[Announce] Albany Pine Bush Preserve Meeting Tonight

[Lynne Jackson]

Dear All,

Sorry about the late notice.  Tonight, the Albany Pine Bush Preserve  
Commission is having a meeting about the Management Plan.

They are going to discuss whether or not the Management Plan should  
be revised.

Below I have pasted the Press Release, and I have attached it to this  
email.

The Commission is funded in part by tipping fees from the landfill.

Lynne Jackson



NEWS RELEASE



FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE        CONTACT: Chris Hawver

July 19, 2007                                      Executive Director

                                                             (518)  
456-0655 ext. 1218

                                                                         
                                          chawver at tnc.org


Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission

to hold public meeting on its Management Plan



A meeting has been scheduled to provide for public input in the  
process of reviewing and/or amending the 2002 Management Plan and  
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Albany Pine Bush  
Preserve for:



Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 7:00pm

at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Discovery Center

at 195 New Karner Road in Albany.



Interested members of the public are invited to participate in this  
process.  We look forward to your attendance at this meeting.



In 1988, Article 46 of the New York State Environmental Conservation  
Law (ECL) created the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission.  This law  
established the Commission’s mission as the protection and  
management of the unique and endangered natural communities and  
species of the Albany Pine Bush, for ecological benefits and  
controlled and appropriate recreational and educational use.  ECL  
Article 46 also required the preparation of a management plan, which  
was adopted in 1993.  In 1996 the Commission adopted the “Protection  
and Project Review Implementation Guidelines” which were a  
supplement and amendment to the 1993 plan.  In 2002 the Commission  
adopted the Management Plan and FEIS as a comprehensive update to  
earlier plans.  ECL Article 46 requires that the Commission review  
the management plan every five years with public input, and that the  
Commission shall propose amendments to the management plan as they  
are deemed to be necessary and appropriate.



BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Located within the Capital District Region, the Albany Pine Bush  
represents one of the best remaining world-wide examples of an inland  
pine barrens ecosystem.  This gently rolling sand plain is home to a  
more than 40 types of wildlife considered to be Species of Greatest  
Conservation Need in New York State, including the endangered Karner  
blue butterfly.  Intense efforts by the Albany Pine Bush Preserve  
Commission have protected over 3,010 acres of this beautiful  
ecosystem.  Additional acres, in cooperation with willing landowners  
will be added until the Preserve is complete.



The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission consists of the NYS  
Department of Environmental Conservation, NYS Office of Parks  
Recreation and Historic Preservation, City of Albany, Towns of  
Colonie, and Guilderland, The Nature Conservancy, Albany County and  
four private citizen representatives.  The Albany Pine Bush Preserve  
Commission was created by the NYS Legislature in 1988 to protect and  
manage the unique and endangered natural communities and species of  
the Albany Pine Bush for ecological, recreational and educational  
benefits.



Please call 518-456-0655 or visit www.albanypinebush.org for more  
information.




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