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Welcome to
Esopus Creek Conservancy
We're located in Saugerties, New York, a Hudson Valley town bordering the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains, one hundred miles north of New York City. With Saugerties as our home base, our purpose is to conserve significant natural landscapes in the Esopus Creek watershed and the Saugerties area.
Established in July 2003 as a nonprofit corporation, we acquired a 156-acre natural environment in 2004, and added five more acres in 2006. The property shares a mile of shoreline with the upper Esopus Creek in Saugerties. Its name - Esopus Bend Nature Preserve.
During the past five years with terrific community support, we have provided public access to the preserve with new and improved hiking trails. Volunteers have worked to restore the meadow area where visitors can now observe a wide variety of wildflowers, birds and butterflies. Environmental education walks are scheduled throughout the year. Partnering with the Catskill Center and the Saugerties school district, we opened up Esopus Bend as an outdoor classroom for local schools. Working with landowners and other environmental groups, we support the protection of additional environmentally sensitive properties.
The Esopus Creek Conservancy welcomes, indeed encourages, your involvement and support.
Design and hosting of this site is provided through courtesy of Tunedin Web Design, Saugerties, NY. Site Map
Funding for this Web site is provided by the Girls Community Club serving Saugerties for eighty years.
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