The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) has announced almost $400,000 in federal grant awards from the National Maritime Heritage Program for maritime heritage education and preservation projects in New York State.
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded $2 million in maritime heritage grants to fund 12 preservation projects in nine states, including two awards totaling $392,500 to State Parks. [Read more…] about New Grant Program to Support Maritime Heritage
The new Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center has opened with a mission to educate and inform the public about how energy shapes New York’s natural systems, and how this same energy can be harnessed to advance New York’s plan to combat climate change. 