The network of conservation corridors would “act to buffer the well-known effects of suburban sprawl,” while linking into a single accessible system Thacher State Park, the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy’s Bozen Kill Preserve, the Black Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Indian Ladder Farms, Tawasentha Park, and several other public and semi-public lands.
The board at its March 4 meeting unanimously approved the project as well as a variance request from the town zoning code that would require the new structures to be set back 100 feet from the single-family lots on either side of the property.
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