Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $1.8 million in grants to support 28 not-for-profit organizations involved with stewardship of state parks, trails, historic sites and public lands, the highest amount awarded in the Park and Trail Partnership Grants program history.
Recipients of grants include Long Island's Planting Fields Foundation, Caumsett Foundation, Friends of Jones Beach, and Atlantic Marine Conservation Society.
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