General News
Ticks, Lyme Disease, and YOU PDF Print
Monday, February 22, 2010 4:19 pm
This article was originally published by the Rensselaer County Department of Health.  We provide this article on ticks and lyme disease here.
 
RLT Protects two more properties PDF Print
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:33 am

Two more properties in southern Rensselaer County are protected.  Alice LeBlanc of Manhattan, has placed a conservation easement on her 76 acre parcel off Calvin Cole Rd in Stephentown. This property borders Randall Brook and is surrounded undeveloped land, some of which she hopes to purchase and add to the easement. It has wetland, forest, and open areas, and a historic cemetery. The second property is a 154 acre parcel of Mashodack Rd in Nassau owned by the Simonsons. It consists of rolling fields and pastures, some forested areas, and has a spring fed pond.

 
RLT Purchases Hoosic River Property PDF Print
Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:28 pm

The RLT has purchased lands along the Hoosic River that is ¾ mile long near Eagle Bridge on the Rensselaer County side consisting of approximately 39 acres of agricultural lands. The Department of Environmental Conservation plans to install a boat and fishing access at one end of the property to be opened in early 2010.

 
Name Change PDF Print
Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:26 pm
We've changed our name! The Rensselaer-Taconic Land Conservancy is now the Rensselaer Land Trust (RLT).