News and Announcements
The New York Times Magazine featured an in-depth article on the causes for zoonotic disease outbreaks around the world, including the "ceaseless rearranging of ecosystems" through deforestation, mining, intensive…
Extending the Community Preservation Fund through 2050 allows Warwick to take a longer view in preservation efforts and expand farmland and open space protection.
The Town of East Greenbush intends to use its Natural Resources Inventory report to help guide…
The Town of Blooming Grove's 85-page draft Community Preservation Plan – available for viewing on the town's website and at Town Hall - describes the town's rural to semi-rural character, identifies critical…
Two years ago, Beacon began to document its natural and cultural resources. What exactly did the city have going for it?
How about this: more than 4 miles of Hudson River shoreline; state-certified “important…
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced grant awards totaling more than $957,000 for 23 projects to help communities along the Hudson River Estuary…
An open-space inventory map unveiled recently prioritizes 13 town and village areas that are most important to the community for conservation and protection. The map, part of the Cornwall Natural Heritage Project, is…
City of Poughkeepsie officials have approved the use of a Natural Resources Inventory that will provide planners, developers, and residents with easy access to a wealth of information about the city’s environment.
GOSHEN - Orange County is seeking state permission for any of its towns and cities to impose a tax on property sales and use the proceeds to preserve open space and other valued areas by buying land or its…
Glenn Sapir, conservationist and author, was interviewed on Locally Sourced about the Putnam Valley Natural Resources Inventory. Glenn was chair of the NRI Working Group.
The maps provide an inventory critical to evaluating existing resources and using that knowledge to develop comprehensive plans that will highlight areas that need protection, and those that can be further developed…
For more than 20 years, Cornell has facilitated collaborative solutions to protect and preserve the Hudson River Estuary and its watershed, and on May 23, the university and the College of Agriculture and…