Title ENV, Environmental Conservation

§ 11-0535. Endangered and threatened species, species of special\n concern.\n 1. For the purposes of this section, "endangered species" shall mean\nthose species of fish, shellfish, crustacea and wildlife designated by\nthe department, by regulation filed with the Secretary of St…

§ 11-0535-a. Illegal ivory articles and rhinoceros horns.\n 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Distribute" means a transfer or change in possession with an\naccompanying change in legal ownership.\n b. "Ivory article" means any item containing worked or raw ivory from\nany species…

§ 11-0535-b. Vulnerable species.\n 1. As used in this section, "vulnerable species" shall mean any\nspecies of wildlife designated by the department, by regulation filed\nwith the secretary of state, which meet the following criteria:\n (a) On the basis of credible scientific evi…

* § 11-0535-c. Endangered and threatened species mitigation bank fund.\n 1. The department is hereby authorized to utilize funds in the\nendangered and threatened species mitigation bank fund, established\npursuant to section ninety-nine-hh of the state finance law, for the\npurp…

§ 11-0536. Sale of certain wild animals or wild animal products\n prohibited.\n 1. Except as provided in subdivision three hereof, no part of the skin\nor body, whether raw or manufactured, of the following species of wild\nanimals or the animal itself may be sold or offered for …

§ 11-0537. Bald and golden eagles; prohibited acts.\n It shall be unlawful to knowingly or with wanton disregard for the\nconsequences of this act to take, possess, sell, purchase, barter, offer\nto sell, purchase or barter, transport, export or import, at any time or\nin any man…

§ 11-0538. Direct contact between public and big cats prohibited.\n 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Big cat" shall mean any live species of lion (panthera leo),\ntiger (panthera tigres), leopard (panthera pardus) (with the exception\nof clouded leopards (neofelis nebulosa)), j…

§ 11-0539. New York natural heritage program.\n 1. There is hereby established within the department the New York\nnatural heritage program. The program is charged with:\n a. analyzing existing sources of information, monitoring and taking\ncensuses of plant and animal population…

§ 11-0540. Prohibition on permits authorizing the use of elephants in\n entertainment acts.\n The department shall not issue any license or permit that would\nauthorize the use of an elephant in an entertainment act pursuant to\nsection three hundred eighty of the agriculture and…

§ 11-0541. Monarch preservation plan.\n Beginning within one year of the effective date of this section, the\ndepartment shall take feasible actions to conserve monarch butterflies\nand the unique habitats they depend upon for successful migration. These\nactions may include, but…

§ 11-0701. Definitions of licenses and privileges of licensees.\n 1. A hunting license:\n a. entitles a holder who is twelve or thirteen years of age to hunt\nwildlife, except big game, as provided in title 9 of this article\nsubject, specifically, to the provisions of section 11…

§ 11-0702. Lifetime hunting, fishing, trapping, archery and\n muzzle-loading licenses.\n 1. There are hereby created the following lifetime hunting, fishing,\ntrapping, archery and muzzle-loading privileges and fees therefor\nsubject to the same privileges and obligations of a co…

§ 11-0703. General provisions.\n 1. a. The privileges of the licenses and stamps defined in section\n11-0701 may be exercised only at the times and places, and in the manner\nand to the extent, permitted by provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Law\nand applicable regulations of th…

§ 11-0704. Transfer of a lifetime license.\n A lifetime license, as provided in section 11-0702 of this title, is\nnot transferable to any person unless:\n 1. the person to whom such license and permit was issued dies within\none year of the issuance date of such license and perm…

§ 11-0705. Failure to carry license, tag or bowhunting and/or\n muzzle-loading privileges.\n 1. a. The holder of a license, tag, bowhunting privilege or\nmuzzle-loading privilege defined in section 11-0701 of this title shall:\n (1) have such license, tag or privilege on the hold…

§ 11-0706. Gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses.\n 1. The commissioner is authorized to establish gift cards for the\nlicenses and bowhunting and muzzle-loading privileges set forth in\nsection 11-0701 of this title.\n 2. For the purposes of this title, the term "gift card…

§ 11-0707. Exemptions from requirement of hunting, fishing and trapping\n licenses.\n 1. Resident owners and lessees and members of their immediate\nfamilies, actually occupying and cultivating farm lands, on such farm\nlands and the waters thereof, shall have the right,\n a. to …

