In the category of "Natural Resources Inventories," Hudson's Conservation Advisory Council was awarded $20,000 to produce a natural resources inventory and conservation plan that will be used "to revise the existing zoning ordinance to help conserve green space, reduce stormwater, promote green (nature-based) infrastructure strategies, protect open space and historic resources, and to develop vacant lots and brownfield areas."
In the category of "River Education," $91,780 was awarded to build and equip the Everett Nack Estuary Education Center on Hudson's waterfront.
An additional $1.25 million in Hudson River Estuary grant funding is now available to organizations and municipalities for local stewardship planning and river access and education. The deadline for submitting requests for applications (RFAs) is June 30. Click here for more information.
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When St. Lawrence Cement (SLC) commented on the first draft of the LWRP in May 2007, the company really disliked one idea discussed during a workshop.
ReplyDelete"The suggestion that the SLC storage building could be used as a children's museum or estuary education center is myopic" (SLC comments on draft LWRP, p. 3).
Was it using the storage shed or having an estuary education center which was so myopic?
Who cares. It's exactly nine years later, and St. Lawrence, Holcim, and O&G are all gone.
A good idea, on the other hand, has staying power.
Congratulations.
Word has it that the Nack family is thrilled at this tribute to their illustrious patriarch.
ReplyDeleteBy reattaching the name of Everett Nack to the Hudson River in the collective memory, this project has already achieved a conservation milestone before it's even begun.
Kudos Captain Nick for immortalizing the name of Hudson's King Fisher.
ReplyDeleteOn S Front grant money is used to remind us who Everett was.
ReplyDeleteOn N Front grant money is used to bulldoze what Everett was.