Governor George Pataki announced Thursday the awarding of more than $1.3 million in Hudson River Estuary grants for 45 community projects. The projects will enhance public use and enjoyment of the Hudson River, clean up pollution, promote environmental stewardship and education, and help to preserve the natural resources of the Hudson River Estuary and its tributaries and watersheds.
The Town of Rochester received one of these grants in the amount of of $18,500 for the development of a Natural Resource Inventory and Open Space Index to protect natural resources in the Rondout Creek, its tributary system and the watershed aquifer system.
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