by Saratoga PLAN | Aug 9, 2017 | News & Press
Dusty and Arlene, both retired school teachers, purchased the land and an abandoned farmhouse in 1976. Their love for the outdoors is apparent in the beautiful and natural gardens around the lovingly restored farmhouse and old barns. For many years Dusty and Arlene...
by Saratoga PLAN | Jun 22, 2017 | News & Press
On June 12, 2017, Saratoga PLAN finalized a perpetual conservation easement to preserve the 59+/- acre Carpenter Farm. Property owner Donald Carpenter is donating the easement in order to conserve the land for agriculture, forestry, wildlife habitat, water resource...
by Saratoga PLAN | Jun 12, 2017 | News & Press
Don Carpenter is a quick-witted farmer who has always envisioned his Galway land as a gentleman’s farm. His sense of humor shines through when he adds that the “gentleman” part is questionable. He added, “Conserving this land is about keeping something alive from a...
by Saratoga PLAN | May 26, 2017 | News & Press
This dataset is available to local and county planners, conservation organizations, and even individual trail enthusiasts simply by downloading the data as a shapefile or KMZ from PLAN’s website or the NYS Geographic Clearinghouse, or by viewing the data on the...
by Saratoga PLAN | May 9, 2017 | News & Press
The students spent their spring semester gathering baseline and historic information, assessing the biophysical, economic and social characteristics of the landscape, and conceptually outlining the challenges and opportunities for the Palmertown area, community...
by Saratoga PLAN | Apr 27, 2017 | News & Press
The grants, funded through New York’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), will leverage an additional $1.5 million in private and local funding to support projects that will protect farmland, wildlife habitat, and water quality, enhance public access for...
