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| Land Preservation - safeguards irreplaceable lands, vital ecosystems and working farms while also reclaiming urban waterfronts in the Hudson Valley and creating or enhancing parks and preserves for public enjoyment |
| Environmental Quality - works for clean air and water in the Hudson Valley, including an effective cleanup of PCBs from the Hudson River and fighting inappropriate industrial facilities such as a massive, coal-fired cement plant proposed for Columbia County |
| Riverfront Communities - partners with concerned citizens, local officials, government groups and developers to encourage sustainable development, counteract sprawl and create public access to the Hudson River |
| Communications & Public Outreach - uses a variety of communications and public relations initiatives to raise awareness about environmental issues critical to the Hudson Valley |
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| Employees |
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| 43 employees |
| Ned Sullivan, president |
| Joe Kazlauskas, chief finance and operations officer |
| Warren P. Reiss, Esq., general counsel |
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Steve Rosenberg, senior vice president |
| Bob Elliott, senior advisor to Riverfront Communities program |
| Andy Bicking, director of Education & Volunteers |
| Jay Burgess, director of Communcations |
| Erin Riley-West, director of Development |
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| Board of Directors |
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| Frederic C. Rich, chair of the Board of Directors and chair of The Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Scenic Hudson's separately incorporated land trust |
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| Budget |
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$5.4 million operating budget for fiscal year 2006 |
| Support comes from thousands of individuals, more than 60 foundations and corporate and government grants |
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| History |
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| Scenic Hudson has been a crusader for the Hudson Valley since 1963, beginning with our historic fight to save Storm King Mountain from a Con Edison proposal to build the world's largest pumped-storage hydroelectric plant |
| The organization's efforts to save Storm King Mountain - the northern gateway to the fabled Hudson Highlands - drew the support of 20,000 people from 48 states, 14 countries and three continents |
| Emerging victorious after a 17-year legal battle, Scenic Hudson is credited with launching the grass-roots environmental movement |
| The Scenic Hudson Decision, as it is documented in law books, marked the first time grass-roots organizations were granted legal standing on an environmental issue. As well, it charted environmental law as a new legal specialty and served as the basis for Congress to enact the first national Environmental Policy Act, the cornerstone of U.S. environmental law. |
