The TranzAlpine The Tranz Alpine Express takes us out of the city and across the Canterbury Plains through sheep and grain growing areas to Springfield where we head off to follow the Waimakariri Valley and the Craigieburn
State Forest Park to the open country around Cass.
We follow the Waimakariri river down to Cass and then travel through the Craigeburn
State Forest park to rejoin the river and then on to Springfield The sheep and grain growing country of the Canterbury Plains is soon crossed to our destination, Christchurch.
We follow the Waimakariri river down to Cass and then travel through the Craigeburn
State Forest park to rejoin the river and then on to Springfield The sheep and grain growing country of the Canterbury Plains is soon crossed to our destination, arriving Christchurchin the early evening.
During August the Toyota National Country Music Muster is held at beautiful Amamoor Creek
State Forest Park about 15 minutes drive from your cabin, or at other times take advantage of the bushwalking tracks, lagoons and waterfalls which abound throughout the forest.
Not exact matches
Hendersonville is in close proximity to a few designated green areas, including the Gorges
State Park and the Dupont
State Forest.
City planning should make ample provision for
parks and trees, and federal and
state parks and
forests should be steadfastly maintained against all encroachments by commercial and utilitarian interests.
In the United
States we have long preserved scenic areas as national
parks and tried to control exploitation of resources in national
forests.
My friend Erin had a small potluck this weekend at a
state park in the redwood
forest.
This includes the Atlanta corporate headquarters, the Washington DC distribution center out of Manassas VA., the New Jersey distribution center in Saddle Brook, NJ., and the space at the
State Farmer's Market in
Forest Park, GA. for Diaz Produce.
Massachusetts is celebrated for its spectacular natural open space, and luckily, nearly all
state parks and
forests are free or very affordable.
But with the help of government leaders ranging from Illinois Senate President James «Pate» Philip (R - Wood Dale) to the DuPage County
Forest Preserve District to the village's
Park District, Redmond's vision of a
state - of - the - art recreational facility slowly evolved into a $ 5 million reality.
OLYMPIA FIELDS — After coveting the property for more than two decades, the Olympia Fields
Park District has added 25 acres of
forest and wetland to its
parks inventory, thanks to the efforts of a non-profit conservation group and a $ 157,500
state grant.
The district has received $ 1 million from the Lake County
Forest Preserve District and $ 2 million from the
state toward the parcel's estimated cost of $ 4 million, said Lindsay Dudeck, the
Park District's communications supervisor.
The ruins of the region's steel industry became a 260 - acre
park when the Canal Corridor Association joined the Will County Forest Preserve District, Lockport Township Park District and Illinois Department of Conservation to buy portions of United States Steel Corp. prope
park when the Canal Corridor Association joined the Will County
Forest Preserve District, Lockport Township
Park District and Illinois Department of Conservation to buy portions of United States Steel Corp. prope
Park District and Illinois Department of Conservation to buy portions of United
States Steel Corp. property.
Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, which oversees all
state land conservation, said, «Since taking office, Governor (Deval) Patrick has made a historic $ 230 million investment in land conservation focused on three goals: investing in urban
parks, preserving working farms and
forests, and protecting large natural landscapes for habitat.
It lies within a mosaic of protected conservation lands that includes Ipswich River and several large
state forest and
park areas.
The Legislature passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would create a 250 - acre land bank for the Adirondack and Catskill
parks, decreasing the time it takes to get smaller projects on
state Forest Preserve land approved.
With the
state set to lose two congressional seats due to redistricting following the 2010 census, most political observers believe the 9th Congressional District — which covers
Forest Hills, Rego
Park, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Howard Beach, part of the Rockaways and Brooklyn — will be eliminated, which makes the seat less attractive to ambitious politicians.
Englebright said doing so would create a «shore - to - shore» patchwork of federal,
state and county
parks, tying the Long Island Sound coastline with mid-island pine barrens
forests and the Great South Bay shoreline.
