Board President Nick Conrad on Capital Green Scene with Brian Nearing

On Saturday, January 21, on 88.3 FM WVCR, Board President Nick Conrad spoke with Times Union environmental reporter Brian Nearing about RLT's 25-year history, work with landowners, cooperation with other preservation groups, and recent acquisitions and awards. Visit the Green Blog to learn more and hear a recording.  

RENSSELAER LAND TRUST RECEIVES $5,000 RBC BLUE WATER PROJECT™ GRANT

Rensselaer Land Trust has received a $5,000 grant from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in support its RBC Blue Water Project™.

Chosen as a grant recipient for its shared commitment to protect watersheds, Rensselaer Land Trust will use the $5,000 grant to increase watershed awareness by developing an online interactive map of Rensselaer County’s watersheds, water districts and water sources.

The RBC Blue Water Project™ is a wide-ranging, multi-year program to help foster a culture of water stewardship. Since lack of access to clean water is considered to be one of the major threats to human health and economic development around the world, RBC is working to create a "blue water future" of sustainable water resources worldwide. The first phase of the RBC Blue Water Project™ is a grant program of $50 million over ten years.

“We will make information on water sources easily available to anyone with internet access, increasing awareness about the importance of water resources and how to keep water clean,” Nick Conrad, President of Rensselaer Land Trust, said. “We could not accomplish our mission without the support of companies like RBC who share in our beliefs about the value of protecting nature’s most precious resource.”

(Photos copyright Trix Niernberger)

John B. Staalesen Vanderheyden Preserve Established

On Friday, December 23, the Staalesen family donated 23.6 acres in Troy's Vanderheyden neighborhood in honor and memory of the late John B. Staalesen. The Wynantskill Creek flows through the property and it is one of the few natural areas remaining in the City of Troy. We are thrilled to own this new preserve and will be preparing it for the public in 2012! Read more about the John B. Staalesen Vanderheyden Preserve that your support has helped make possible.