Balancing Sound Development & Effective Conservation

Here are links to some of the organizations we work with, other land trusts in the area, and information about protecting land:

• Hudsoia working with GLT ad other conservation organizations to provide map resources and identify conservation priorities.
• Hudson Estuary Watershed Resiliency Project buildig long term resillience to extreme weather and climate change. 
• Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia ad Greene Counties a partner in helping GLT engage the community.
• Greene County Industrial Development Agency A vital partner in accomplishing our goal of balancing sound development and effective preservation.
• Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District A partner in several of our current projects and a valuable source of information about conservation in Greene county.
• Scenic Hudson Land Trust Our partner in the Willows project and a major player in land protection in the Hudson Valley and beyond.
• Columbia Land Conservancy A very successful and sophisticated land conservancy in our neighboring county across the river.
  New Baltimore Conservancy An active conservancy within Greene County.   
• Watershed Agricultural Council supports the economic viability of agriculture and forestry through the protection of water quality and the promotion of land conservation in the New York City watershed region.
• Land Trust Alliance offers information for landowners who want to protect their land.
• Historic Hudson River Valley Towns
• Hudson River Valley Institute
• Greene County Historical Society
• Mountain Top Historical Society

Here are links to more information about grassland bird conservation. 

• Audubon New York's Grassland Bird Conservation Program. http://ny.audubon.org/BirdSci_Grassland.html
• Mass Audubon’s Grassland Bird Conservation Program. 
  http://www.massaudubon.org/Birds_and_Birding/grassland/
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Grassland Landowner Incentive Program. http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/32722.html
• A Plan for Conserving Grassland Birds in New York: Final Report to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Morgan, M and Burger, M. 2008., under contract #C005137.  Audubon NY, Ithaca, NY.
  http://ny.audubon.org/PDFs/ConservationPlan-GrasslandBirds-NY.pdf
• Audubon Magazine article: "Buying Time" about grassland bird conservation and landowner incentive programs in Vermont and across the U.S.  http://www.audubonmagazine.org/features0911/birds.html
• Wisconsin’s Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds – a Guide for Wisconsin. Sample, David W., and Micheal J. Mossman. 1997. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI, PUBL-SS-925-97. 154 pp. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Reseach Center Online (version 03JUN2002). http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/wiscbird/index.htm   
• South Central New York Agricultural Team’s, “Grassland Birds in Fields and on Farms” Bulletins
  http://scnyat.cce.cornell.edu/grassland/
• This site about water conservation recommended by Girl Scouts: https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/home-water-conservation/