by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2021
PLAN worked with the Taylor family to place a conservation easement on the 250 acre former Hawkwood Estate, which was then transferred to the Town of Ballston as a “forever wild” park. Frank W. Schidzick, Jr. left a bequest in his will to create this public amenity,...
by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2021
Saratoga County received a tremendous gift in its northern reaches when New York State made the decision to transfer 709 acres of the 1,600 acres shuttered McGregor Prison property to the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation as an addition to Moreau...
by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2021
This ~1.2 mile trail crosses properties owned by NYS, Saratoga PLAN, and Lyme Timber. PLAN acquired its 100 acre block in 2004 because the organization knew back then that the property was going to be a critical piece of the puzzle in maintaining public access up the...
by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2021
Support for the creation of this trail came in many forms from the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust, the American Battlefield Protection Program, the Bender Family Foundation, Brookfield Power, the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region,...
by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2021
After nearly a decade of planning, Saratoga PLAN and the Town of Malta opened the Round Lake Preserve, located off of Route 67 in Malta. This land, bursting with a diverse ecosystem of wetlands and farm fields has been drawing people for thousands of years. Now with...
