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New York State Senator Pete Harckham announced today that four major state grants from the Conservation Partnership Program have been awarded to land trusts based in the 40th Senate District. Recipients include Friends of the Great Swamp in Pawling, NY; Pound Ridge Land Conservancy; Westchester Land Trust; and Dutchess Land Conservancy.
“Land trusts around the state help preserve, protect and manage some of the most beautiful natural areas open to the public, and they deserve wholehearted support to fulfill their missions,” said Harckham. “The four trusts in our area that are receiving this new grant funding do great work and their trails, vistas and farmlands are much-loved by residents. These state investments benefit us all in so many ways, and I am grateful they are being made.”
Dec 14, 2020 ALBANY On Friday the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced more than $2.2 million in Conservation Partnership Program grants for 50 nonprofit land trusts across the state, including seven in the North Country. A total of 69 grants come from New York’s Environmental Protection Fund, which is primarily funded by real estate transfer taxes. They will leverage an additional $2.6 million in private and local funding to support projects that protect water quality and farmland, boost public access for outdoor recreation, and conserve open space to benefit community health, tourism and economic development. The Land Trust Alliance administers the Conservation Partnership Program in coordination with DEC.
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