The Adirondack
Park Forest Preserve is protected by the
state constitution's «forever wild» clause, a unique and wonderful measure.
Something like, say, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal to reinvent the way
state forest land gets taxed in the Catskill and Adirondack
Parks.
Bandshell at
Forest Park in Woodhaven • $ 300,000 to improve lighting along the shorefront facing Queens in Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island • $ 1.5 million to renovate the baseball fields at Glen Oaks Playground in Glen Oaks • $ 1 million to renovate Hallets Cove Playground in Astoria • $ 975,000 to improve the asphalt field at Hoffman Park in Elmhurst • $ 1.3 million to construct a meditation garden and upgrade Rachel Carson Playground in Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing • $ 322,000 to construct a skate park at Laurelton Playground in Laurelton • $ 850,000 to upgrade Lannett Playground in Far Rockaway • $ 600,000 to renovate Maple Playground in Flushing • $ 1.5 million to install new play equipment and to upgrade the sprinklers and surface at Mauro Playground in Kew Gardens Hills • $ 350,000 for landscape improvements along the Merrick Boulevard Mall in Springfield Gardens • $ 700,000 to enhance the lawn area, install new walkways, decorate pavers, install new benches and plantings, create a new entry and repair the retaining wall at Newtown Playground in Elmhurst • $ 2 million to upgrade to existing benches and equipment in Norelli Hargreaves Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park in Woodhaven • $ 300,000 to improve lighting along the shorefront facing Queens in Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms
Park on Roosevelt Island • $ 1.5 million to renovate the baseball fields at Glen Oaks Playground in Glen Oaks • $ 1 million to renovate Hallets Cove Playground in Astoria • $ 975,000 to improve the asphalt field at Hoffman Park in Elmhurst • $ 1.3 million to construct a meditation garden and upgrade Rachel Carson Playground in Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing • $ 322,000 to construct a skate park at Laurelton Playground in Laurelton • $ 850,000 to upgrade Lannett Playground in Far Rockaway • $ 600,000 to renovate Maple Playground in Flushing • $ 1.5 million to install new play equipment and to upgrade the sprinklers and surface at Mauro Playground in Kew Gardens Hills • $ 350,000 for landscape improvements along the Merrick Boulevard Mall in Springfield Gardens • $ 700,000 to enhance the lawn area, install new walkways, decorate pavers, install new benches and plantings, create a new entry and repair the retaining wall at Newtown Playground in Elmhurst • $ 2 million to upgrade to existing benches and equipment in Norelli Hargreaves Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park on Roosevelt Island • $ 1.5 million to renovate the baseball fields at Glen Oaks Playground in Glen Oaks • $ 1 million to renovate Hallets Cove Playground in Astoria • $ 975,000 to improve the asphalt field at Hoffman
Park in Elmhurst • $ 1.3 million to construct a meditation garden and upgrade Rachel Carson Playground in Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing • $ 322,000 to construct a skate park at Laurelton Playground in Laurelton • $ 850,000 to upgrade Lannett Playground in Far Rockaway • $ 600,000 to renovate Maple Playground in Flushing • $ 1.5 million to install new play equipment and to upgrade the sprinklers and surface at Mauro Playground in Kew Gardens Hills • $ 350,000 for landscape improvements along the Merrick Boulevard Mall in Springfield Gardens • $ 700,000 to enhance the lawn area, install new walkways, decorate pavers, install new benches and plantings, create a new entry and repair the retaining wall at Newtown Playground in Elmhurst • $ 2 million to upgrade to existing benches and equipment in Norelli Hargreaves Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park in Elmhurst • $ 1.3 million to construct a meditation garden and upgrade Rachel Carson Playground in Kissena Corridor
Park in Flushing • $ 322,000 to construct a skate park at Laurelton Playground in Laurelton • $ 850,000 to upgrade Lannett Playground in Far Rockaway • $ 600,000 to renovate Maple Playground in Flushing • $ 1.5 million to install new play equipment and to upgrade the sprinklers and surface at Mauro Playground in Kew Gardens Hills • $ 350,000 for landscape improvements along the Merrick Boulevard Mall in Springfield Gardens • $ 700,000 to enhance the lawn area, install new walkways, decorate pavers, install new benches and plantings, create a new entry and repair the retaining wall at Newtown Playground in Elmhurst • $ 2 million to upgrade to existing benches and equipment in Norelli Hargreaves Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park in Flushing • $ 322,000 to construct a skate
