ALBANY--New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner has announced more than $1.7 million in Hudson River Estuary grants for 41 projects in the watershed and two appointments to lead the Hudson-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission activities as the state begins the build up to the 2009 commemoration.
The grants are the first of dozens of projects expected to be announced over the next two years as part of the Legacy Projects portion of the Quadricentennial, which marks 400 years since Henry Hudson led a historical voyage of discovery, sailing up the river now named for him, and Samuel de Champlain's expedition to his namesake lake. Along with the grants, the state issued an updated Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda, with new objectives and strategies to address environmental conditions on the river.
The Hudson River Estuary grants fund projects from the Troy dam to New York harbor, including the watershed lands of the Hudson, its scenic landscape and its upland habitats.
In addition, the Quadricentennial Commission has two new leaders. Robert E. Bullock, of Saratoga Springs, has been named commission director. Bullock, a career executive in the fields of development, marketing, public relations and government advocacy, also serves as president of the NYS Archives Partnership Trust (the support arm of NYS Archives) and as public affairs officer for the New York Air National Guard. Bullock previously served as the director of institutional advancement for the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, Dutchess County.
Tara Sullivan, a resident of Red Hook, Dutchess County, has been named executive director of the commission. Sullivan, who has a long career in community relations and public policy, previously served as Governor Eliot Spitzer's Hudson Valley regional representative and as director of community relations and internal affairs at Bard College.
New York State Department of Environmental Protection
www.dec.ny.gov
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