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Wallkill Valley Land Trust receives grant for Joppenbergh habitat restoration

by Frances Marion Platt
May 9, 2018
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Wallkill Valley Land Trust receives grant for Joppenbergh habitat restoration

Invasive species workdays will be held on Monday, May 7 from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Saturday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to noon. (Photo by Christie DeBoer)

Invasive species workdays will be held on Monday, May 7 from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Saturday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to noon. (Photo by Christie DeBoer)

The Wallkill Valley Land Trust (WVLT) was among 51 groups from across the state recommended for funding in the 15th round of grants from the New York State Conservation Partnership Program. This year the state’s Environmental Protection Fund, funded by developer fees, allocated a total of $2.8 million for the grant programs, administered jointly by the Land Trust Alliance and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).

WVLT was one of 18 organizations to receive a Stewardship & Resource Management Grant. The $18,500 award will be used to initiate Phase I of the Joppenbergh Mountain Habitat Restoration and Improvement Project, enabling WVLT to engage and train volunteers to manage invasive plant species on the preserve. The grant will also allow WVLT to purchase equipment and materials needed to carry out this restoration work.

“Two of the target long-term benefits of this work will be the creation of a sustainable core of dedicated and knowledgeable volunteers for land conservation and increased biodiversity on the preserve,” said Julia Palmer, director of land stewardship for WVLT. “By keeping invasive plants under control, we make space for more of our native species to thrive.”

“Joppenbergh is truly an ecological and historical treasure, and its central location just behind Rosendale’s Main Street makes it easily accessible by the public,” said Rosendale councilwoman Jen Metzger. “We appreciate the continuing work of the Wallkill Valley Land Trust to manage and preserve this resource for the benefit of our community and local economy, and for generations to come.”

Volunteers are now being sought to participate in WVLT’s next two Invasive Species Workdays: on Monday, May 7 from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Saturday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to noon. The group will meet at Willow Kiln Park, behind the Rosendale Theatre. To register, e-mail Julia Palmer at julia@wallkillvalleylt.org. For more information, visit www.wallkillvalleylt.org.

 

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Frances Marion Platt

Frances Marion Platt has been a feature writer (and copyeditor) for Ulster Publishing since 1994, under both her own name and the nom de plume Zhemyna Jurate. Her reporting beats include Gardiner and Rosendale, the arts and a bit of local history. In 2011 she took up Syd M’s mantle as film reviewer for Alm@nac Weekly, and she hopes to return to doing more of that as HV1 recovers from the shock of COVID-19. A Queens native, Platt moved to New Paltz in 1971 to earn a BA in English and minor in Linguistics at SUNY. Her first writing/editing gig was with the Ulster County Artist magazine. In the 1980s she was assistant editor of The Independent Film and Video Monthly for five years, attended Heartwood Owner/Builder School, designed and built a timberframe house in Gardiner. Her son Evan Pallor was born in 1995. Alternating with her journalism career, she spent many years doing development work – mainly grantwriting – for a variety of not-for-profit organizations, including six years at Scenic Hudson. She currently lives in Kingston.

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