At its Feb. 2 meeting, the Gardiner Town Board continued to make strides in furthering its efforts to be an environmentally friendly and conscious locality by establishing a Natural Resources Inventory. “It’s a land…

OLIVE, N.Y. — The Town Board is expected to vote Feb. 9 on adopting a natural resources inventory that will provide guidance for land-use applications. The board meeting, to be held by videoconference, is scheduled…

Philipstown has completed a Natural Resources Inventory with 40 maps and chapters on geology and soils; water resources; habitats and wildlife; historic, scenic and recreational resources; and land use.

Another long-time goal of Peekskill’s Conservation Advisory Council appears poised to come to fruition in 2021. Over the holidays, the CAC received word that the Hudson River Valley Greenway Association had awarded a…

DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced $1.4 million in grants for urban forestry projects to help New York communities inventory, plant, and maintain public trees. The grants are part of DEC's Urban and…

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Dutchess Land Conservancy announced the acquisition of a conservation easement on a critical parcel in the town of Pine Plains that will…

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Basil Seggos announced more than $2.2 million in Conservation Partnership Program grants for 50 not-for-profit land trusts across the state. 

New Paltz voters came out in support of Local Law #1, which is aimed at serving as a financial mechanism to protect and preserve “water quality, working farms, wildlife habitat and natural areas.” The referendum will…

NYSDEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced that more than $855,000 has been awarded to help communities in the Hudson River Estuary watershed improve water quality, increase flood resiliency, and conserve…

There is an open space protection referendum on the back of the November 2020 ballot for New Paltz residents. Here’s how the proposed new Local Law No. 1 would work: When a buyer purchases a home or piece of property…

Winnakee Land Trust announced its purchase of 335 acres of land in the Town of Red Hook, enabled with funds from the CWIA/EPF Water Quality Improvement Project Grant administered by the NYSDEC. The acquisition was…

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the agency is accepting public comment on a revised regulatory proposal to strengthen protections for threatened and endangered…