$12 awarded to farmland protection plan.Governor George E. Pataki today announced that 16 municipalities will receive $12 million from the Environmental Protection Fund's Farmland Protection Fund to protect the additional 6,000 acres of active farmland he announced in his 2004 State of the State Address The State of the State Address (alternatively Condition of the State Address) is a speech customarily given once each year by the governors of most states of the United States. . The additional 6,000 acres brings the total acres of open space protected during the Governor's tenure to more than 500,000. This year's round of Farmland Protection funding includes $3 million for the protection of farmland on Long Island, nearly $1.5 million for the Capital Region, more than $2.4 million for the Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley refers to the canyon of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in New York State, generally from northern Westchester County northward to the cities of Albany and Troy. , $2.2 for the North Court try, $2.2 million for Central New York Central New York is a term used to broadly describe the central region of New York State, roughly including the following counties and cities: Cayuga County – Auburn Cortland County – Cortland Madison County – Oneida and $800,000 for Western New York
Western New York refers to the westernmost region of New York State. . This round of funding also provides $100,000 for further farmland protection planning efforts. "By acquiring the development rights on six thousand acres of working farmland, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of has now preserved for future generations over 500,000 acres of open space." Governor Pataki said. "We are well on our way to achieving the goal I set in 2001, of preserving an additional one million acres of open space in ten years. I am particularly pleased that it is through the protection of viable, working farmland that we achieved today's landmark." The Farmland Protection Program provides financial assistance to counties and towns to support local farmland protection activities. Once the State awards the requested funds, the municipality MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests. purchases the development rights on the farmland, which permits farm owners to utilize the equity in the land without selling the farm. As of today's announcement, 28,000 acres of the 500,000 preserved are agricultural lands. The Farmland Protection Program is open to all counties in the State that have approved agricultural and farmland protection plans and other municipalities that have a local farmland protection plan in place. |
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