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Land Resources / News / New York
NY gives $1.4 million to land preservation groups
Source: The Wall Street Journal, by Associated Press
The state Department of Environmental Conservation will give $1.4 million in grants to 57 nonprofit land trusts across the state for projects ranging from protection of grassland bird habitat to creation of inner city vegetable gardens, the agency and the Land Trust Alliance announced on Monday. March 14, 2011 The Conservation Partnership Program grants come from the state's Environmental Protection Fund and will be matched by more than $1.82 million in private and local funding. The program, initiated in 2002, has helped local groups permanently conserve about 15,000 acres of farmland, wildlife habitat, recreation areas, and urban open space from Long Island to Buffalo.
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