Show your support for the Catskills by joining Catskill Mountainkeeper and the Catskill Park Coalition for the annual Catskill Park Awareness Day in Albany on Tuesday, February 10th, at 9:30 am.
This year we're aiming to double the number of participants, to amplify the message to our elected representatives that the Catskills must be protected and promoted for the benefit of all New Yorkers. To learn more about what makes the Catskills so unique and important, please watch our short documentary Catskill Park. And to join us in Albany, please RSVP HERE.
This year the Coalition is asking for:
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A Catskills line item of $4 million dollars from an increase in the Environmental Protection Fund
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A fully funded Assistant Forest Ranger Program in NYS DEC Regions 3 & 4 as well as a 2015 Academy for Forest Rangers
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Action on priority land protection projects from the NYS DEC Commissioner
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Funding to launch a process to develop a Catskill Park Recreation Plan
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Additional funding of $100,000 for Catskill Association of Tourism Services to implement its marketing program in 2015
