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Catskill Ctr. designs land-buy plan for watershed
Jun 04, 2013 6:41 am
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Jim Planck writes in The Daily Mail the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development has finished designing a potential land acquisition program for protecting streamside lands in New York City’s watershed. The Arkville, NY-based non-profit is currently under contract with the Town of Hunter. The result of a two-year study is the creation of a Riparian Buffer Program. The alternative land acquisition program will allow the purchase of streamside — or riparian — lands, including a buffer, to protect the water quality in the stream. The program, like the parcel acquisition program currently in place, does not call for the use of eminent domain. It requires a willing seller/willing buyer scenario. The next step is to put the program into a three-year pilot phase. The state at present has approximately $5 million earmarked for the funding of water quality projects. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Jim Planck writes in The Daily Mail the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development has finished designing a potential land acquisition program for protecting streamside lands in New York City’s watershed. The Arkville, NY-based non-profit is currently under contract with the Town of Hunter. The result of a two-year study is the creation of a Riparian Buffer Program. The alternative land acquisition program will allow the purchase of streamside — or riparian — lands, including a buffer, to protect the water quality in the stream. The program, like the parcel acquisition program currently in place, does not call for the use of eminent domain. It requires a willing seller/willing buyer scenario. The next step is to put the program into a three-year pilot phase. The state at present has approximately $5 million earmarked for the funding of water quality projects. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.