2018 Members:

1. David Miller
2. William Connor, Jr.
3. Gerald Burr
4. Frank Berlin
5. Raymond Seymour
6. Isabel Prescott
7. Anthony Wilkinson
8. Roy Casper
9. Alicia Jacobs
10. Kristin Murphy
11. James McCain
12. Michael Hartnett, Esq.
13. James Flaherty
14. Paul Jesep
15. Leonard Casper
                                                                               

The next OPEN SPACE, TRAILS & RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE MEETING will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 6:15 p.m. at the Town of Clifton Park's Public Safety Building. Members of the public are invited to attend.

Please check out our related website, www.cliftonparkopenspaces.org

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES:

STEWARDSHIP HIKE at the Vischer Ferry Nature & Historic Preserve -- MEET UP IS AT THE END OF FERRY DRIVE.  The walk will be on Friday, Dec. 7, at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Meet up just before 1 p.m. at the Ferry Drive entrance near the overlook to the Mohawk River. Ferry Drive is located west of the Vischer Ferry Fire Department off of Riverview Road. Please be prepared for rugged, uneven terrain.  Please RSVP (518) 371-6054.

The Open Space, Trails and Riverfront Committee offers advisory recommendations to the Town Board for implementing the Town’s Open Space Program and managing the town’s public lands.  The Town’s Open Space Program is based on the Town of Clifton Park Open Space Plan adopted by the Town Board in 2003.  The program includes activities such as: the acquisition of land and conservation easements to protect water quality and ensure clean drinking water, and to conserve natural areas for wildlife habitat and farmland for supporting local agriculture; the provision of additional parkland for recreation; the continuation of town-wide trail connections; and the protection of scenic and historic places.  Additionally, the Trails Subcommittee provides ongoing recommendations to the Planning Board and to the Town Board for implementing pedestrian and bicyclist facilities improvements and town-wide connections.  The committee meets regularly and all meetings are open to the public.  The 2018 chairperson is David J. Miller.

The Town of Clifton Park Town Board appointed the inaugural Open Space, Trails and Riverfront Subcommittee in January 2006, following an earlier Open Space Plan Advisory Committee led by David J. Miller and Jim Romano, which had conducted a public open space planning process from 2001 through 2003, and early implementation from 2003 through 2005.  The current Open Space, Trails and Riverfront Committee was formed to bring together the former Open Space Implementation Committee, the Trails Committee and a Riverfront Study Committee to work towards common, complementary and mutual goals and objectives, and fully implement the 2003 Town of Clifton Park Open Space Plan, adopted by the Town Board. The formation of the advisory committee coincided with the appointment of the town’s first Open Space Coordinator, Jennifer Viggiani, who started on Dec. 28, 2005.

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