by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2021
Conservation Heroes are individuals or entities recognized for their extraordinary efforts related to conservation. This year’s efforts ranged from dedicated volunteer service to permanently conserving farmland, woodland, wildlife habitat, or creating public access to...
by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2021
Saratoga PLAN partnered with Saratoga Apple for a one-of-a-kind race. Participants ran up and down the hilly Schuylerville orchards and weaved through hundreds of blooming apple trees, earning a cider for crossing the finish line. The event got the community together...
by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2021
Saratoga PLAN completed its largest farmland conservation project to date. Four hundred sixty-four acres of the Barber Bros. Dairy Farm in the Town of Northumberland is now conserved in perpetuity. What began in 1939 as a small farm run by two brothers selling eggs...
by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2021
In April, Saratoga PLAN finalized a second easement on Wm. H Buckley Farm, a working farm situated on a picturesque ridge overlooking Ballston Lake, on Route 50 in the Town of Ballston. Phase II added 63 acres to the 252 acres conserved in 2015, for a total of 315...
by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2021
With the help of many partners and funders, including the Local Farms Fund, American Farmland Trust, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets’ Farmland Protection Program, and Saratoga County, PLAN purchased and extinguished the development rights to the...
