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Hudson Highlands Land Trust
January 2014
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Coming Events
Jan 12
Winterfest Taconic Outdoor Education Center Cold Spring, NY
Jan 16
Winter Lecture Series
Beacon Sloop Club
Beacon, NY
Jan 19 Intro to Beekeeping Hudson Highlands Nature Museum's Outdoor Education Center
Cornwall, NY
Feb 8
1st Annual Philipstown Winter Carnival Garrison, NY
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Hudson Highlands Land Trust
P.O. Box 226
20 Nazareth Way
Garrison, NY 10524
845/424-3358
info@hhlt.org
Andrew T. Chmar
Executive Director
Katrina Shindledecker
Director of Land Preservation
MJ Martin
Director of Outreach and Development
Kathy Hamel
Membership and Public Policy Coordinator
Matt Decker
Stewardship Coordinator
Jonathan Leitner
Program and Database Associate
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 Enjoy the Season at 1st Annual Philipstown Winter Carnival, Feb 8
Philipstown Recreation Department, Hudson Highlands Land Trust and Friends of Philipstown Recreation (FOR) invite residents and visitors to join us on Sat., Feb. 8, from noon to 5:00pm for the 1st Annual Philipstown Winter Carnival.
The carnival is a two-site event, with free family-friendly activities occurring at the Philipstown Recreation Center (107 Glenclyffe Dr.) and Winter Hill (20 Nazareth Way), both in Garrison. Parking is available at both sites and a free shuttle bus will provide transportation between the two locations. Food and beverages will be available for purchase at both sites.
Planned activities include ice skating, snowman building, ice sculpture demonstration, snow golf, sledding, snowshoe demonstration and lessons, and a scavenger hunt. The carnival culminates with closing ceremonies at the Philipstown Recreation Center, including a raffle drawing, music and an evening bonfire.
For more information, please visit the Winter Carnival's FaceBook page or the Philipstown Rec website.
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 HHLT completes Three Conservation Agreements at Year End
Nearly 55 More Acres in the Hudson Highlands Protected in December
We are pleased to announce that 2013 ended with the protection of close to 55 acres in the towns of Highlands and Philipstown. Working closely with the property owners, Hudson Highlands Land Trust completed three voluntary conservation agreements in December that fully reflect the property owners' wishes to protect their land for future generations.
The Sidamon-Eristoff family has a long history of advocating for natural resource protection and land conservation. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, who passed away in 2011, headed the Environmental Protection Agency's New York region from 1989-1993, and was chairman of Audubon New York in the 1990s. His sister Anne is a current HHLT director, as were his sons, Andrew and Simon. HHLT worked with Constantine's widow, Anne P. Sidamon-Eristoff, his sister and the family to set up two conservation agreements on land in the Town of Highlands. The resulting conservation agreements, HHLT's first on the Hudson River's west bank, continue the family tradition and protect over 17 acres of land.
Susan Coleman, a former HHLT board member, also strongly believes in the importance of protecting land in the Hudson Highlands for future generations. She and the HHLT staff crafted an agreement to conserve over 37 acres on her property in Philipstown. Susan's property is adjacent to other HHLT conserved lands, which enhances the conservation value of the whole area.
"When private landowners choose to protect their property through conservation agreement donations, they achieve permanent conservation goals for their land," said Andy Chmar, HHLT's Executive Director. "Communities also benefit for several reasons, including the fact that the property stays in private ownership and on tax rolls, and that future property taxes are mitigated for all through less residential development that would require additional public services."
For more information on land conservation, conservation agreements and land stewardship, contact the office at 845/424-3358 x3 or visit hhlt.org.
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HHLT Welcomes New Staff Member
Hudson Highlands Land Trust is pleased to announce that Jonathan Leitner joined the staff at the beginning of this year and will be supporting our outreach and development efforts, in addition to land project data management. As a volunteer, Jonathan became an integral part of the Hudson Highlands Land Trust team, entering conservation easement data into a newly acquired Conservation Connections database.
Jonathan worked in pre-award research administration at Purchase College before volunteering with HHLT. Prior to that, he was Land and Development Assistant at Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining. Jonathan has an undergraduate degree in rural sociology from Cornell, and graduate degrees in sociology from Wisconsin.
Jonathan, a resident of Peekskill, stated "I'm very happy to be working for an organization whose mission is to preserve the Hudson Valley's open space, and especially one that helps protect my community's reservoir watershed."
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 TOEC Hosts Winterfest Sunday, Jan 12
Get outside and enjoy National Winter Trail Day at the Taconic Outdoor Education Center's Winterfest, Sunday, January 12, from 11:00am-3:00pm. Activities include snowshoeing, ice fishing, tubing and a live animal presentation. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
Entrance fee is $2/adult and $1/child. See the flyer for more information.
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 Beacon Sloop Club Winter Lecture Series Begins Thursday, Jan 16
Mike Rowland of Bikeable Beacon and Alternative Development Options kicks off the Beacon Sloop Club's Winter Lecture Series with a discussion on Beacon's economic future. The free lecture is scheduled for Thursday, January 16 at 7:00pm, at the Beacon Sloop Clubhouse, 2 Flynn Drive in Beacon.
Call 845/463-4660 or visit their website for more information.
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 Nature Museum Offers Intro to Beekeeping, Sunday, Jan 19
Join apiculturist Darren Fogarty and environmental educator Lisa Mechaley to learn the fascinating basics of beekeeping at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum's Outdoor Discovery Center on Muser Drive in Cornwall, NY.
Pre-paid registration is required for this four-hour program designed for adults and children ages 15 and up. Admission is $45 ($35 for museum members). Please bring a bag lunch. For more information and to register, visit the museum's website or call 845/534-5506.
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Try some star gazing this winter.
Winter's cold temperatures make this season the best one for viewing the night sky. No equipment is necessary--just bundle up, get outside and look up. A telescope or binoculars will enhance the view, but both are optional, as is a reclining lawn chair. For ideas on what to look for, watch SkyWeek. |
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The Hudson Highlands Land Trust is a community-based, accredited, non-profit land conservation organization dedicated to the protection of the natural resources, rural character and scenic beauty of the Hudson Highlands.
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