appeal decision interpreting Section 6.4.4.1 of the Plan and adjusting the development yield factor for old filed map lots in Southampton Town to be 0.20 PBCs per acre: minutes
• 05/08/02 - determination that land cleared for environmental remediation pursuant to 57-0107(13)( c) and then revegetated shall not be considered “cleared” or “previously cleared” for purposes of determining conformance with Plan Section 5.3.3.6.1: pdf
• 07/24/02 - adopting Interim Policies and Procedures for the NY Wildfire and Incident Management Academy: minutes
• 10/23/02 - (NOT a resolution) presentation of Protected lands Council's "5S Ecological Analysis" to Commission: minutes
• 01/15/03 - establishing policy for handling requests for adjournments of scheduled public hearings: minutes
• 05/21/03 - approving a Memorandum of Understanding with the Civil Air Patrol: minutes
• 06/18/03 - revising the Policies and Procedures for the NY Wildfire and Incident Management Academy: minutes
• 06/18/03 - interpreting ECL 57 re water supply for the residents of Suffolk County: pdf.
• 07/17/03 - (NOT a resolution) affirming Pine Barrens Credit Program policy that, in cases of parcels receiving less than one Credit with deceased owners for whose wills there is no NY State probate, affidavits will be utilized to assure that there are no other owners: minutes
• 09/24/03 - revising the Policies and Procedures for the NY Wildfire and Incident Management Academy: minutes
• 09/24/03 - (NOT a resolution) determining that individuals seeking relief from open space requirements on individual lots should file CGA hardship applications: minutes
• 02/18/04 - authorizing the Commission Chair, or, in the event of his/her absence or unavailability, any other Commission member, to sign conservation easements for the Credit Program: minutes
• 03/17/04 - approving changes to the Credit Program standard conservation easement: minutes
• 07/21/04 - approving changes to title insurance policy: minutes
• 08/18/04 - adopting a boundary interpretation map for the Gabreski Airport vicinity: minutes
• 09/15/04 - authorizing the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli Regional Park: see 9/15/05 Commission meeting minutes - pdf.
• 10/20/04 - approving Plan amendment regarding Core permits for government entities: minutes
• 11/17/04 - adopting Pine Barrens Land Use Complaint Investigation Protocol: pdf (protocol only; no resolution text); minutes
• 12/15/04 - accepting a $175,000 donation for use by Law Enforcement Council as part of a NYS DEC settlement with a private firm outside the pine barrens: minutes
• 03/09/05 - establishing two temporary stewardship project committees (CR 31 and CR 111) and a temporary staffing committee: minutes
• 03/16/05 - endorsing technical corrections to State legislation implementing the Oct. 2004 Plan amendment regarding Core permits for government entities: minutes
• 04/20/05 - Pine Barrens Credit Clearinghouse resolution on intermunicipal credit redemptions: pdf
• 04/20/05 - endorsing State legislation implementing the Oct. 2004 Plan amendment regarding Core permits for government entities: minutes
• 10/19/05 - adopting report of the Temporary Committee on Staffing and Administrative Needs: pdf
• 10/19/05 - finding that Riverhead Town's Planned Industrial Park and Planned Recreational Park zoning districts affecting Calverton are in conformance with act and Plan: minutes
• 12/21/05 - finding that the Dwarf Pitch Pine Trail route is in conformance with the conservation easement: minutes
• 01/18/06 - approval of position descriptions for Education and Outreach Coordinator, Enforcement and Compliance Coordinator: minutes
• 03/14/06 - Pine Barrens Credit Clearinghouse resolution that tax bill acreage will be used for issuing Letters of Interpretation, unless a survey is available: minutes
• 03/14/06 - Pine Barrens Credit Clearinghouse resolution that Letters of Interpretation can only be given to partially developed lots when the size of the parcel is at least twice the minimum zoning for that area: minutes
• 03/15/06 - authorizing cosponsorship of the 9/06 "Regional Planning Comes of Age" conference with NJ Pinelands Commission and other entities: pdf
• 06/21/06 - approving an alternate language for Pine Barrens Credit conservation easements which strikes original language providing access over other parcels of the applicants: minutes
• 06/21/06 - supporting State legislative bill S.7674/A.11998 providing a first session approval for a land swap between NYS DEC and Longwood School District to partly resolve violations at Ridge Elementary School: pdf
• 07/19/06 - interpreting ECL 57-0107(13)(xiii) "nondevelopment" provision regarding "five or fewer" lot subdivisions: pdf
• 07/19/06 - modifying the Pine Barrens Credit Program title policy: minutes (current policy: pdf)
• 12/20/06 - establishing the Plan adoption date of 6/28/95 as the date of record for Credit allocations to separately assessed tax lots: minutes
• 02/21/07 - establishing policy for Core/CGA parcels to (1) clarify clearing standard calculation when Credits have been issued on Core area portion, and (2) prohibit PBC allocation to Core/CGA parcels where Core area was used for clearing conformance: pdf
• 04/18/07 - endorsing LEC recommendation and forwarding to State Legislature request for peace officer status for US DOI park rangers: pdf
• 06/20/07 - adopting first stewardship work plan: minutes (see current stewardship work plan: pdf)
• 06/20/07 - adopting revised standard conservation easement for PBC Program: minutes
• 07/18/07 - adopting revised title and title insurance policy for Pine Barrens Credit Program: minutes
• 09/19/07 - adopting a further revised title and title insurance policy for Pine Barrens Credit Program: pdf
• 09/19/07 - adopting a revised CPB Incident Investigation Protocol which includes a CPB Incident Report: to be posted
• 02/27/08 - adopting first education and outreach work plan: minutes
• 03/19/08 - endorsing Barrens to Bay summer education program with LI Maritime Museum: minutes
• 03/19/08 - approving invasive plant removal agreement with Student Conservation Association: minutes
• 05/21/08 - establishing a committee needs and structures study: minutes
• 05/21/08 - modifying standard conservation easement language regarding reserved rights: minutes
• 12/17/08 - acceptance of Fire Tower Project feasibility report and authorizing detailed planning: minutes
• 03/18/09 - approval and signing of Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. Civil Air Patrol: minutes; MOU
  
