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Conservation Heroes Protect 1041 Acres
Photo Caption: Saratoga PLAN Conservation Heroes: (left to right) Dusty and Arlene Rhodes, Mayor Joanne Yepsen, Dave Bowman, Dawn Szurek, Don Carpenter with friend Alice Farnsworth, Neil and Cathy Roberts Landowners donated and/or sold their lands or development...
Fall 2017 Newsletter
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Palmertown Public Workshop
The evening will begin with a brief presentation that describes the Southern Palmertown region, defines the goals of the planning process, and provides case studies of planning initiatives for similar areas in other places. The workshop will then transition into an...
Fiddle-i-Fee Farm Conserved
Funding for the purchase included $80,000 from Saratoga County and $450,048 in Hudson Valley Agricultural Enhancement Program funding from the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets. Saratoga PLAN managed the grants and transaction, prepared the property baseline...
Sold Out Feast of the Fields 2017
The delicious local food could all be washed down with area beverages ranging from Bowman Orchards Apple Cider and Hard Cider from Saratoga Apple, to beers from Artisinal Brew Works and Common Roots Brewing Company, to some of the harder stuff from Saratoga Courage...
Waterford to Whitehall Trail Gets $12 Million
Press Release In January, 2017, Governor Cuomo announced creation of the Empire State Trail, which when completed in 2020 will be a 750-mile trail bicycle and walking pathway running from New York City through the Hudson and Champlain Valleys to Canada, and from...
Rhodes Property Expands Milton Preserve
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...
PLAN Talks About Land Conservation with Look TV
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...