HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY PROGRAM GRANT AWARDS 2016
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Agenda item: Discussion on adopting legislation to establish an Indian Brook-Croton Gorge Inter-Municipal Watershed Protection Overlay District.
Document, 2 pages. Attached to agenda item: “Discussion on adopting legislation to establish an Indian Brook-Croton Gorge Inter-Municipal Watershed Protection Overlay District.”
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3.15.24 Croton Referral
DRAFT Cortlandt Indian Brook Croton Gorge Watershed...
DRAFT Map of Indian-Brook Croton Gorge WPOD
Indian Brook Croton Gorge project summary
Map of Croton Parcels in the IB-CG WPOD
Memo on Indian Brook Overlay
Parcel Map
SEAF
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2015-2020 Grants
Awarded
New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation
Hudson River Estuary Program
ORGANIZATION
COUNTY
AWARD
DESCRIPTION
Hudson Highlands Land Trust,
Inc.
Putnam
$50,000
Hudson Highlands Land Trust will partner with the towns of Philipstown and Putnam Valley to create an
implementation plan for building green corridors between existing conserved lands that includes
conservation and financing strategies. The plan will prioritize land parcels based on scientific data about
at‐risk wildlife species and habitats, natural resource maps and land use.
Town of Poughkeepsie
Dutchess
$40,000
The Town of Poughkeepsie will create a natural resources inventory (NRI) and open space plan (OSP)
covering about 31 square miles in the Town. The NRI and OSP will enable the Town to identify priorities
for natural resource protection, select tools and techniques to conserve natural resources, and establish
conservation goals and strategies
Town of Cortlandt
Westchester
$50,000
This project will develop a multi‐jurisdictional land use overlay zone to protect the Indian Brook/Croton
Gorge watershed, which encompasses approximately 3,400 acres in five municipalities including Town
of Cortlandt, Town and Village of Ossining, Village of Croton‐on‐Hudson, and Town of New Castle. The
overlay zone is intended to bring the disparate environmental laws that currently exist in the five
communities into conformity with each other, to help ensure that projects proposed in each individual
community are subject to the same land use regulations to ensure the protection of the watershed.
Pace University
Columbia &
Dutchess
$37,588
This training will develop land use leadership capacity within the watershed areas to help community
stakeholders assess and amend their land use plans and zoning codes to protect natural resources and
open and increase community resiliency.
Columbia Land Conservancy,
Inc.
Columbia
$49,999
This plan will identify municipal and private actions that will help maintain unfragmented forests and
streamside habitats in the headwaters of the Taghkanic, which provides drinking water for the city of
Hudson. This rural forested area, valued for its scenery, recreational opportunities, and wildlife habitat,
is part of a regional forest linkage that is critical for climate change resiliency.
Riverkeeper Inc
Rockland
$50,000
Riverkeeper will assess water quality in the Sparkill Creek Watershed in coordination with DEC and the
local community using DEC’s Professional External Evaluation of Rivers and Streams protocols. This
project will gather Environmental Laboratory Approval Program lab‐certified data, conduct a thorough
assessment, and if impairments are documented, will recommend updates to the state Priority
Waterbodies List or 303(d) list of impaired waters.
Town of New Paltz
Ulster
$35,000
The NRI project will update and expand on the Town’s Open Space Plan to provide an online set of maps
and information that identify the current natural resources throughout the town and village. The
completed NRI will be a reference document for use by town agencies, landowners, and others seeking
information about New Paltz’s resources and landscapes, and will provide guidance for land‐use
planning, land development, and conservation.
The Nature Conservancy
Dutchess &
Ulster
$50,000
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Hudson River Watershed Alliance (HRWA) will engage four
communities of the “Hudson 7”, Town of Hyde Park, the City of Poughkeepsie, and the towns of Esopus
and Lloyd, to implement climate‐adaptation resiliency planning. The workshops will help these
communities recognize, analyze, and map areas of vulnerability and identify activities to reduce risk.
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Rensselaer
$49,967
This plan will serve as a guide for future culvert replacements to reconnect high‐quality aquatic habitat
and improve community flood resiliency and road infrastructure condition within the town. The
management plan will include an inventory and prioritized list of road‐stream crossings and designs for
two‐three priority replacement structures. document.
Natural Areas Conservancy,
Inc.
New York
$49,919
The natural resources conservation plan will include a detailed description of potential restoration and
management projects appropriate for volunteers, paid staff, and contractors. Local stewards, the
Riverside Park Conservancy, and NYC Parks staff will be trained in monitoring in order to track future
improvements to the site.
HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY PROGRAM GRANT AWARDS 2019 (ROUND 28) TOTAL: $462,473
LOCAL STEWARDSHIP PLANNING
AWARDS ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 18, 2019
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