2025 Ecological Restoration Grant Recipients
FOREST HEALTH FOCUS AREA
Black Rock Forest
Project title: Restoring Beech Stands
Award Amount: $37,098
Project Location: Cornwall, Orange County
Cultivate Catskill
Project title: Greene County Lot Restoration Project
Award Amount: $11,120
Project Location: Catskill, Greene County
Dutchess Land Conservancy
Project title: Site Restoration at the Bontecou Preserve to Control Tree-of-Heaven and Spotted Lanternfly
Award Amount: $22,500
Project Location: Town of Stanford, Dutchess County
Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program
Project title: Leatherwood (Dirca palustris) Protection from Deer Browsing at Hawthorne Valley
Award Amount: $8,295
Project Location: Hillsdale, Columbia County
Kingston Land Trust
Project title: Ecological Restoration of Red Fox Ravine
Award Amount: $46,000
Project Location: Kingston, Ulster County
Middle Way School
Project title: Middle Way School Forest Restoration Project
Award Amount: $7,265
Project Location: Saugerties, Ulster County
Town of Rhinebeck Cemetery
Project title: Natural Burial Ground Restoration
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Location: Rhinebeck, Dutchess County
AT-RISK POLLINATOR HABITAT FOCUS AREA
Boscobel House and Gardens
Project title: Boscobel’s Native Meadow Project
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Location: Garrison, Putnam County
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Master Gardener Volunteers
Project title: CCE Ulster County Master Gardener Volunteers Demonstration Meadow at SUNY Ulster
Award Amount: $3,325
Project Location: Stone Ridge, Ulster County
Columbia Land Conservancy, Inc.
Project title: Greenport Pollinator Patch
Award Amount: $13,000
Project Location: Greenport, Columbia County
Ecological Citizens Project
Project title: Crystal Lake Pollinator Gardens
Award Amount: $38,400
Project Location: Newburgh, Orange County
Greater Newburgh Parks Conservancy
Project title: Newburgh Blooms for Pollinators & People
Award Amount: $10,499.50
Project Location: Newburgh, Orange County
Kingston YMCA Farm Project
Project title: Kingston's Urban Ecological Oasis
Award Amount: $11,199
Project Location: Kingston, Ulster County
Kite’s Nest
Project title: Hudson Waterfront Native Plant Buffer Pollinator Project
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Location: Hudson, Columbia County
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Project title: Restore Orchard Pollinators at MAVA
Award Amount: $19,647
Project Location: Kinderhook, Columbia County
Red Hook Public Library
Project title: Red Hook Public Library Field Station
Award Amount: $2,500
Project Location: Red Hook, Dutchess County
Southeastern New York Library Resources Council
Project title: Turning the Page for Pollinators
Award Amount: $15,905
Project Location: Highland, Ulster County
The Ashokan Center Inc.
Project title: Power of Pollinators: Restoring Biodiversity and Supporting Education through Native Pollinator Gardens at The Ashokan Center
Award Amount: $12,500
Project Location: Olivebridge, Ulster County
The Town of Esopus, Connelly Community Garden
Project title: Connelly Community Native Plant Pollinator Garden
Award Amount: $14,625
Project Location: Esopus, Ulster County
Town of Hyde Park
Project title: Hyde Park Town Hall Pollinator Gardens
Award Amount: $3,675
Project Location: Hyde Park, Dutchess County
Town of Hyde Park
Project title: Native Plants of Hyde Park Garden
Award Amount: $5,496
Project Location: Hyde Park, Dutchess County
Vassar College
Project title: Sowing Seeds of Engagement: Meadow Restoration Demonstration Area
Award Amount: $34,977
Project Location: Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County
White Feather Farm, Inc.
Project title: White Feather Farm Pollinator Habitat Program
Award Amount: $32,814
Project Location: Saugerties, Ulster County