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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
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Saratoga PLAN helps protect the exceptional quality of life in our region by
conserving open spaces and special places for present and future generations.
Saratoga P.L.A.N. helps communities make long-term decisions to sustain the Saratoga Region as a great place to live, work, visit, and farm.
As a land trust, we protect land in the Saratoga region through purchases and donations of land and conservation easements, to protect important natural resources and open spaces. We have protected over 3,387 acres of farmland, forest, natural habitat, trail corridors, historic places, and water resources in the Saratoga region and have over 1,000 acres of projects now in the works.
As a community partner, we help landowners,
developers, community and government agencies find innovative
ways to guide development, reduce sprawl, preserve and enhance
outdoor recreational areas and protect the natural qualities
of the region.
| UPCOMING EVENTS |
Spruce Mountain Snowshoe Trip
Saturday, February 18th
wIth Adirondack Mountain Club
Glens Falls - Saratoga Chapter
10:00 AM at the Spruce Mountain trailhead,
or 9:30 AM at the
Saratoga Springs Train Station parking lot (off West Avenue)
Rating: C
Leaders: Jacki Bave and Andy Fyfe
Bring snowshoes, a lunch, and please dress appropriately for winter. For driving directions to the train station or the trailhead, or to RSVP please email jackibave@gmail.com. For snowshoe rentals, we suggest contacting
EMS in WIlton at (518) 580-1505
or Adirondack Mountain Club Headquarters
at Northway
Exit 21 - (518) 668-4447.
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Join us for a snowshoe up Spruce Mountain,
one of the Fire Tower Challenge peaks.
This 2003 ft. mountain, located in Corinth,
has a 1.1 mile trail to the summit,
with about 1000 ft of elevation gain.
Note - Snowshoes may or may not be needed at the time of the hike, depending on snow cover.. Please contact Jackie or Andy if you are uncertain.
Saratoga P.L.A.N., ADK Mountain Club,
and other interested parties have been working
to secure official public access to the summit
and its fire tower. Andy Fyfe of Saratoga PLAN
has obtained permission from the patchwork of private landowners for this trip. The tower
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Saratoga PLAN launches 3 Bags Full Campaign to conserve the Foster Sheep Farm
The 145-acre Foster Sheep Farm with fertile hay fields and pastures is located on the western bank of the Hudson River in the Town of Northumberland in Saratoga County, New York. The funds raised will be used to coordinate the process of applying a perpetual conservation easement on the property, ensuring that it will remain farmland and forest forever.
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With your help, this 84-acre property, which has been in the same family for 90 years, will be protected by a permanent conservation easement, ensuring that it will always remain available for continued agricultural pursuits.
We still need to raise $4,500.
Please make a donation today.
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Thank you to Shane and Jamie WIlliams-Ness,
Kelly and Campbell Kane, The Wishing Well,
and MaryLeigh and the Fauves for a
spectacular evening of food, friends, and
music to help protect this land.
Special thanks to the following people
who have helped to conserve this farm
by adopting a "virtual acre"
of this beautiful property.
Don Ampansari
Sheri and Jeff Bigelow
Theresa Capozzola
Robert and Sara Chindamo
Tom Healy
Robert and Mary Alice Lee
Bob and Maria Miller
Frank Mitola
Jim and Laurie Murphy
Christianne Smith
Lori Squadere and Todd Laroche
Mike Stanton
Sarah Whittle
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Coldbrook Preserve
The Coldbrook Preserve is a 64-acre property in the Town of Northumberland which will be opening in the Spring of 2012 for public recreation. The trails on this preserve will eventually connect to county trails and trails owned by The Nature Conservancy and The Wilton Wildlife Preserve. The Coldbrook Preserve will offer critical buffer to wetland habitat for the Blanding's turtle, a New York State-threatened species, and the spotted turtle, as well as opportunities for scientists to study the species.
Contact Andy Fyfe, Stewardship Director if you are interested in volunteering to assist with trail work and site stewardship.
This preserve will be opening Summer 2012..
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Hennig Preserve
We are pleased to announce the opening of our newest preserve, the 606-acre Hennig Preserve, located in the Town of Providence. We've installed 1.5 miles of trail and need volunteers to help expand the trail system. Contact Andy Fyfe, Stewardship Director.
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SAVE THE DATE FOR FEAST OF THE FIELDS
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Thanks to our wonderful sponsors for helping make
Feast of the Fields 2011 a success.
Over $45,000 was raised for farmland, natural areas,
trail corridors and historic places in Saratoga County.
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Nature Preserve Passport
Get outside and enjoy our trails and preserves!
The Preserve Passport
is made possible by funding from
Anthony and Nicholas Mitola, and
a grant from the Nordlys Foundation,
with additional support from Price Chopper's Golub Foundation.
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Visit 5 preserves and complete
the activity to win a free
P.L.A.N. T-shirt.
Astrea Ravenstar’s 2nd grade class at Waldorf School.completed 5 preserve letterboxing activitiesand came in for a visit to the PLAN offices to pick up their t-shirts.
The class really enjoyed hiking the trails and finding the “treasure” boxes!
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"In the end,
we will conserve only what we love.
We will love only what we understand.
We will understand only
what we have been taught."
Baba Dioum -- Senegalese Conservationis
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