Partners Restoring the Hudson is a public/private partnership made up more than twenty academic and not-for-profit organizations and federal, state, and local government agencies working together to create a Hudson River Comprehensive Restoration Plan. Speaking of the restoration plan, Andy Bicking of Scenic Hudson, one of the groups involved, told Gossips, "There are a lot of great things we could realize for habitat, plants and animals, and public access to the river" by the work being done. Even more, said Bicking, "the restoration plan would benefit people throughout the region by putting some strategies in play that could help communities be more resilient in the face of flooding, sea level rise, climate change, and severe storms."
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| Hudson Waterfront after Hurricane Irene/Photo by Sarah Sterling |
On Tuesday, January 13, there will be an informational meeting about the Hudson River Comprehensive Restoration Plan (the Plan) at Columbia-Greene Community College. It is promised that those attending will learn how their communities can:
- Participate in a regional planning process that will improve habitat conditions and community resilience along the Hudson River Estuary and in its shoreline communities;
- Gain technical support and access to cutting-edge tools that evaluate community vulnerabilities related to sea level rise, storm surge, flooding;
- Have your local/regional projects be identified and prioritized in the Plan; and
- Be eligible for local/regional funding through an array of federal and state agencies once the Plan is in place.
The informational meeting takes place from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Click here to register to attend. If you are unable to be at the meeting, you can learn about the Hudson River Comprehensive Restoration Plan on the website The Hudson We Share.
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Mr. Moore, hasn't the city outlawed public private partnerships by (at gunpoint) removing the tin boat volunteers?
ReplyDeleteBetter have a boatload of money for legal fees and campaign contributions because in Hudson you spend Moore time getting there and less time being there.
ReplyDeleteActually, the meeting was all about channelling money to municipalities, and ultimately big federal money.
ReplyDeleteThere were no Hudson politician's at the session I attended (there were two sessions).
Was there anyone from Hudson at the earlier session who occupies an official capacity at any level?
Shocking really, and quite telling.
I asked whether a Conservation Advisory Council, a CAC, would be in a position to coordinate grant-getting and the answer was yes, except first we'd have to one.
The picture above shows; there's one rule law for the favorite at shore and another for the country man, with rod and reel.
ReplyDeleteThe Power Boat building is just as far below the HWL as Furgary.
Whether the city can pull it off or not, some people want nothing more than to remove the HPBA from its location in this photograph.
DeleteThe plan to do it is enshrined in the LWRP, a plan which was never authorized and must never be authorized in its present state.
The HPBA is mistaken not to see the removal of Furgary as practice for the removal of their own boat club, but if they remain on their property for the time being, it's not a matter of privilege.
Another day, another city government, some faction will become powerful enough to act on the LWRP's enshrined plan by using eminent domain.
When that happens, you can return to your regularly scheduled programming about how ALL boaters should appreciate the coming changes.