Croton-to-Highlands Biodiversity Plan

2004

Prepared by
Miller, N.A. and M. W. Klemens
Metropolitan Conservation Alliance
Wildlife Conservation Society
68 Purchase Street, 3rd Floor
Rye, NY 10580 The

Croton-to-Highlands Biodiversity Plan (CHBP) project is a partnership between Wildlife Conservation Society's Metropolitan Conservation Alliance (WCS/MCA) and the four contiguous towns of Cortlandt, New Castle, Putnam Valley, and Yorktown is northwestern Westchester County and southerwestern Putnam County, New York.  The goal of the project is to establish a regional, multi-town approach to land use planning to promote the conservation of wildlife and habitats.  This project builds upon a model developed by WCS/MCA in other towns, regions, and states.  These four towns were selected because they contain an impressive diversity of wildlife and habitats, because they are under development pressures that threaten those natural resources, and because there is a growing concern within these towns about the costs of sprawl to the environment and to human health and well-being.