park at Laurelton Playground in Laurelton • $ 850,000 to upgrade Lannett Playground in Far Rockaway • $ 600,000 to renovate Maple Playground in Flushing • $ 1.5 million to install new play equipment and to upgrade the sprinklers and surface at Mauro Playground in Kew Gardens Hills • $ 350,000 for landscape improvements along the Merrick Boulevard Mall in Springfield Gardens • $ 700,000 to enhance the lawn area, install new walkways, decorate pavers, install new benches and plantings, create a new entry and repair the retaining wall at Newtown Playground in Elmhurst • $ 2 million to upgrade to existing benches and equipment in Norelli Hargreaves Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
park at Laurelton Playground in Laurelton • $ 850,000 to upgrade Lannett Playground in Far Rockaway • $ 600,000 to renovate Maple Playground in Flushing • $ 1.5 million to install new play equipment and to upgrade the sprinklers and surface at Mauro Playground in Kew Gardens Hills • $ 350,000 for landscape improvements along the Merrick Boulevard Mall in Springfield Gardens • $ 700,000 to enhance the lawn area, install new walkways, decorate pavers, install new benches and plantings, create a new entry and repair the retaining wall at Newtown Playground in Elmhurst • $ 2 million to upgrade to existing benches and equipment in Norelli Hargreaves
Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York
State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona
Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona
Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona
Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey
Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins
Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture
Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute
Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Prog
Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Program.
Manhattan - based
Park Strategies, which is also one of the larger
state lobbyists, filed in Nassau to represent 20 clients, including
Forest City Ratner (which also registered its own employees as lobbyists); Gannett Fleming Engineers, which has won more than $ 6 million in county contracts since 2011, mostly to design and oversee wastewater treatment plant improvements; and Allvision, a company that was poised to erect large electronic billboards across Nassau before the project stalled earlier this year.
Prior to 2015, the last major
forest fire in Ulster County was in 2008 in Minnewaska
State Park.
Previously, Borough President Katz served in the New York
State Assembly from 1994 - 1999 representing
Forest Hills, Rego
Park, Middle Village and Glendale, as well as in the New York City Council from 2002 - 2009 representing
Forest Hills, Rego
Park, Kew Gardens and parts of Maspeth, South Elmhurst and Richmond Hill.
As a
state legislator, it has been my privilege and priority to consistently stand behind and defend all of New York State's law enforcement agencies and officers, including the men and women who serve New York as EnCon Police and Park Police, Forest Rangers and University Po
state legislator, it has been my privilege and priority to consistently stand behind and defend all of New York
State's law enforcement agencies and officers, including the men and women who serve New York as EnCon Police and Park Police, Forest Rangers and University Po
State's law enforcement agencies and officers, including the men and women who serve New York as EnCon Police and
Park Police,
Forest Rangers and University Police.
The union representing
state university and
park police as well as
forest rangers and EnCon officers has joined the protest against film director Quentin Tarantino's remarks last month in which he characterized officers involved in a police shooting as murderers.
Peter Barry, a
State University at Albany police officer, was elected president of the Police Benevolent Association of New York
State Law Enforcement, which represents
State University Police, the Environmental Conservation Police, New York
State Park Police, and New York
State Forest Rangers.
They raise fears that protections for labor rights,
state pensions, the Adirondack
Park's «Forever Wild»
Forest Preserve and our obligations to educate our children and care for the needy could be curtailed, or even overturned.
