Our Current Projects
The Greene Land Trust is currently working primarily in the Hudson River Valley portion of Greene County to protect valuable habitat and cultural resources. In the future, we hope to expand our involvement to other portions of the County.
Here is a bit of information about some of our current projects:
Coxsackie Creek Grassland Preserve
The GLT is working to protect more than 300 acres of important grassland habitat in the towns of Coxsackie and New Baltimore. The area provides an important wintering area for state-endangered Short-eared Owl and year round populations of state-threatened Northern Harrier. It was these species that first brought grassland conservation attention to Greene County in 2002, and they remain the focal species for the conservation effort in the Coxsackie Creek Grassland Preserve. (more)
The Willows at Brandow's Point
We are also working to protect the Willows, a farmhouse in the
town of Athens that was built in the late 18th century that is now
listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. We
acquired the house in October 2009 will undertake a sensitive renovation and
then use the house to support environmental education on the
surrounding land owned by the Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC) and at the nearby Cohotate Preserve.
Coxsackie Creek Wetland
This lovely wetland is located upstream from the Grassland Preserve, in the Town and Village of Coxsackie between Kings Road and Route 9W. It provides important habitat in its own right and also helps to protect the water quality downstream in the Coxsackie Creek as it passes through the Grassland Preserve.
Grassland Habitat Stewardship Project
Building
on our work with the Coxsackie Grassland Preserve, we are working to
inform the public and especially grassland landowners, about the
importance of grassland as habitat, and about the wildlife that
depends on the grasslands. The project will also work with land
owners to become voluntary grassland stewards, working with GLT to
take practical steps to manage their grasslands to protect and
improve habitat. We will be adding more content to this site about
Grassland Habitat Stewardship in the near future.
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