Hudson Highlands
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- June
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Some money for preserving parts of the Hudson Highlands could be coming. In case you missed it, we ran this in today’s print edition:
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx, said (Tuesday) that he was able to put $2 million for protecting the Hudson Highlands into an appropriations bill that is expected to pass the House of Representatives this week and then go to the Senate. The federal money would be used to preserve open space in the Highlands, a region that stretches from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and New York and into Connecticut and includes parts of Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties. The Highlands provides clean drinking water for more than 15 million people, recreational opportunities and wildlife habitat. The money could be doubled, Engel said, by obtaining matching funds from the four states. President Bush signed the Highlands Conservation Act in 2004.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
