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From the January 2008 issue
Governor Announces Environmental Protection Fund Grants
Governor Eliot Spitzer announced $25.3 million in Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) grants awarded to local communities and organizations across New York State to assist with waterfront revitalization projects, historic preservation efforts, expanding open space and increasing access to public lands. Pete Grannis, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, said: "For years, the Environmental Protection Fund has provided critical aid for important tasks such as protecting open space, closing landfills and funding recycling programs. Its success is one of the state's best story lines of the last 14 years."
EPF grants have helped protect hundreds of thousands of acres of open space throughout New York
Environmental Protection Fund
The EPF is funded primarily through the real estate transfer tax and provides a dedicated source of funding for a variety of environmental projects and programs administered by the Department of Environmental Conservation, the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Department of Agriculture and Markets. The EPF's parks grant programs provide for 50 percent matching funds in several areas, including parks development, open space acquisition, historic preservation and the state's heritage area system. Funds may be awarded to both indoor and outdoor projects and must reflect priorities established in the New York State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.
