The Hudson River Valley Greenway is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 2016 Greenway Conservancy Trail Grant Program. A total of $250,000 is available for grants in this year's program, which offers funding for trail planning, design, constructio n, rehabilitation, education, and interpretation.  

Applications and program guidelines are available at the Greenway website.

Photo left to right: Dr. Christopher Breiseth, Wint Aldrich, Sarah Olson, and Acting Greenway Conservancy Chairman Kevin Burke

Thank you, Sarah Olson!

Sarah Olson, Superintendent of the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt-VanBuren National Historic Sites has retired this past month after 17 years of dedicated service to the Historic Sites and 42 years with the National Park Service. Under Sarah's leadership, the National Park grew by 42%, in the process acquiring several significant properties, including the Red House and the forest parcel that allowed the development of the Roosevelt Farm Lane trail. The trail once again unified the Roosevelt property and has become the most popular trail in the park. Sarah's vision extended beyond the National Park. She brought to life the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area's Teaching in the Hudson Valley education program, helping more than 13,000 K-12 students and their teachers visit cultural, historic and natural places in the National Heritage Area. Sarah also developed Bus on Us grants, helping to cover costs for more than 3,000 student visitors on educational trips to Hyde Park's historic sites. The Greenway and National Heritage Area deeply appreciated Sarah's leadership and partnership and extend our warmest congratulations on her retirement. 

Celebrate 100 years with National Park Service!

Help commemorate a century of beautiful parks with the National Park Service Landscape Conservation in the Hudson River Valley with this  day-long conference. Follow the narrative thread connecting conservation efforts from the Hudson River School painters through to strategies to protect the Hudson River Valley landscape for the next 100 years. The conferences will include a history of conservation efforts, inspiring examples, and a stakeholder process that will capture shared values related to regional conservation and conclude with a report of preliminary findings which will discuss a current conservation study being conducted by the Regional Plan Association and the Benjamin Center at SUNY New Paltz. 

Heritage Meeting with Congressman Tonko

From Congressman Paul Tonko: "I would like to invite you to join me and group of your colleagues on Wednesday, August 24 at 10:00 a.m., at Peebles Island State Park located at 1 Delaware Avenue, Waterford. We will gather in the Visitor's Center, with registration beginning at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss matters of importance to the heritage and museum community. I serve as the co-chair of the bi-partisan National Heritage Areas Caucus, and I am looking to gain a better understanding of the issues affecting your organization in order to better advocate for your needs in Washington. I believe this will be a helpful and productive dialogue for myself, you and your colleagues.The meeting will be informal and should take no more than an hour. Following the meeting, the New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation will be offering a tour of their conservation labs. Please contact my office at 518-465-0700 or email diana.bennett@mail.house.gov to confirm your attendance. Please bring a current business card with you to leave for a master contact list that will be created and distributed to the group at a later date. Thank you!"