HooRWA news release
At its recent meeting, the Whipstock Hill Preservation Society (WHIPS) Board voted to donate $8,000 to the Hoosic River Watershed Association (HooRWA) to help cover the costs of resurfacing the northern section of the Hoosic River Greenway in Hoosick Falls. This section was cleared and graded earlier this year. The southern section was resurfaced in 2011.
[private]This is the second gift WHIPS has made toward the Greenway project. In 2007 it donated $5,000 toward the purchase of the greenway lands from Pan Am Railways. The twenty-six acres of former railroad land, including an abandoned rail bed about 2.5 miles long, was acquired by the Village of Hoosick Falls in January 2009.
HooRWA, a tri-state organization founded in 1987, is dedicated to the restoration, conservation and enjoyment of the Hoosic River and its watershed. HooRWA and the Village of Hoosick Falls have been working on the Hoosic River Greenway since 2005.
The Whipstock Hill Preservation Society was founded in 1995 by a group of New York and Vermont neighbors who were concerned about the impacts of development on the scenic area that includes Whipstock Hill, which lies astride the New York/Vermont line, and nearby Breese Hollow in East Hoosick.
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