Wednesday, December 22, 2010

What a Wonderful Christmas Present ...NOT!

Because of New York State's fiscal crisis, the Department of Environmental Conservation, along with other state agencies, is currently reducing its workforce. As a result, DEC will close both the Rogers (Chenango County) and Stony Kill (Dutchess County) Environmental Education Centers. DEC apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause and thanks past supporters of the centers. The centers are expected to be closed as of January 1, 2011."
The staffs of both facilities were notified on November 17th and asked to wait till we received the official wording above before we contacted our colleagues. This arrived Monday.
I am very sorry for the short notice on this. If you want to write letters, you can contact:
Laurel Remus
Division Director
Office of Public Affairs and Education
NYSDEC
625 Broadway 2nd Floor
Albany, NY 12233-4500
Peter Iwanowicz
Acting Commissioner
NYS DEC
625 Broadway 14th Floor
Albany, NY 12233-1010
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3 comments:

  1. Bob McNitt - administrator for NYSOWADecember 23, 2010 at 5:19 PM

    I find it truly ironic that this decision was made, even with the state's deficit in mind. Education centers such as these have become increasingly crucial as our general public progressively becomes less familiar with our natural environment and its workings. These centers also serve a highly valuable service to their areas by hosting various organizational meetings and events, including workshops for teachers and special youth education events. All this, in addition to their value as tourist attractions, will have a major and highly negative impact once closed.

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  2. Bob McNitt - administrator for NYSOWAMarch 16, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    Soaring fuel prices are driving up costs on almost everything we use daily, and not just what we spend to run our vehicles.

    With the recent disaster in Japan, I'm sure considerations for expanded nuclear power here has received a blow. So what's left? Oil, hydro, coal ...and natural gas.

    I find it rather unbelievable that with the great technical minds we have in the US, someone hasn't discovered an economical and practical method to harness nitrogen as a power source for many uses currently depending on oil production. I hear basically nothing from government that this and alternative solution methods are being pursued. Are they all on big oil's payroll?

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