Historic Environmental Movements of Warwick

There have been many other projects to protect and enhance access to our Town's natural places, and organizations which contribute to the protection of these resources:

• The Town of Warwick has purchased, provided access to, and maintained a number of parklands.
  • Location, description, maps, and planning documents for Warwick parks:  https://www.townofwarwick.org/parks-recreation/
• The Villages of Warwick have also purchased, provided access to, and maintain, a number of parklands.
  • Village of Warwick parks:  https://villageofwarwick.org/parks-recreation-2/
  • Village of Florida parks::  http://www.villageoffloridany.org/village-departments/parks-and-recreation/
  • Village of Greenwood Lake parks: The Thomas Morhan Waterfront Park, Sterling Forest State Park, and the Appalachian Trail are open space public access areas in or near the Village.  
    • The bi-state Greenwood Lake Commission oversees environmental concerns regarding the lake: http://www.gwlc.org/
• The Town and its Villages have periodically reviewed and updated Comprehensive Plans and zoning laws,stating the communities goals and values and providing guidance for open space and resource conservation.
• The Orange County Land Trust has been instrumental in the preservation of public lands and other open space in Warwick, including:
  • Fuller Mountain Preserve: https://www.oclt.org/our-preserves/fuller-mountain/
• The Warwick Conservancy, formed in 1999 and merged with the Orange County Land Trust in 2015, was instrumental in the preservation of Hallowed Ground Park, Railroad Green, lands of the Lewis Estate, and the early stages of the preservation of Wright Family Farm.
• The Appalachian Trail Conservancy owns and maintains the Appalachian Trail, which passes through Warwick: http://www.appalachiantrail.org/
  • Map of the Trail's path through Warwick: //libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/21222/images/AT_in_Warwick.JPG

Other resources showing environmental activism in the area include::

• A Middletown High School's class project in environment and media produced a documentary on illegal dumping in the Black Dirt Region:http://www.garbagegangstersandgreed.com/video-clips.html