PUTNAM COUNTY LAND TRUST AND NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ANNOUNCE COMPLETION OF THE DIVERTING RESERVOIR TRAIL New trail was built through partnership between Putnam County land stewards, citizens, volunteers and New York City DEP Recreation trail will open with community hike on Aug. 22, 2014 The Putnam County Land Trust (PCLT) and […]
Aug
13th
2014
Volunteers from the ranks of Concerned Residents of Southeast (CRSE), Putnam County Land Trust (PCLT) and some local Boy Scouts got together on Saturday, July 26th and Sunday, July 27th to work on the soon-to-be-opened Diverting Reservoir Trail. The volunteers spent Saturday hauling out trash and tires, they weed-whacked and cleaned along the sides and center of the trail, […]
Aug
7th
2014
In a unique public-private partnership, Putnam County Land Trust (PCLT), Westchester Land Trust (WLT) and Friends of the Great Swamp (FrOGS) recently protected a 115-acre parcel of land in the Ice Pond Conservation Area of the Great Swamp — a region of statewide ecological significance — in the Town of Patterson, New York. The protection […]
Aug
7th
2014
Scouts work on PCLT Preserves over the years. Sorry, this isn’t a newsflash of a bald eagle sighting on PCLT land. This is about Eagles of another feather. Over the past number of years most of Putnam County Land Trust’s preserves have been improved by the efforts of Boy Scouts earning their Eagle Scout Rank. […]
Aug
1st
2014