Promote plant and animal biodiversity through the restoration, connection and protection of natural habitats

The Town should devel­op a Nat­ur­al Resources Index (NRI) that inven­to­ries and maps dif­fer­ent flo­ra and fau­na, as well as their respec­tive habi­tats. This infor­ma­tion should be used in a Town-wide Bio­di­ver­si­ty Man­age­ment Plan, which should out­line a more sys­tem­at­ic approach to sup­port and pro­tect bio­di­ver­si­ty. If appro­pri­ate, code mod­i­fi­ca­tions should be made to help man­age and pro­tect these species and habi­tats. A Town-wide NRI and Bio­di­ver­si­ty Plan can be devel­oped in part­ner­ship with neigh­bor­ing munic­i­pal­i­ties, the NYS­DEC, and oth­er local envi­ron­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions, and as a result, can help strength­en inter-munic­i­pal bio­di­ver­si­ty pro­tec­tion efforts.