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Achieving a balance

between economic development, recreation and conservation requires collaborative partnerships between the private, public and non-profit sectors. 

Thank you to our 2013 Business Sponsors

(through April)

Barnraiser
Saratoga Harness Racing


Harvester
Adirondack Sign Company

Advanced Manufacturing Techniques

Peter R. Brooks, CIMA, CFM


Cultivator

The D. A. Collins Companies
Greenfield Manufacturing
Racing City Realty
Saratoga National Bank & Trust Company
Stewarts Shops

These businesses have demonstrated a commitment to sustain our region’s character, important natural resources, working farms, trail corridors, waterways and landscapes, thereby helping to maintain the high quality of life

which draws people to our communities.

Thank you!

 

2012 Annual Report

 

       

 

There's a MAP for that!

Saratoga County trails are now mapped and available online in a variety of

formats for your walking, hiking, rolling, riding,

biking, and running leasure! 

Special thanks to the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, the Saratoga County Planning Department, and Christopher Ferraro, former Saratoga PLAN intern extraordinaire,

for gathering the data

for the trail maps

click for link

Like Treasure Hunts? 

Try Letterboxing!

(click for link)

 

Please call 518-587-5554 to find our more about the Legacy Circle and planned giving

 If you have made arrangements to remember Saratoga PLAN in your estate plans, we invite you to join the Legacy Circle so that we may acknowledge your thoughtfulness and generosity.

Show your support of land conservation

in Saratoga County!

Suggested donation $15.00

Contact 587-5554 or email trisha@saratogaplan.org

 

Yellow T-shirts in children's sIzes

also available!

Saratoga P.L.A.N. receives operating support from the New York State Council on the Arts, with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saratoga PLAN is a nonprofit land trust that helps communities

make long-term decisions for conserving our region

as a great place to live, work, visit, and farm. 

PLAN assists landowners with fulfilling their conservation goals

for their land and provides stewardship for over 3,500 acres of farmland, forest,

natural habitat, trail corridors, historic places, and water resources in Saratoga County

 

Saratoga PLAN is looking for a Stewardship Coordinator to join our staff.

Click here for a full job description and application instructions. Deadline is May 15, 2013.

No phone calls please.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

PLAN staff at the Earth Day opening of the Coldbrook Preserve

in the Town of Northumberland.

(L - R: Emily Oswald, Community Relations Coordinator; Trish Foster, Operations DIrector; Maria Trabka, Executive DIrector;

Andy Fyfe, Stewardship DIrector)

Please join us in welcoming

EMILY OSWALD as our new

Community Relations Coordinator.

 

Emily comes to PLAN from

The Fund for Lake George, Inc. 

She was raised in Saratoga County,

owns a small 75-acre hobby farm in

Hartford, NY, and has a strong appreciation

for the agricultural community in the region.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in

Environmental Studies: Human Sciences,

Policy and the Environment, and a

Master's degree in Resource Management

and Conservation.

 

 

KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR DETAILS ON THESE OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS:

June 1: Saratoga Siege Trail tour, Path Through History/National Trails Day at Sword Surrender Site, VIctory


June 16: Sundae on the Farm at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds


June: Water Chestnut control project on Lake Lonely


July: Paddle on Kayaderosseras Creek


August: Party/hike on Bog Meadow Trail for 20th trail anniversary.


September 19: Saratoga PLAN’s Feast of the Fields


Late Fall: From the Land to the Hand art exhibit & artisan boutique

 

 

QUICK LINKS:

NEW  Transfer of Development Rights study

 

Using Conservation Easements to Protect Agricultural Land

Tools for Community Planning and Conservation

NEW Trail Resources in Saratoga County

Champlain Canalway Trail Action Plan

Battles of Saratoga Viewshed Preservation Plan

Historic Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson Partnership Stewardship Plan

Saratoga County Green Infrastructure Plan

    

2012 Conservation Heroes, honored at Saratoga PLAN's Feast of the Fields