Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River
Hudson River
New York City
Long Island Sound and Long Island

For each designated SCFWH site, a habitat map and narrative are created that provide site-specific information, including a description of the habitat, its fish and wildlife values, and an impact assessment. There are 250 SCFWH sites designated statewide. The boundaries for each designated site are mapped in the Coastal Atlas.

If you are looking for designated SCFWH sites in your area, first check the Coastal Atlas to get site names. Then link to the appropriate habitat narratives, listed below.

Links to the habitat narratives for all SCFWH sites are found on this page, grouped by region. Use the links above to link directly to your region's list of SCFWH sites.

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River
American Island Pools
Big Sister Creek
Braddock Bay and Salmon Creek
Brandy Brook
Buckhorn Island - Goat Island Rapids
Buckhorn Island Tern Colony
Buckhorn Island Wetlands
Butterfly Creek Wetlands
Calf Island
Campbell Marsh
Canadaway Creek
Carlton Island - Featherbed Shoals
Cattaraugus Creek
Chautauqua Creek
Chippewa Bay Tern Colonies
Chippewa Bay
Chippewa Creek Marsh
Coles Creek
Crooked Creek Marsh
Deer Creek Marsh
Derby Hill
Dexter Marsh and Black River
Dunkirk Harbor
East Bay
Eel Bay
Eighteen Mile Creek - Lake Erie
Eighteen Mile Creek - Lake Ontario
El Dorado Beach and Black Pond Wetlands
Fourmile Creek Bay
Fox Island - Grenadier Island Shoals
French Creek Marsh
Galop Island Pools
Galop Island Bays
Genesee River
Goose Bay and Cranberry Creek
Grand Island Tributaries
Grass River
Grenadier Island
Grindstone Island Wetlands
Grindstone Creek and Marsh
Gull and Bass Islands
Irondequoit Bay and Creek
Ironsides Island
Johnson Creek
Keg Creek
Lake of the Isles
Lake St. Lawrence Tern Colonies
Lake Shore Marshes
Lakeview Marsh
Little Galloo Island
Little Salmon River
Lower Niagara River Rapids
Moses - Saunders Tailwaters
North and South Sandy Ponds
North Buffalo Harbor
Oak Orchard Creek
Oswegatchie River
Oswego River
Point Peninsula
Point Peninsula Marsh
Port Bay
Ramona Beach Marsh
Sage Creek Marsh
Salmon Creek
Salmon River
Sandy Pond Tributaries
Sandy Creek
Seneca Shoals
Silver Creek and Walnut Creek
Slater Creek
Small Boat Harbor
Smoke Creek Shoals
Snake Creek Marsh
Sodus Bay
St. Lawrence River Shoreline Bays
Sterling Creek and Wetlands
Stony Point - Lime Barrel Shoals
Stony Island
Strawberry Island - Motor Island Shallows
Teal Marsh
Thousand Island Tern Colonies
Tifft Farm Nature Preserve
Times Beach Diked Disposal Site
Tuscarora Bay Marsh
Van Buren Point
Wellesley Island Pools
Whitehouse - Ogden Island Bays
Wilson Bay and Marsh
Wilson Hill Wildlife Mangement Area
Wilson Hill Island - Tucker Terrace Area

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Hudson River
Catskill Creek
Coeymans Creek
Constitution Marsh
Coxsackie Creek
Coxsackie Island Backwater
Croton River and Bay
Esopus Meadows
Esopus Estuary
Fishkill Creek
Germantown - Clermont Flats
Hannacroix Creek
Haverstraw Bay
Hook Mountain
Hudson River Mile 44-56
Inbocht Bay and Duck Cove
Iona Island Marsh
Kingston Deepwater Habitat
Mill Creek Wetlands
Moodna Creek
Normans Kill
North and South Tivoli Bays
Papscanee Marsh and Creek
Piermont Marsh
Playland Lake Manursing Island Flats
Poughkeepsie Deepwater Habitat
Premium River Pine Brook Wetlands
Ramshorn Marsh
Roeliff - Jansen Kill
Rogers Island
Rondout Creek
Schodack and Houghtaling Islands and Schodack Creek
Shad and Schermerhorn Islands
Stockport Creek and Flats
The Flats
Vanderburgh Cove and Shallows
Vosburgh Swamp and Middle Ground Flats
Wappinger Creek