The city's points of interest include the Edward M. Cotter fireboat, considered the world's oldest active fireboat [165] and is a United
States National Historic Landmark, Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, [166] Buffalo Museum of Science, [167] the Buffalo Zoo — the third oldest in the United
States --[168]
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military
Park, the Anchor Bar and Darwin D. Martin House.
Other measures extend disability pensions for job - related injuries to
state forest rangers, college cops and
state park police (at a cost of $ 3 million) and to Nassau County sheriffs and correction officers (cost: $ 1.35 million).
Lands purchased by the Virginia - based Conservation Fund includes
forests next to Cherry Plain
State Park and the Capital District Wildlife Management Area, which cover about 4,300 acres in the southern Rensselaer County town of Stephentown.
Discussions on the proposed PILOT for taxes on
state forest lands within the Adirondack
Park have missed mentioning one very important detail.
Local governments and environmental groups have united to blast an executive
state budget proposal to use payment - in - lieu - of - taxes agreements instead of market value to calculate taxes on the vast
Forest Preserve holdings in the Adirondack
Park and the Catskills.
The
state is currently required to pay full property taxes on
Forest Preserve, annual payments that account for about $ 75 million annually in the Adirondack
Park alone.
But because they impact the
park's
forest preserve, which is protected by the
state constitution, they require a vote of the people to move forward.
The
State Department of Environmental Conservation will manage the property just outside the Catskill
Park as «wild
forest.»
The proposals listed on the back of the ballot could lead to sweeping changes in
state laws through a New York constitutional convention, take away the pensions of public officials convicted of felonies, and make it easier to do road and utility work in the Adirondack
Park Forest Preserve.
After completing training at SUNY's Morrisville campus, they'll split up into teams to tackle conservation projects at
parks, wilderness areas and
forests across the
state.
Our members police and protect New York
State's public universities and colleges; state parks and historic sites; and they enforce state laws and protect our lands and forests and ensure environmental safety and quality throughout the s
State's public universities and colleges;
state parks and historic sites; and they enforce state laws and protect our lands and forests and ensure environmental safety and quality throughout the s
state parks and historic sites; and they enforce
state laws and protect our lands and forests and ensure environmental safety and quality throughout the s
state laws and protect our lands and
forests and ensure environmental safety and quality throughout the
statestate.
Melinda also represented
Forest Hills, Rego
Park, Middle Village and Glendale in the
State Assembly from 1994 to 1999.
The PBA of New York
State is the exclusive bargaining agent for the New York
State University (SUNY) Police, the New York
State Environmental Conservation Police, the New York
State Park Police, and the New York
State Forest Rangers.
HARTFORD — Fears that looming
state budget cuts and thousands of layoffs might cripple Connecticut's
state parks and
forest system are pushing some lawmakers and environmentalists to seek new ways of funding and new
park protections.
Fracking would be banned in and around the city's watershed as well as within 500 feet of
state aquifers and on
state land, including
parks,
forests and wildlife areas — a significant reversal from its 2009 position.
The newest addition to the Adirondack
Park State Forest, Boreas has not been formally classified by the Department of Environmental Conservation in collaboration with the Adirondack
Park Agency.
«This is a major moment in the history of the Adirondack
Park and the forever wild
Forest Preserve, yet
state leaders are AWOL,» said Peter Bauer, executive director of Protect the Adirondacks, in a statement.
When you hear the word «nature,» you're likely to think of your last camping trip to a
state park, or of grandiose landscapes with
forests, lakes, and snow - capped mountains.
View the first North American total solar eclipse in nearly three decades as you venture north from Seattle on a route linking historic port towns,
state, and national
parks set beside the Pacific, and rugged mountain slopes descending through pristine
forest to the sea.
Venturing north from Seattle on a route linking historic port towns, you pass through a string of spectacular
state and national
parks set beside the Pacific, where rugged mountain slopes descend through pristine
forest to the sea.
The researchers counted plant types and amount of cover in 180 one - meter - square plots in four prairie types in the Western United
States and also in 200 plots in
forests and meadows in Rocky Mountain National
Park, Colorado.