Suffolk open space program nearly out of funds
Photo credit: Randee Daddona | North Fork Preserve, a former hunting lodge in the hamlet of Northville, has plans with Suffolk officials to create a county regional park on a 311 acre site. (Aug. 8, 2011)
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Suffolk's landmark program to acquire environmentally significant properties is nearly out of funds, leaving county legislators scrambling to find new money and maximize what's left.
Planning director Sarah Lansdale told a legislative committee last week that Suffolk's dedicated account for open space and farmland acquisitions -- funded by a portion of a quarter-cent sales tax -- has $3.1...
