News and Announcements
The application period is open for DEC's Hudson Estuary Trees for Tribs fall planting season. Eligible property owners can apply for assistance to restore stream buffers with plantings of free native trees, shrubs,…
The Understory has launched a new $4,000,000 grant program as part of its Hudson Estuary Resilience Effort initiative, with four focal themes: culture, ecology, food/farming, and shelter. Grants will range from…
The CFA includes more than 20 programs to facilitate projects that advance regional strategic plans and New York State priorities, including DEC's Water Quality Improvement Projects and Climate Smart…
DEC released $10 million in grant funding through the …
DEC and the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation released the final 30x30 Strategies and Methodology document—a key milestone in advancing New York State’s commitment to conserving 30 percent…
OSI’s purchase of 89 acres between Wurtsboro Ridge and Roosa Gap State Forests has closed a critical conservation gap between the two conserved areas.
Many Hudson Valley communities recertified or newly acquired bronze certification in the Climate Smart Communities program.
Go behind the scenes of the filmmaking process of The Nature of Nature: Biodiversity in the Hudson Valley in this New York State Conservationist magazine article.
Eligible, accredited land trusts may apply for up to $350,000 to purchase conservation easements on privately owned forested land in New York State. DEC created the Forest Conservation Easements for Land Trusts…
DEC announced more than $5.1 million to reduce the negative impacts of aquatic and terrestrial invasive species on natural resources, infrastructure, agriculture, and local economies. The 51 awarded projects…
Winnakee Land Trust has been awarded a competitive $90,000 capital grant from the Open Space Institute (OSI)’s Appalachian Landscapes Project.Once protected, the forestland will become a permanent…
DEC and Orange County Water Authority (OCWA) acquired a conservation easement totaling 13.5 acres to protect water quality and help safeguard public drinking water sources for the City of Newburgh. OCWA, in…