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Group gets $1.5M to help preserve farmland in Saratoga County
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that Saratoga PLAN — a private, nonprofit, conservation organization — will receive $1.5 million for two projects to help preserve farmland in Saratoga County. Maria Trabka, executive director of Saratoga PLAN (which stands for...
Saratoga PLAN receives seven state awards of $3.1M to permanently protect six Saratoga County farms
“The state funding provides the means necessary to conserve valuable farmland, which provides the community with many long-term benefits,” said Maria Trabka, Saratoga PLAN Executive Director. “We’re very pleased to be able to undertake these farmland conservation...
Workshops Help Landowners Unravel the Mysteries of Farmland Conservation
The workshops are scheduled for: Monday, March 21, 6:30 p.m. Northumberland Town Hall 17 Catherine Street, Gansevoort Thursday, March 24, 6:30 p.m. Stillwater Town Hall 881 Hudson Ave., Stillwater Monday, March 28, 6:30 p.m. Milton Town Hall 503 Geyser Road,...
Saratoga PLAN conserves 246-acres in the Town of Ballston
“My family purchased Hawkwood in 1936 at a farm auction,” said John Taylor. “For many years the fields were used for farming, and some of my fondest memories are of picking wild strawberries, which grew abundantly in several meadows that are now the woods that are...
GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF $20 MILLION HUDSON VALLEY FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of a $20 million Hudson Valley Agricultural Enhancement Program to help farmers in the Hudson Valley region protect valuable, at-risk farmland from future development and maintain the land’s use for agricultural...
NYS Agriculture & Markets: Saratoga PLAN completes farmland protection projects in record-setting time
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball today highlighted the improved Farmland Protection Implementation Grant (FPIG) process, which has been streamlined to help local land partners and farmers across the state drastically...
Siege Trail Opening in Village of Victory
Just 8 miles north of the Saratoga battlefields an incredible siege took place along Fish Creek. After several days of being surrounded and starving, British General John Burgoyne was forced into surrendering on October 17th, 1777, an act that ultimately convinced the...
DEC Celebrates the Completion of the Reroute of the Spruce Mountain Trail and the Opening of the Rehabilitated Fire Tower
Invited guests include DEC officials, representatives from the Adirondack Mountain Club, Saratoga PLAN, Student Conservation Association, Lyme Adirondack Timberlands II, and state & local elected officials. The group will cut a ribbon at the base of the fire...