By Jeff Green, on July 25th, 2010%
Farm waiting since ’06 for $2.7M in state aid | LoHud.com
CORTLANDT — When former Gov. George Pataki came to Hemlock Hill Farm in May 2006 to announce that Hemlock would receive a $2.7 million grant to preserve it as an agricultural business, he reminisced about buying Thanksgiving turkeys there as a boy . . . → Read More: Farm waiting since ’06 for $2.7M in state aid
By Jeff Green, on March 8th, 2010%
Efforts to restore the Everglades have picked up urgency in the last decade: the sprawling subtropical wetland, the only ecosystem of its kind, is dying for lack of clean water. Many environmentalists remain convinced that Mr. Crist’s deal with United States Sugar, even in its downsized form, offers the Everglades its best hope.
But . . . → Read More: A Deal to Save the Everglades Could Rescue U.S. Sugar Instead – NYTimes.com
By Jeff Green, on March 8th, 2010%
Scenic Hudson protects view from FDR home | poughkeepsiejournal.com
HIGHLAND — Scenic Hudson has taken another major step in protecting the view from the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park.
The land preservation group has purchased 160 acres of woodlands directly across the Hudson River from the FDR site, which includes . . . → Read More: Scenic Hudson protects view from FDR home | poughkeepsiejournal.com | Poughkeepsie Journal
By Jeff Green, on April 18th, 2009%
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/nyregion/19towns.html
April 19, 2009 Our Towns To Preserve or to Pave Over History By PETER APPLEBOME
FISHKILL, N.Y.
History is what we choose to remember, and there have been many reasons not to remember too much about the Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot, a sprawling military city that became the most important northern supply . . . → Read More: Our Towns – Fate of Revolutionary War Site in Limbo – NYTimes.com
By Jeff Green, on December 2nd, 2008%
Help Protect the Great Swamp in the NY Highlands. Less than 70 miles from New York City is the Great Swamp. This 63,000-acre watershed is breeding habitat for more than 90 bird species and migratory habitat for more than 150 species of waterfowl.
It provides numerous benefits to residents of New York and . . . → Read More: Help Protect the Great Swamp in the NY Highlands.