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March, 2024
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Meet the Folks Helping Guide Our 2024 Bike Tours!
In advance of our 2024 Tours Season we're introducing some of the movers, shakers, and "cyclers" making our Cycle the Hudson Valley and Cycle the Erie Canal Tours the magic experiences you've come to know and love. First up, let us introduce you to Allan Friedman of CTHV!...
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Celebrate Earth Day by Doing Good on the Canalway in 2024!
With 160 events scheduled for the 19th annual Canal Clean Sweep (CCS), taking place Earth Day Weekend (April 19-21), this will be PTNY’s biggest CCS yet! Volunteers will have a plethora of opportunities to roll up their sleeves and join like-minded folks caring for locations across the New York State Canal System and Canalway Trail....
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“Green Scarf Brigade” Speaks, Legislature Responds
PTNY, partners, and more than 140 advocates descended on the State Capitol for Park Advocacy Day February 27 for the largest–and most successful–public lands advocacy event we've held to date....
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February, 2024
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PTNY Gears up for Centennial Advocacy Push
Learn more about what PTNY is fighting for in the halls of the State Capitol in Albany… and find out how your help can make a difference for our parks, trails, and public lands....
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Breaking Down Barriers to Greenway Trail Development
Every New Yorker deserves easy access to safe, high-quality greenway trails. Yet lack of funding, regulatory red tape, and absence of formalized processes create barriers to growing NYS’s greenway network. That’s why PTNY is working hard to support the development of greenway trails in every corner of the state, from legislation to development and process resources....
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January, 2024
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More Enhancements to Parks, Historic Sites, and Public Lands on the Way
From snowy trails in the Adirondacks to engaging programs at historic homes in western New York, 27 nonprofit organizations caring for our state parks, historic sites, and public lands will benefit from over $1.8 million in grant funding in 2024....
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December, 2023
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Trailblazing Triumphs: Celebrating the Success of New York's Empire State Trail Towns in 2023
Three inspiring communities along the Erie Canalway Trail are going above and beyond to welcome trail users. Find out what Lockport, Newark, and Rome have been up to this year, as they pursued Empire State Trail Town certification....
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