Wetlands DEC - 100 Foot Buffer

This dataset depicts 100 foot buffers of wetlands regulated by the New York State Freshwater Wetlands Act. It does not contain buffers of wetlands regulated by other jurisdictions or unregulated wetlands, nor does it contain buffers of tidal wetlands regulated by New York State under the Tidal Wetlands Act (ECL Article 25). An important feature of the official NYS wetland maps is that the lines indicate only "the approximate location of the actual boundaries of the wetlands" (ECL Section 24-0301(3)). Therefore, the buffers represented in this dataset should also be considered approximate. For a final determination of the actual location of a wetland and the 100 foot regulatory area surrounding it, it is necessary to contact the NYSDEC office for the region in which the wetland occurs. Columbia County is in Region 4.