Connecting people with nature since 1920.

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201-512-9348; email: info@nynjtc.org

Since its founding in 1993, the Orange County Land Trust has helped protect nearly 6,000 acres of land through the negotiation of conservation agreements with private landowners, property donations, and the acquisition of private property. The acreage is comprised of unique meadows, fertile farmlands, stream corridors, wetlands, forests, and recreational acres. Many of the properties are open to the public, while others remain private properties with agreements that preclude future development. Of the properties and preserves open to the public, the land trust organizes frequent hiking and birding activities and has partnered with children and youth organizations in providing educational, conservation-based nature programs.

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50 Ogden Drive, Mountainville, NY 10953
845-534-3690; email: info@OCLT.org

The Wawayanda Watershed Alliance is an organization for historical and ecological research of the Wawayanda Creek.

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Friends of Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization founded in 2006 to support the work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the refuge. Volunteers manage the activities of the Friends group and work in concert with refuge staff to protect the environment and promote public awareness. The Friends’ mission is to support the refuge through Environmental stewardship, Educational and recreational opportunities for the public, Habitat management and enhancement, and Land acquisition.

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1547 County Route 565 Sussex, NJ 07461
email: chamber@pineislandny.com; (845) 258-1469

The Friends of Sterling Forest is a non-profit organization established to preserve, protect, and foster an appreciation of the natural resources and historical treasures that make up Sterling Forest State Park. The Friends of Sterling Forest helps with the stabilization, restoration, and maintenance of historic buildings and sites within the park such as Southfields Furnace, Sterling Furnace, and Sterling Forge, where the Great Chain across the Hudson River was made. In addition, the Friends of Sterling Forest host lectures, hikes, and special events each month, promoting the park. The public is cordially invited to attend these events free of charge.

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116 Old Forge Road, Tuxedo Park, NY 10987
email: friendsofsterling@friendsofsterlingforest.org

The Greenwood Lake Commission is a bi-state commission that was formed in 2001 for the express purpose of improving the water quality of this beautiful lake. Their mission is to serve as a bi-state cooperative effort to help ensure that the natural, scenic, economic, and recreational resources of Greenwood Lake and its watershed are protected so that the pristine beauty of the area will be preserved and maintained for the enjoyment and recreation of present and future generations. Greenwood Lake supplies over three million residents and thousands of businesses with their water supplies.

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1792 Union Valley Rd., West Milford, NJ 07480

The Glenmere Conservation Coalition is a non-profit educational organization, incorporated in 2007, to protect the Glenmere Watershed from several destructive development projects. Nine years of research, advocacy, and public outreach by the all-volunteer GCC saved the watershed from certain ecological destruction. The GCC is dedicated to promoting and preserving the cultural and natural history of the Glenmere Reservoir Lands. The Glenmere lands, approximately 2 square miles of hardwood swamp, shale ridgelines, wide marsh, mossy bogs, vernal pools and open-water reservoir, comprise one of the Hudson Valley’s most biodiverse parcels.

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P.O. Box 114, Sugar Loaf, NY 10981
email: glenmere.lake@yahoo.com