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PLAN Receives Agricultural Outreach Grant

by | Mar 9, 2018 | News & Press

AFT announced $88,000 in grants to seven partner organizations in the Hudson Valley Farmlink Network (HVFN) to support their work with farmers looking for land and retiring farm landowners who wish to keep their land in farming. Michael Horn, Conservation Director at...

405+ Acres Conserved

by | Feb 23, 2018 | News & Press

Dawn Szurek explained her love of the farm where she grew up: “Driving the tractor, you’re looking at the views.” Dorothy, Dawn’s mother, added that they wanted to keep the land in farming in order to honor her late husband, John M. Szurek’s, legacy. “It’s really to...

Conservation Director Hired

by | Feb 9, 2018 | News & Press

PLAN Executive Director Maria Trabka, said, “Mike brings a wealth of experience in working on complex projects that will be invaluable as we take on more and bigger land conservation projects.” Prior to joining PLAN, Horn worked in a variety of roles at the General...

Southern Palmertown Public Workshop

by | Dec 14, 2017 | News & Press

The Palmertown Conservation Area stretches from Moreau Lake State Park and the Village of Corinth in the north to Saratoga Spa State Park in the south, and from Route 9 in the east to Route 9N in the west. The area includes some of the wildest and most natural terrain...

Conservation Heroes Protect 1041 Acres

by | Dec 8, 2017 | News & Press

Photo Caption: Saratoga PLAN Conservation Heroes: (left to right) Dusty and Arlene Rhodes, Mayor Joanne Yepsen, Dave Bowman, Dawn Szurek, Don Carpenter with friend Alice Farnsworth, Neil and Cathy Roberts Landowners donated and/or sold their lands or development...