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Champlain Canalway Trail Progress
Kevin Tollisen, Town of Halfmoon Supervisor, said that planning and permitting for the final section of the canalway trail in the town, Phase 4, is being designed and permitted this year, and it will be ready for construction to start in 2019, with completion by the...
Conservation Partnership Grants Awarded to PLAN
Saratoga PLAN will utilize one grant for making capital improvements to the 25-year-old Bog Meadow Brook Nature Trail, improving access and safety, enhancing protection of adjacent wetland habitat, and furthering the Saratoga Greenbelt Trail. This project will be...
Bog Meadow Trail Improvements Announced
“When we first started the Open Space Project (later to become Saratoga PLAN) I don’t think any of us ever imagined we would be standing here today talking about 25 years ago,” said Jeff Olson. Olson was one of the first people to trek out onto frozen Bog Meadow in...
Grant Received to Help Farmland Owners
According to American Farmland Trust (AFT), New York State has lost more than 4,000 farms to development since the 1980s, and with the rapid growth of Saratoga County there is tremendous pressure on farmland owners to sell their valuable properties. Saratoga PLAN and...
PLAN Receives Agricultural Outreach Grant
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
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
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
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...