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NY DEC Lands

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New York DEC Lands: Forest Preserve (Adirondack and Catskill), State Forests, Wildlife Management Areas, plus 20 other land-use categories, via the NYSDEC public data services (agency data services). About 3,233 polygons covering all DEC-administered land in NY. No credentials required.

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New York DEC Lands: Forest Preserve (Adirondack and Catskill), State Forests, Wildlife Management Areas, plus 20 other land-use categories, via the NYSDEC public data services (agency data services). About 3,233 polygons covering all DEC-administered land in NY. No credentials required.

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Setup

A few steps to connect your AI agents to NY DEC Lands.

Get started
  1. 1

    Toggle Connector On

    Open /mcp and enable NY DEC Lands with the toggle, no credentials needed.

  2. 2

    Start Querying

    Ask your AI agent for the data you need — it discovers this connector's methods automatically.

Connect to your AI assistant

Pick the tool your team uses for the exact setup steps.

  1. 1

    Open Claude settings

    Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.

  2. 2

    Access connectors

    Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.

  3. 3

    Name your connector

    Enter any name you’d like for this connector.

  4. 4

    Get the connector URL

    Log in to PatchOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.

  5. 5

    Add the connector

    Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.

  6. 6

    Start using

    Your NY DEC Lands connector is ready to use in Claude.