N E WS LE T TER ~ FAL L /W INT ER 2016
Winnakee Land Trust Awarded Greenway Grant
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced the 2016 Greenway Conservancy
Trail Grant Program awards for projects that improve public access to natural and
cultural resources, provide greater connectivity between communities, and enhance
the visitor experience at trails and open spaces throughout the Hudson River Valley.
Winnakee Land Trust is pleased to announce our grant in the amount of $14,800
awarded by Greenway for the Rhinebeck Trails Project. This will lay the groundwork
for greatly increased connectivity in the Town of Rhinebeck between existing parks,
schools, and village center as well as the establishment of bike/pedestrian infrastructure
within Northern Dutchess County with Rhinebeck as a hub where several trails would
converge. It will be matched with a $10,000 grant from the Thomas Thompson Trust
and additional funds from the Land Trust Alliance Conservation Partnership
Program. This project will enhance the experience for residents and visitors to the
area by connecting them to a regional network as well as improve safety for school
children walking or biking to school or to the local parks.
Marist Students Lend a Hand
Hyde Park Trails Committee
teamed up with Marist College
students for the annual Seth Lyon
Trails Workday on Saturday,
September 17th at Hyde Park's River
Ridge community where Winnakee
holds a trail easement. This annual
workday is held in memory of Seth
“At this juncture, Winnakee would like to work toward a regional trail vision that
Lyons a dedicated trail advocate, who
articulates how communities are connected,” said Sally Mazzarella, President
lost his life while backpacking during
of the Winnakee Land Trust Board of Directors. “It is a vision that would see the
a winter storm in 2010.
Village of Rhinebeck connected to the neighboring hamlet of Rhinecliff – and, as
such, Rhinecliff ’s
Hudson
River
waterfront
and
Amtrak
train
station.
The
study
will
look
at
potentially
Thirty-nine Marist College students
participated in this year’s event
working on trail clearing, installing
trail blazes, painting road stencils, and
staining trail signs made during the
2016 Hyde Park Trails Annual Sign
Making Workshop.
connectioning
Winnakee Land Trust would like
trail networks with
to thank the Hyde Park Trails
the Town of Red
Committee—a dedicated group of
Hook,
representative organizations and local
including
Bard College and
volunteers working to improve and
Tivoli to the north,
expand the trail network in Hyde
and
Park—and the Marist College students
Staatsburg
and Hyde Park to
that made the 2016 Seth Lyon Trail
the South.”
Work Day such an amazing success!