Dutchess County Legislature & Agencies

• Dutchess County Legislature
• Dutchess County Department of Planning & Development
• Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency
• Dutchess County Soil and Water Conservation District

Local Agencies & Environmental Organizations:

• Adirondack Mountain Club- Mid-Hudson Chapter
• Bard Center for Environmental Policy
• Beacon Institute For Rivers and Estuaries
• Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
• CCE Dutchess County – Environment & Energy Program
• Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• Community Foundation of Dutchess County
• Dutchess Land Conservancy
• Dutchesswatersheds.org
• EPA Hudson River PCB Website
• Fishkill Creek Watershed Association (FCWA)
• Friends of Great Swamp
• Harlem Valley Rail Trail
• Housatonic Valley Association
• Hudsonia, Ltd.
• Hudson River Estuary Program (HREP)
• Hudson River Watershed Alliance
• Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
• Hudson Valley Greenway
• Northern Dutchess Alliance
• Oblong Land Conservancy
• The Hudson Riverkeeper
• Trout Unlimited – Mid-Hudson Chapter
• Winnakee Land Trust

Useful Environmental Agencies & Organizations:

• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• US Department of Energy
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• US Geological Survey (USGS)

Other County Environmental Management Councils in NYS:

• New York State EMC Association
• Broome County 
• Chautauqua County
• Erie County
• Monroe County
• Rockland County
• Schuyler County
• St. Lawrence County
• Steuben County
• Suffolk County
• Tompkins County
• Ulster County
• Westchester County

Dutchess County Conservation Advisory Councils (CACs):

• Town of Amenia
• Town of Beekman
• City of Beacon
• Town of Clinton
• Town of Dover
• Town of East Fishkill
• Town of Fishkill
• Town of Hyde Park
• Town of LaGrange
• Town of Milan
• Village of Millerton
• Town of Pawling
• Town of Pine Plains
• Town of Pleasant Valley
• Town of Poughkeepsie
• Town of Red Hook
• Town of Rhinebeck
• Town of Stanford
• Town of Unionvale
• Town of Wappinger
• Town of Washington
• New York State Association of Conservation Commissions (NYSACC)

State/Regional Environmental Agencies/Organizations:

• Connecticut DEP
• Cornell Law School – Environmental Law
• Environmental Advocates of New York
• New York State Museum
• New Jersey DEP
• Pennsylvania DEP
• Parks and Trails of New York
• Sierra Club – New York Chapter
• Trust for Public Land

 The Dutchess County EMC does not Endorse or have any influence over any of the information provided by the organizations listed above.