§ 11-0709. Circumstances in which license under section 11-0701 not\n required.\n 1. When a license or permit issued by the department, other than a\nlicense defined in section 11-0701, permits taking of fish or wildlife,\nsuch taking is exempted from the requirement of a license…

§ 11-0713. Procedure in issuing licenses.\n 1. a. All licenses, bowhunting privileges, muzzle-loading privileges,\ntags, permits, registrations, and permit applications authorized by this\ntitle or section 13-0355 of this chapter, and any additional privileges\nauthorized by the …

§ 11-0715. Fees.\n 1. When any license or privilege listed in this section is issued by\nthe department or an officer or employee of the department, the license\nfee is the amount specified in this section plus the amount, if any,\nspecified as a fee to the issuing clerk.\n 2. A …

§ 11-0719. Revocation and suspension of licenses and of right to hunt,\n fish or trap without license.\n 1. a. In the circumstances described in paragraph b of this\nsubdivision the department may revoke any license, bowhunting privilege,\nor muzzle-loading privilege, of any pers…

§ 11-0901. Prohibitions.\n 1. No person while in or on a motor vehicle, as defined in section\n11-0931 of this chapter, shall take wildlife other than migratory game\nbirds, or use any lights on any such vehicle for such purpose.\n * 2. Wildlife shall not be taken on or from any …

§ 11-0903. Open hunting seasons and bag limits fixed by regulation.\n * 1. Open seasons and bag limits with respect to migratory game birds\nshall be those published annually in the federal register by the U.S.\nDepartment of the Interior, unless the department adopts regulations…

§ 11-0905. Open hunting seasons and bag limits for upland game birds and\n small game.\n 1. Game of the species listed in column one of the table set forth\nbelow may be taken in the open season or seasons specified in column two\nopposite the name of the species, in the areas fo…

§ 11-0907. Deer and bear; open hunting seasons; bag limits.\n 1. a. Wild deer without antlers or having antlers measuring less than\nthree inches in length shall not be taken unless it is taken (1) by long\nbow in a special long bow season established in subdivision three of\nthi…

§ 11-0909. Hunting hours.\n 1. Bobcat, mink, muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and skunk may be taken\nat any hour, day or night.\n 2. Migratory game birds shall be taken only during the hours specified\nin regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 11-0307.\n 3. a. Wi…

§ 11-0911. Procedure on taking wild deer and bear; transportation of\n wild deer.\n 1. a. When a wild deer is taken the taker shall immediately fill out\nthe deer tag in an electronic or other acceptable format as provided in\nregulations of the department. The taker shall report…

§ 11-0913. Deer management permits.\n 1. a. Until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-seven, whenever\nin its opinion the population of deer in any area of the state except in\nthe northern zone is such that additional harvest of deer is reasonably\nnecessary to properly m…

§ 11-0914. Yearling buck protection program.\n 1. Definitions. a. An "antlered deer" is defined as a deer with at\nleast one antler measuring three inches or more in length.\n b. "Wildlife management unit" means wildlife regions as demarcated by\nthe department.\n 2. Restrictions…

§ 11-0915. Disposal of deer, moose and bear killed unintentionally by\n collision.\n The owner of a motor vehicle which has been damaged by unintentional\ncollision with a deer, moose or bear shall be entitled to possess such\ndeer, moose or bear under the following conditions:\n…

§ 11-0917. Possession, transportation and sale of wild game and other\n wildlife.\n 1. Wild game and other wildlife, taken in this state, and parts\nthereof, may, if lawfully taken, be\n a. possessed.\n b. transported within the state and from within to without the state,\nand\n …

§ 11-0919. Aid to wildlife in distress.\n 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the\ncontrary, any person who may discover protected wildlife in distress,\nexcept foxes and skunks, may capture the same and render necessary aid.\nFor the purposes of this s…

§ 11-0921. Surrender of game unfit for human consumption; permit for\n taking another of species surrendered.\n When a wild turkey, wild deer or wild bear is taken by a person\nholding a license or permit and, upon presentation to an environmental\nconservation officer or other a…

