It's Good for You
Submitted by Tom Andersen on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 12:39pmPosted in:
Is open space good for your mental health and outlook?
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Livability
Submitted by Tom Andersen on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 9:59amPosted in:
The Regional Plan Association released a report yesterday with recommendations for ways to make six communities in Westchester County and Connecticut more livable.
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Terrapins on the Runway
Submitted by Tom Andersen on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 11:24amPosted in:
We're big turtle fans here at Westchester Land Trust -- we have spotted, box, wood, musk, painted and snapping on land we've protected, and we spent weeks a few years ago trying to find bog turtles in a fen we thought a likely spot.
Cone & Boies on the Hill
Submitted by Tom Andersen on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 11:42amPosted in:
We were amused to read the other day that the list of witnesses
scheduled to testify at the Senate's hearings on Sonia Sotomayor's
nomination to the Supreme Court included one of our favorite former
pitchers (David Cone, Mets 1987-1991 and Yankees (1996-2001) and one of
our favorite Westchester Land Trust Board members, Mary Boies.
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Dim the Lights
Submitted by Tom Andersen on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 1:47pmPosted in:
We visited a neighbor the other day who we are hoping will
become a supporter of Westchester Land Trust. He showed us around his property
and, as we were walking among some trees, told us of his plans to put up
spotlights - up-lights, I think he called them - to illuminate his maples and
oaks at night.
I thought: But wouldn't it be nicer if it were dark some of
the time? Do we need to brighten everything? It's hard enough to see the stars
as it is.
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Easement Tax Benefits
Submitted by Tom Andersen on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 1:49pmPosted in:
Congress has restored the enhanced tax benefits that are available to
donors of conservation easements, although getting to the bottom of the
situation in Washington can be confusing.
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Better Easement Benefits
Submitted by Tom Andersen on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 10:37amPosted in:
The signs in Congress are good for the Farm Bill, which
includes an important provision about conservation easements. The bill working its way through Congress would reinstate
the expanded federal tax incentives for conservation easements, which expired
at the end of 2007.
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