Soliciting Local Government Support

Dear Alliance and Supporters— In our newly-adopted bylaws, Village, Town and County governments may join the Alliance by making a minimum $1,000 donation and appointing an official representative. As we speak, every Town and County government is drafting their budget for next year. Yesterday I sent emails to all the Town Supervisors from central Orange to central Ulster counties, as …

Join the Policy Working Group

The Policy Working Group is recruiting! Our first order of business obviously is discussing the merits of Impaired Waterway Status (303d) when the list opens again next year. Here’s a DEC link on the subject: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/31290.html Another obvious role might be to compile/write “best practices” laws for our local government allies to take up. Some examples might include: Wetlands Protection …