Find DEC Licensed Guides for boating, camping, fishing, hunting and more

The Environmental Conservation Law Section 11-0533.8 requires the Department to publish a list of guides. The information provided in the search engine fulfills that requirement. Data changes occur each business day.

Currently there are approximately 2,500 licensed guides in New York. The Search Wizard will help you find the individual or group in the specific category and location. The full list is available by selecting all counties and all categories.

New York State Sporting License Sales Summary

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation tracks statistics of the various hunting and fishing licenses offered in New York State. One could go to the main DEC page and search for license sales summary; the information will be the link to the first result.

At the very bottom of the page is a link to Sales by County. When you download a year's report by county - the data goes back to the 2002-2003 season - one will see plus signs (+) in the far left column that, when clicked on, will provide additional info for that particular county.

Liquor licenses in New York State

When looking to discover what liquor license, if any, a business has, one would check with the State Liquor Authority. But the search mechanism isn't entirely obvious. One goes to Public, then pick the specific choice of search; I often use the Advanced Search.

But what do those codes mean? Here are Definition of License Classes, and License Type Code Classifications.