• 04/15/09 - authorizing agreement with Suffolk County Community College for Pine Barrens Discovery Day event: minutes
• 05/20/09 - authorizing Memorandum of Understanding with American Red Cross for ATV Damage Mitigation Project: minutes
• 05/20/09 - endorsing pending ECL Article 57 amendment to add Section 0124 re prescribed burning: minutes; resolution
  
• 06/17/09 - resolution authorizing and directing release of Southaven Trap & Skeet Range findings of fact report: resolution and report
  
• 06/17/09 - resolution ratifying the student biodiversity mapping memorandum of agreement with MSRM Regional Park, Pisa schools, and Longwood School District: minutes pending; MOA and accompanying materials
• 08/19/09 - resolution expressing concerns regarding three pending Suffolk County Legislature Introductory Resolutions: resolution
• 10/21/09 - adopting and approving the Advisory Committee's recommendations regarding the Protected Lands Council: minutes; recommendations
• 02/24/10 - resolution regarding proposed Solar Array Project at Brookhaven National Laboratory: minutes pending; resolution
• 02/24/10 - resolution expressing concern over proposed elimination of land acquisition funds from the State Environmental Protection Fund: minutes; resolution
• 03/17/10 - policy concerning contacts during Commission procurement: minutes pending; policy
• Other Commission resolutions may be part of the meeting minutes, which can be accessed from Commission Final Meeting Minutes main page.
• RFP(s) - Requests for Proposals; see that section.
• Rosters
• Advisory Committee: organizations, individuals representing them
• Commission: current individuals, prior individuals
• Protected Lands Council: organizations
• Law Enforcement Council: organizations
• Pine Barrens Credit Clearinghouse: individuals
• Wildfire Task Force: organizations
• Rx Fire - "Prescribed Fire"; see "Prescribed Fire" section of Stewardship Program Main page.
• Sales of Pine Barrens Credits - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Scenic Resources
• References in ECL Article 57 to scenic resources: see "Legislation" section.
• See Pine Barrens Plan, Volume 2, Chapter 8.
• Schedules / Calendars - see "Pine Barrens Community Calendar" page.
• School Materials
• Miller Avenue (Shoreham) Elementary School Pine Barrens Guides
• Research materials:  see Scientific Research and the Pine Barrens - Main Page
• Sellers of Pine Barrens Credits - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Sending Areas - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Smokey Bear Fire Danger Signs - see "Central Pine Barrens Fire Weather Program" page.
• South Fork Pine Barrens
• Status and Chronology of the South Fork Pine Barrens Planning and Preservation Efforts (The Commission's and the Advisory Committee's 1999 and 2000 work re this are part of this chronology.)
• South Shore Estuary
• See "Long Island, New York Central Pine Barrens:  locator map and text"  (or pdf version without text)
• See "Related Links" page.
• Statistics
• Core area land use: text, pdf
• Development projects and permits:  see Pine Barrens Development Projects Main Page
• Pine Barrens Credit Program (Credits, parcels, etc.):  see Pine Barrens Credit Program Main Page
• Stewardship
• Stewardship Program Main Page  (includes web pages for the LEC, the PLC and the WTF - the "stewardship councils".)
• Subcommittees - see "Committees" section.
• Tape Recordings - see "Recordings" section.
• TDR - Transfer of Development Rights; see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Technical Subcommittee of the Protected Lands Council - see "Pine Barrens Protected Lands Council" section.
• Tourism:
• References in ECL Article 57 to "Recreation, tourism or trails": see "Legislation" section.
• Trails:
• References in ECL Article 57 to "Recreation, tourism or trails": see "Legislation" section.
• Transcripts - see "Hearings" section.
• Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Transfers of Pine Barrens Credits - see "Pine Barrens Credit Program" section.
• Twinnings Program between the Migliarino - San Rossore - Massaciuccoli (MSRM) Regional Park in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy and the Central Pine Barrens:
• See the Main Page's Twinnings section.
• 2004 Memorandum of Agreement: English and Italian versions.
• 2009 Additional MOA re student biodeiversity mapping program:  combined English and Italian versions
  
• Overview of the program: pdf file.
• Video ("Wildfire Safety and Awareness") - see "PB Wildfire Task Force" section.
• Villages Within the Central Pine Barrens:
• Quogue: see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Westhampton Beach: see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Violations of Pine Barrens Law, Plan, or Commission Permits - see "Pine Barrens Law Enforcement Council" section.
• Walking - see "Recreation" section.
• Weather - see "Central Pine Barrens Fire Weather Program" page.
• Web Site
• New material on this web site - see "What's new on site?" page.
• One page introduction to this web site: text, pdf
• Westhampton Beach Village - see "Maps and Geographic Information" section.
• Wildfire - see "PB Wildfire Task Force" section.
• Wildfire and Incident Management Academy - see "PB Wildfire Task Force" section.
• "Wildfire Safety and Awareness" Video - see "PB Wildfire Task Force" section.
• WTF - Wildfire Task Force; see "Pine Barrens Wildfire Task Force" section.