Protect Our Outdoors
$13,289.31
Raised
17
Donations
$20,000
Goal
Together we can ensure that land in our community is permanently protected for the good of all living beings.
Protecting and caring for local land can keep us fed, support our mental and physical health, maintain water quality, support habitat and stabilize our climate.
In the midst of two global crises, the pandemic, and climate change, we are calling on our community to band together and protect the land that keeps us fed, stabilizes our climate through capturing carbon, cycling water and maintaining diverse ecosystems. Forested land, agricultural land, flood lands, grasslands, and wetlands are the foundation for our survival, and as we have seen during COVID-19, we also depend on recreational trails, parks and public spaces for our quality of life; to get exercise, lift our spirits and commune with nature.
The Kingston Land Trust has set aside $20,000 for this effort this year- can we count on you to match it?
Your contribution protects our beloved outdoors in and around Kingston by supporting the following:
Forever Protection
Purchasing land and receiving land donations
The development and monitoring of conservation easements
Forever Care
Public access improvements: benches, trails, gathering spaces, interpretive signage, exercise stations, etc.
Ecological land management and stewardship, planning and monitoring
Programming: community clean ups, design workshops, hands-on educational activities, plantings, trail establishment and maintenance, etc.
(The above photo is a sneak peek at a piece of land in Kingston that we protected this year!)
Donor Wall315
Anonymous
In honor of Jim Davis who showed us how to love and listen to the lands and waters of our valleys.
Joyce R Nozkowski
Thomas Nozkowski was an artist who worked for many years to preserve land on the Shawangunk Ridge and in Kingston and surrounding areas where rail trail development is. He was Vice President of Friends of Shawangunks for many years. Joyce R Nozkowski
Karen Ranney | $2,000
In memory of Richard and Lorraine Ranney