COUNTY

• Planning Department  www.otsegocounty.com/planning
• Local government officials, land use regulations, zoning maps, link to municipal websites
• Schedule of workshops and presentations
• Sample land use administrative forms
• Agricultural district data, enrollment process
• List of available publications
• County Planning Board
• Link to wind data maps

• Otsego County  www.otsegocounty.com
• Links to all county departments
• County Board and Committee minutes
• “Otsego County Mapping Online”
• Search parcels; view parcels with aerials; overlay special districts
• Flood zones and other environmental features
• “RPS Lookup”
• Real property data
• “Flood Info”
• Flood 06 data

MUNICIPAL

• Village of Cooperstown  www.cooperstownny.org
• City of Oneonta  www.oneontanewyork.com
• Town of Hartwick  www.hartwickny.com
• All municipalities  www.statelocalgov.net

STATE

Dept of State – Division of Local Government Services  www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss      

• Technical publications and legal memoranda
• includes SEQR (State Environmental Quality Review) Handbook
• Training requirements
• Filing local laws
• Funding programs (examples)
• Shared Municipal Services Incentive (SMSI) program
• Quality Communities program

Dept of Env. Cons. (DEC) – State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR)

        http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/357.html

• DEC information on SEQR regulations, who enforces SEQR, how the DEC assists in SEQR, Type I and II Actions, Forms, etc.

• Dept of Env. Cons. (DEC) – SEQR Publications  http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/36860.htmll
• DEC publications including: the SEQR Cookbook, the Citizen's Guide to SEQR, the Local Official's Guide to SEQR, and the SEQR Flow Chart and Timeframes

• Dept of Env. Cons. (DEC) – Environmental Bulletin  http://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/enb.html
• DEC public notices regarding projects that are in the process of obtaining state environmental permits

• Dept of Env. Cons. (DEC) – Environmental Navigator  www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/navigator   
• Interactive maps of hazardous sites, mines and regulated wells, state recreation sites

• Dept of Env. Cons. (DEC) – Environmental Resource Mapper  www.dec.ny.gov/animals/38801.html
•  Interactive map showing threatened and endangered species

• Dept of Env. Cons. (DEC) – Stormwater Mapper  www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/stormwater/viewer.htm
• Interactive map of stormwater permits

• Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP)  www.oprhp.state.ny.us/nr
• Interactive mapper of archaeological sensitive areas, state and national historic register sites

• NYS Grants Action News  www.assembly.state.ny.us/gan
• Monthly newsletters announcing various funding programs

• Office of Real Property Services (ORPS)  www.orps.state.ny.us/munipro
• Tax and assessment information at municipal level

• Dept of Agriculture and Markets  www.agmkt.state.ny.us
• Agricultural Districts program benefits
• Guidance documents for local regulation of agricultural activities
• Funding of municipal agriculture and farmland protection plans

• NYS GIS (Geographic Info Systems) Clearinghouse  www.nysgis.state.ny.us/
• GIS data
• Aerial photos from mid-90s, 2001 and 2005
• USGS and NYS DOT topographic maps

FEDERAL

• NRCS (Natural Resources Cons. Service)  Soil Web Survey  http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
• Make soil maps with information on soil type, characteristics and percentages

• U.S. Census American Factfinder  www.factfinder.census.gov
• Quick fact sheets on population and housing down to the municipal level

• FEMA Flood Maps and Firmettes  http://msc.fema.gov
• Official FEMA flood maps available to be displayed and printed in customized fashion

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife – Wetlands Online Mapper  http://wetlandsfws.er.usgs.gov
• Interactive map of federal wetlands 

OTHER

• Otsego Express (Public Transportation)  www.otsegoexpress.com
• Otsego County’s “Gus the Bus” routes, schedules and fares

• Pace University Law Center  www.landuse.law.pace.edu
• Information on laws and practices in the field of land use law

• AWS Truewind Wind Resource Explorer  www.windexplorer.com
• Interactive map of wind speeds and power