Welcome to ELLA!

ELLA’s mission is to bring together town-appointed members of conservation, environmental, and open space commissions from across New York’s Hudson Hills and Highlands to strengthen environmental protection at a regional level, through environmental training, sharing lessons learned, and fostering collaboration.

 

 

 

ELLA News and Learning Opportunities:

ELLA has been awarded a grant from the Westchester Community Foundation to develop a training program on Site Plan Interpretation. Program is filled! Thank you.

 

Here is a review of biodiversity-friendly ordinances in the villages and towns within the Hudson Hills and Highlands. The goal of this project was to determine what local municipalities are doing to protect biodiversity; ELLA Towns; ELLA Villages

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events and Updates:

Westchester GIS User Group Meeting, Thursday, May 17th at SUNY Purchase - More

Water Words That Work! Saturday, May 19th at Teatown Lake Reservation - More

 

 

 

 

 

SCENES FROM THE REGIONAL STREAM CONSERVATION PROJECT

Clean-up day in Ossining: Dale Ave Park- Sing Sing Kill

Yorktown - Junior Lake Pawling - Cushman Farms  Bedford - Memorial Park

ELLA has received a grant from the Westchester Community Foundation for its Stream Conservation and Restoration Project! www.wcf-ny.org