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Hudson ValleyPlan Maps Growth Of Minnewaska State ParkSubmitted by Elizabeth Mooney on Thu, 2010-07-29 06:53.
The Palisades Interstate Park Commission this month released a master plan for Minnewaska State Park Preserve that would expand recreation, create a green-certified visitors center and relieve the No Savior For MTA With Higher Fares On HorizonSubmitted by Revell Schulte on Thu, 2010-07-29 06:27.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board on Wednesday voted to schedule public hearings on a fare increase that would take effect on Jan. 1, 2011.
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Filed Under: Transportation, Funding,Westchester, New York City, Suffolk, Nassau, Long Island, Hudson Valley | Read More >
Event Date: 08/06/2010
9:00am - 12:00pm
Join senior representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other federal agencies for an opportunity for leaders of the America's Great Outdoors Initiative to hear from you and other voices in the Hudson Valley about solutions for building a 21st-century conservation and recreation agenda and for reconnecting people with the outdoors. This past April at the White House Conference on America's Great Outdoors, President Obama signed a memorandum establishing the America's Great Outdoors Initiative and directed the principal leaders of the Initiative to travel across the country to listen and learn from people directly involved in finding grassroots solutions to conserving our lands and waters and reconnecting Americans to the outdoors. Location: Marist College Student Center Poughkeepsie, NY Registration: This event is free and open to the public. Please pre-register by Tuesday, August 3 by sending an email to joseph.heller@ny.usda.gov. Include your name, the name of the organization with which you are affiliated, if any, and your telephone number. Include in your email your primary area of interest by noting your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice of the following Concurrent Breakout Listening Sessions: If unable to attend in-person: Please submit your comments and stories via the America's Great Outdoors website at http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/. Information: please contact Joseph Heller at (845) 883-7162, Extension 104 or joseph.heller@ny.usda.gov.
This event is a Other Filed Under: Hudson Valley New York City Goes on Land-Buying Spree to Protect WatershedSubmitted by Logan Ruppel on Tue, 2010-07-20 13:45.
The recession has been a boon for New York City's watershed protection program, which took advantage of low prices and thin competition to purchase a record 11,309 acres of land to help buffer the upstate reservoirs.
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Filed Under: Water, Public Health, Open Space, Land Use, Funding,New York City, Hudson Valley | Read More >
Feds Get Earful On Hudson River Power LineSubmitted by Elizabeth Mooney on Wed, 2010-07-14 16:40.
At a public meeting in Kingston this week, the federal Department of Energy accepted public input about Toronto-based Transmission Developers' plan for the Champlain-Hudson Express.
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Filed Under: Water, Energy,Westchester, Hudson Valley, Rensselaer, Albany, Capital District | Read More >
Paul Gallay Appointed New Director Of RiverkeeperSubmitted by Nadine Kaplan on Thu, 2010-07-08 11:51.
Riverkeeper has announced that Paul Gallay, a longtime environmental advocate and attorney, will be appointed as its new executive director. First Week Of Mass Transit Cuts In Metro RegionSubmitted by Elizabeth Mooney on Wed, 2010-06-30 17:25.
Big Apple commuters got their first taste of the brave new world of transit cuts this week, finding fewer and more crowded options.
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Filed Under: Funding, Transportation,Westchester, New York City, Suffolk, Nassau, Long Island, Hudson Valley | Read More >
Tough Questions Loom for New Tappan Zee BridgeSubmitted by Nadine Kaplan on Tue, 2010-06-29 11:47.
Plan options for a multi-billion dollar project to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge were on display this week at an open house in Greenburgh.
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Filed Under: Transportation, Funding,Westchester, New York City, Hudson Valley | Read More >
Shaupeneak Ridge Preserve Grows In Hudson ValleySubmitted by Ariel Glickman on Thu, 2010-06-24 12:04.
Poughkeepsie-based Scenic Hudson announced that the group received 119 acres that it will use to enlarge its Shaupeneak Ridge Preserve up to approximately 700 acres. Tappan Zee Bridge Plan To Be Unveiled This MonthSubmitted by Kris FitzPatrick on Thu, 2010-06-17 11:08.
The details of a $16 billion transit construction plan are being finalized this month, even as the massive project's state financing remains unclear. |
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