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New York City
Alley Pond Park
Breezy Point
Fresh Kills
Goethals Bridge Pond
Jamaica Bay
Lemon Creek
Little Neck Bay
Lower Hudson Reach
Meadow and Willow Lakes
North and South Brother Islands
Pelham Bay Park Wetlands
Pralls Island
Sawmill Creek Marshes
Shooters Island
Udall's Cove

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Long Island Sound and Long Island
Acabonack Harbor
Accabonac/Hog Creek Point Shallows
Alewife-Scoy Pond Wetlands
Alewife Creek and Big Fresh Pond
Atlantic Double Dunes
Beaverdam Creek
Big and Little Reed Ponds
Carmans River
Cedar Point Peninsula
Cedar Creek County Park
Cedar Beach Point
Cedar Point/Hedges Bank Shallows
Champlin Creek
Cold Spring Harbor
Conkling Point
Connetquot River
Conscience Bay, Little Bay, and Setauket Harbor
Corey Creek
Cow Neck
Crab Meadow
Cranberry Bog County Park
Culloden Point
Cupsogue County Park
Cutchogue Harbor and Wetlands
Downs Creek
Dumpling Islands and Flat Hammock
Dune Road Marsh
East Hempstead Bay
Eaton's Neck Point
Far Pond and Middle Pond Inlets
Fishers Island Beaches
Flanders Bay Wetlands
Flax Pond
Fort Pond
Gardiners Island
Gilgo Beach
Goldsmith Inlet Beach
Great South Bay-East
Great Gull Island
Great South Bay-West
Hashamomuck Pond
Hempstead Harbor
Hither Hills Uplands
Huckleberry Island
Huntington Bay
Jamesport Town Beach
Jockey Creek Spoil Area
Lake Montauk
Little Neck Bay
Little Creek and Beach
Lloyd Harbor
Lloyd Point
Long Pond Greenbelt
Long Beach Bay
Manhasset Bay
Marshlands Conservancy
Mashomack Preserve - Shelter Island
Mattituck Inlet Wetland
Mecox Bay and Beach
Middle Hempstead Bay
Mill Neck Creek Wetlands
Montauk Point Shoals
Moriches Bay
Mt. Sinai Harbor
Napeague Beach
Napeague Harbor
Nassau Beach
Nissequogue River
Nissequogue Inlet Beaches
Northport Bay
Northwest Creek
Noyack Bay Beaches
Orient Harbor
Orowoc Creek
Oyster Bay Harbor
Oyster Pond
Parking Lot 9, Jones Beach State Park
Peconic River
Pipes Cove Creek and Moore's Drain
Playland Lake and Manursing Island Flats
Plum Gut
Port Jefferson Harbor
Port Jefferson Beaches
Port of Egypt Island
Premium River - Pine Brook Wetlands
Prospect Point
Richmond Creek and Beach
Robins Island
Sag Harbor and Northwest Harbor
Sagaponack Inlet
Sand City
Sebonack Neck
Shell Beach
Shelter Island Eastern Shallows
Shinnecock Bay
Short Beach, Jones Beach State Park
Silver Point Beach
Smith Point County Park
Sore Thumb
South Oyster Bay
Southampton Beach
Stony Brook Harbor and West Meadow
Storehouse, Jones Beach State Park
Swan River
The Race
Three Mile Harbor
Tiana Beach
Tobay Sanctuary
Towd Point
Udalls Cove
Wading River Marsh
West End, Jones Beach State Park
West Hempstead Bay

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