Latest conservation news for the Catskill Park in New York. http://www.catskill-3500-club.org/conservation.htm http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:02:03 -0700 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:02:03 -0700 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com In his 2008-09 Executive Budget, Governor Spitzer proposes putting $125 million of unspent Environmental Protection Funds (EPF) into the General Fund for non-environmental purposes. $75 million more would come from this fund over the next three years. http://www.catskill-3500-club.org/resources/news/spitzer-cuts-conservation-funds.htm E905AE19-56DF-46FA-B5A9-7C0984CDB9A5 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:59:37 -0700 After several years of working on the draft revision of the Catskill Park State Land Master Plan, the Department of Environmental Conservation is moving forward with a revised plan. On March 7th, the Department presents an overview of the plan, focusing on changes made to the initial 2003 draft. http://www.catskill-3500-club.org/resources/news/catskill-ump.htm DC404C7B-4C4A-410D-9410-004C3895FCF2 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 07:59:38 -0700 This was a letter sent to DEC from ADK, the Catskill 3500 Club, and the NY-NJTC about the mountain biking issue. The last paragraph deals with the fact that DEC should not be making Unit Management Plans (UMP) for an area before the Catskill Park State Land Master Plan has been adopted, and that we advocate reclassifying Windham High Peak Wild Forest as Wilderness, as proposed in 2003, and then adopting a new UMP. http://www.catskill-3500-club.org/resources/news/windham-high-peak-ump-scoping-comments.htm 249CDDD2-B87F-4BBE-ABC9-F75D0D056D09 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:59:39 -0700