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Local Conservation Groups Benefit from State Conservation Initiative Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced in April that $1.4 million in Conservation Partnership Program grant money would go to 50 non-profit land trusts across the State.  Both the Oblong Land Conservancy (OLC), based in Pawling/Dover, and the Putnam County Land Trust (PCLT), based in Patterson, are beneficiaries […]

  …AT THE ROBERT & JOSEPHINE KOESTNER PRESERVE The Putnam County Land Trust (PCLT) is looking for volunteers for a work party on Sunday, June 1, 2014.  From 9 am to 12 noon, volunteers will be gathering to do trail work at the Robert and Josephine Koestner Preserve.  The Koestner Preserve is a 1.68 acre […]

Five former Putnam County Land Trust boardmembers  were recently awarded Emeritus status as they “retired” from the PCLT Board. These were talented and giving volunteers whose service as trustees contributed to the organization’s success over the past several years, and they will be missed.  While some had been off the board for a number of […]

On April 24th Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced $1.4 million in Conservation Partnership Program grants for 50 nonprofit land trusts across the State with the purpose of boosting tourism and public access.  PCLT was one of fifty organizations to receive a portion of the competitive grant funding.  The $9,000 grant will enable the all-volunteer Putnam […]

PCLT lost two great friends in April.  Denis Castelli and Karen Correll both passed away, and will be sorely missed. Denis was a PCLT trustee for many years, and was the driving force behind the fundraising for, gutting of, and renovation of the PCLT’s headquarters, the Dorrie O’Brien House.  A constant figure in the community, Denis […]

From our friends over at FrOGS: This coming Saturday, April 26th, 2014 at 9am, join Dr. Jim Utter of FrOGS at the Oblong Land Conservancy’s Slocum-Mostichetti Preserve on Pleasant Ridge Road, Dover, NY for some bird watching.  Learn to identify resident and migrating birds as well as about their springtime activities! Enjoy this wonderful preserve […]

                                 In a unique public-private partnership, Putnam County Land Trust (PCLT), Westchester Land Trust (WLT) and Friends of the Great Swamp (FrOGS) announced today that together the organizations have permanently protected a critical landholding in the Ice Pond Conservation Area […]

Brewster, NY — Blue Bells are the blue flowers that carpet the forest floor in spring – taking advantage of the fact that the trees are still leafless and sunlight still reaches the forest floor.  Their color reminds us how glorious Spring can be, especially after the Winter we just experienced! To celebrate, the Putnam […]

The past few weeks and months have been a whirlwind of activity at PCLT.  Four new properties were added to PCLT’s preserve roster, totaling 222 acres.  This brings PCLT’s total acreage protected to over 1000 acres.  Each property goes through a rigorous evaluation by PCLT’s Acquisitions Committee of its preservation value before it is accepted. […]

The Putnam County Land Trust invites anyone interested in land preservation in Putnam County to join them at their 45th Anniversary Annual Benefit Dinner and Auction on April 5th. With a number of recent acquisitions in the past few months, PCLT now protects over 1000 acres in Putnam.  PCLT President Judy Terlizzi said, “We are […]