Rensselaer Land Trust is active in protecting and preserving land in Rensselaer County through our public preserves, conservation easements held on private property, outdoor programs, and watershed education projects.
- Landowner Information
- County Conservation Plan
- Watershed Map
- Water Quality Protection Program
- Rensselaer Land Trust is proud to be a protector of our drinking water by partnering with the NYS-DEC Water Quality Improvement Program and land owners in the 66 square mile Tomhannock Watershed. To help protect the drinking water and support community health, the Rensselaer Land Trust intends to purchase land or purchase the development rights to create protective buffers from willing land owners.
- By creating buffers, we mitigate pathogens, nutrients and silt/sediment that are the primary current pollutants that threaten the Tomhannock Reservoir and our health.
- Projects