New York State’s weeklong celebration of Earth Day will launch on Monday, April 20 with an announcement of conservation grants to land trusts statewide at an event on Monday with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Land Trust Alliance.  Many representatives from land trusts around the state will be in attendance.

WHO
Remarks will be given by:

• DEC Commissioner Joe Martens
• Seth McKee, Chair, Land Trust Alliance New York Advisory Board & Scenic Hudson

• State and Local Elected Officials, including Assembly member Sandra Galef
• Kevin Carter, executive director, Teatown Lake Reservation
• Ray Sanchez, Superintendent, Ossining School District
• Eli Hersh, a Junior at Ossining High School who is involved in Teatown’s Environmental Science Academy (TESA)
• Lori Ensinger, executive director, Westchester Land Trust
• Rod Christie, executive director, Mianus River Gorge Preserve

 When:  Noon

Where: Teatown Lake Reservation - 1600 Spring Valley Rd #1, Ossining, NY 10562