§ 11-0923. Dogs.\n 1. No owner or trainer of a dog shall:\n a. allow it to hunt deer, or to run at large on enclosed lands on\nwhich wildlife or domestic game is possessed under license issued\npursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Law or in any state park, state park\nreservation, s…

§ 11-0925. Special dog training areas.\n 1. a. A dog owner or trainer may establish and maintain a special dog\ntraining area on land which the owner or trainer owns or has legal\ncontrol.\n b. The operator of a special dog training area may at any time during\nthe year train the…

§ 11-0927. Field trials.\n 1. No person shall hold a field trial except as provided in this\nsection or take part in a field trial not conducted in accordance with\nthe provisions of this section.\n 2. a. A field trial may be held on liberated game, liberated\nartificially propag…

§ 11-0928. Tracking dogs.\n Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department\nmay by regulation provide for the certification of leashed tracking dogs\nand may authorize the use of such dogs by persons licensed by the\ndepartment to track and find dead, wounded…

§ 11-0929. Hunting by minors.\n 1. A licensee who is twelve or thirteen years of age shall not hunt\nwildlife with a gun or a longbow unless he or she is accompanied by his\nor her parent or legal guardian, or by a person twenty-one years of age\nor older designated in writing by…

§ 11-0931. Prohibitions on the use and possession of firearms.\n 1. No person except a law enforcement officer in the performance of\nhis official duties shall use in hunting or possess in the fields or\nforests or on the waters of the state for any purpose:\n a. the apparatus kn…

§ 11-0933. Taking small game by crossbow.\n Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, or any prior\nnotwithstanding language in this article, the department may, by\nregulation, authorize the taking of small game and wild upland game\nbirds by the use of a crossbow by any li…

* § 11-0935. Deer hunting program.\n 1. Notwithstanding subdivision one-a of section 11-0701 and the\ncrossbow prohibition of subdivision one of section 11-0929, a hunting\nlicense holder who is twelve or thirteen years of age may hunt deer with\na crossbow, rifle, shotgun, or mu…

§ 11-1001. Definitions.\n (1) "Raptors" means all species of the orders Strigiformes and\nFalconiformes and shall include but not be limited to falcons, hawks,\nowls and eagles except the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetor) and bald\neagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus) and all birds lis…

§ 11-1003. Falconry license.\n Any resident of this state may be issued a falconry license. The\ndepartment shall prescribe and furnish forms for application for such\nlicense. The fee for the license shall be forty dollars. Falconry\nlicenses shall expire on December 31 every fi…

§ 11-1005. Falconry advisory board.\n The commissioner shall appoint a falconry advisory board of not less\nthan five members who are residents of the state and who shall serve at\nthe pleasure of the commissioner and who shall be qualified by reason of\ntheir association with st…

§ 11-1007. Department authority.\n The department shall make such rules and regulations governing the\nissuance and use of falconry licenses as it shall deem proper and\nnecessary, giving due consideration to the recommendations of the\nfalconry advisory board. The department may…

§ 11-1009. Prohibitions.\n (1) Raptors for use in falconry shall not be bought, sold or bartered,\nor offered for sale or barter, except that this section shall not apply\nto the captive bred progeny of lawfully acquired raptors.\n (2) No person shall possess or maintain in capti…

§ 11-1101. Prohibitions.\n 1. Except as provided in title 5 or in sections 11-1901 or 11-1903, no\nwild bird shall be trapped, netted or snared, or if so taken, possessed.\n 2. Traps shall not be set for the taking of any protected wildlife\nexcept (a) in an open season as provid…

§ 11-1103. Open trapping seasons.\n 1. The department may by regulation permit trapping of beaver, fisher,\notter, bobcat, coyote, fox, raccoon, opossum, weasel, skunk, muskrat,\npine marten and mink, or any of them, in specified areas, and may\nregulate the taking, possession an…

§ 11-1105. Procedure.\n 1. Traps set for taking wildlife shall bear the name and residence\naddress or the assigned identification number of the operator legibly at\nall times, provided, that state, county and municipal law enforcement\nagencies shall have access to the name, add…

§ 11-1107. Possession, transportation and sale.\n Wildlife taken by trapping may be possessed, transported, bought and\nsold as provided in section 11-0917, and shall not be possessed,\ntransported, bought or sold except as so provided.\n