435-Acre Purchase Will Add to Orange State Forest Lands

July 31, 2012
James Nani
recordonline.com

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435-Acre Purchase Will Add to Orange State Forest Lands

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 Three conservation groups have teamed up to buy a 435-acre chunk of forestland in Deerpark and Greenville they hope will eventually be part of a 50-mile land corridor to be used by wildlife, migrating birds of prey and nature lovers.

The Open Space Institute, partnered with the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference and the Orange County Land Trust, snagged the Ridgeview property, on the southern Shawangunk Ridge north of Interstate 84, for $1.7 million in mid-July.

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