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Well, spring has finally sprung (my daffodils are actually blooming!) and we have some exciting volunteer opportunities to announce. On May 9th we will be having a trail clean up and maintenance work party from 9:30 to noon at Field Farmstead.  Field Farmstead is located off of Field’s Lane about ¼ of a mile south […]

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 County […]

Brewster, NY — The Putnam County Land Trust is pleased to announce this year’s honorees, to be celebrated at their upcoming 46th Anniversary Benefit Dinner & Auction on April 18th.  Robert Gentile of Camp Herrlich will be receiving the 2015 Blue Heron Award.  The Free to Speak Self Advocacy Group of PARC will be receiving […]

Presentation by the Putnam County Land Trust, Friend of the Great Swamp and the Patterson Historical Society.  Explore Ice Pond Conservation Area, owned by the Putnam County Land Trust. Learn about the pond’s unique geological features, the wealth of plant & animal life that it supports, its historic importance, recreational opportunities, and the conservation efforts […]

PCLT’s vision of preserving a large portion of the Ice Pond Basin originated 20 years ago with then-PCLT President Michael Ciaiola. What began with the donation of the Shawe Preserve in 1976 and the Twin Hill Preserve in 1995 gradually evolved into a plan to acquire the Ice Pond itself and its surrounding edges. In […]

Go get your calendar and reserve April 18th for PCLT’s 46th Anniversary Dinner & Auction.  Make your reservations now! Click the following link to download the  2015 Dinner Reservation Form.

Do you like to work outdoors? Do you like to hike?  Putnam County Land Trust is having a trail work party at the Glenda Farrell-Henry Ross Preserve this coming Saturday, November 15th from 9:30 to noon.  We will be replacing trail markers where needed, cleaning underbrush from the trail and removing lots of deadfall from the trail.  No experience […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]