December 18, 2025
This week, the Greene Land Trust completed a year-long process to acquire and permanently protect a unique 221-acre property in the Town of Athens. GLT plans to convert the property into a publicly accessible park to be known as the Potic Creek Preserve, with miles of trails that will be open year-round for hiking, snowshoeing and enjoying the beautiful natural landscape.
The property includes the lower reaches of Potic Creek, one of the most significant tributary streams of the Catskill Creek watershed that in turn flows into the Hudson. Nearly all of the land is forested with diverse habitats including mature floodplain forest, mature oak-hickory forest, and hemlock forest with healthy trees. Trails along the creek will lead up a hill looking out to the northern Catskill Mountain Escarpment.
This exciting purchase is the first of its kind for GLT and we are grateful to the PCLB Foundation, which provided $1,025,000 toward the purchase, and to Scenic Hudson and neighboring landowners who provided additional support.
We will keep you all informed of our progress on this property and look forward to announcing the opening of the new trails next spring!
