{"id":2774,"date":"2019-10-14T11:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scenichudson.org\/?page_id=2774"},"modified":"2025-09-30T15:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:57:27","slug":"hudson-valley-conservation-strategy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scenichudson.org\/our-work\/climate\/hudson-valley-conservation-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hudson Valley Conservation Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2774\" class=\"elementor elementor-2774\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18efba0 elementor-section-stretched elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18efba0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We\u2019re saving the land that matters most by identifying and protecting climate-resilient properties that benefit people, wildlife, landscapes, and economies.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5a3e0 reg-slider elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"5c5a3e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;slides_to_show_tablet&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scenichudson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/HVCS_Report_AcqProject_Photo.jpg\" alt=\"Tidal wetlands (Photo: Jeff Anzevino)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Tidal wetlands (Photo: Jeff Anzevino)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scenichudson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/HVCS_Report_BiodiversityPhotoCollage.jpg\" alt=\"HVCS_Report_BiodiversityPhotoCollage\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scenichudson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RRjr_brown_141005_4747.jpg\" alt=\"Hudson Valley farmland (Photo: Robert Rodriguez, Jr.)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Hudson Valley farmland (Photo: Robert Rodriguez, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5397ec6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5397ec6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Worldwide, the conservation community is grappling with the challenge of ensuring that plants and animals have the ability to adapt to climate impacts such as rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, less predictable rainfall, and extreme weather. This capacity is essential for their \u2014 and our \u2014 long-term survival. These climate impacts, combined with development pressures, are leading to the destruction of habitats that provide plant and animal species with what they need to survive<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0da0471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0da0471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What's at stake?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-322b6ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"322b6ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Around the world, wildlife populations have declined by 73% in the last 50 years, according to a recent study by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcticwwf.org\/newsroom\/news\/wwf-living-planet-report-2024-a-planet-in-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Wildlife Fund<\/a>. Habitat loss is a major reason that wildlife populations are struggling, and protecting open spaces is one of the most important actions we can take to help maintain the Hudson Valley\u2019s <strong>biodiversity<\/strong> (variety of plants and animals) and the health and well-being of its communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a64d7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a64d7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What we're doing<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07dab26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07dab26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scenic Hudson designed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scenichudson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legacy\/pdf-downloads\/HVCS-report_web.pdf\">Hudson Valley Conservation Strategy (HVCS) <\/a>to help protect the globally important biological richness and ecological function of the Hudson River Valley \u2014 and to safeguard the region\u2019s climate resilience. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strategy identifies and prioritizes the most efficient combinations of potential land conservation projects that will achieve targets in biodiversity, climate resilience, and landscape connectivity, using rigorous regional data on climate resilience and natural resources generated by non-profit, state agency, and academic partners. Additionally, data from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scenichudson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legacy\/foodshed-conservation-plan-web.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scenic Hudson\u2019s Foodshed Conservation Plan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was overlaid to identify and prioritize productive farmland.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In all, the strategy highlights 760,000 acres in the 11 counties of the Hudson Valley region that represent the most efficient potential conservation investments for achieving a resilient, functional, and productive landscape.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The HVCS was designed as a tool to support Scenic Hudson and partners in making good decisions about investing in open spaces worth saving. It also provides a strategic framework that helps land trusts and land conservation agencies advance their unique missions while aligning their efforts for the benefit of the region\u2019s land, water, people, and wildlife.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea471e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea471e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resources<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-556198c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"556198c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scenichudson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legacy\/pdf-downloads\/HVCS-report_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hudson Valley Conservation Strategy (PDF)<\/a><\/p><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">For data requests, please contact <a href=\"mailto:sdifalco@scenichudson.org\">Steven DiFalco<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cceb00 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7cceb00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re identifying, connecting, and protecting resilient lands that benefit people, wildlife, landscapes, water, and economies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":2818,"parent":2767,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"page-templates":[],"class_list":["post-2774","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"page_name":"","background_image":false,"defined_page_classes":[],"subtitle":"We\u2019re saving the land that matters most by identifying and protecting climate-resilient properties that benefit people, wildlife, landscapes, and economies.","drupal_id":"","english_translation_url":"","spanish_translation_url":"https:\/\/www.scenichudson.org\/our-work\/climate\/estrategia-de-conservacion\/","spanish_page_url":"https:\/\/www.scenichudson.org\/our-work\/climate\/estrategia-de-conservacion\/","jupiterx_header":true,"jupiterx_header_overlap":"global","jupiterx_header_type":"global","jupiterx_header_behavior":"global","jupiterx_layout":"global","jupiterx_content_full_width":false,"jupiterx_content_spacing":true,"jupiterx_sidebar_primary":"global","jupiterx_sidebar_secondary":"global","jupiterx_post_featured_image":"global","jupiterx_post_social_share":"global","jupiterx_post_comments":"global","jupiterx_main_background":{"color":"","image":false,"position":"","repeat":"","attachment":"","size":""},"jupiterx_main_spacing":{"padding_top":"","padding_right":"","padding_bottom":"","padding_left":"","margin_top":"","margin_right":"","margin_bottom":"","margin_left":""},"jupiterx_title_bar_title":"global","jupiterx_title_bar_breadcrumb":"global","jupiterx_title_bar_subtitle":"","jupiterx_footer":true,"jupiterx_footer_type":"global","jupiterx_footer_widget_area":"global","jupiterx_footer_sub":"global","english_page_url":""},"yoast_head":"<title>Hudson Valley Conservation Strategy - 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