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| Non-profit_name = Catskill Center for Conservation and Development

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| Non-profit_name name = Catskill Center for Conservation and Development

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| founded_dateformation = {{start date and = age|1969||}}

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| type = [[Nonprofit organization|Nonprofit]]

| ___location = [[Arkville, New York|Arkville]], [[New York|NY]]

| tax_id = 23-7058142

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| focus = Environment and economic development

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| area_served headquarters = [[CatskillArkville, New MountainsYork]]

| method = Advocacy, invasive species management, environmental protection

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| leader_title = Board Chair

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| leader_name = Margaret DiBenedetto

| focus = Environment and economic development

| leader_title2 = Executive Director

| method = Education, advocacy, land conservation

| leader_name2 = Jeff Senterman

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| website = https://catskillcenter.org/

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| Non-profit_slogan = Healthy Ecosystems, Vibrant Communities

| homepage = [http://www.catskillcenter.org The Catskill Center for Conservation & Development]

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The '''Catskill Center for Conservation and Development''', usually referred to as the '''Catskill Center''', is a [[not-for-profit organization]] based in [[Arkville, New York|Arkville]], New York, United States. It works to preserve the [[natural environment]] of the [[Catskill Mountains|Catskill region]] and foster sustainable [[sustainable economic development]] in it.

Founded in 1969, it is headquartered in the historic Erpf House along [[state highway]] [[New York State Route 28|NY 28]] in Arkville, just insideoutside the [[Catskill Park]] [[Blue Line (New York State)|Blue Line]]. It works to further its mission through different methods, from advocacy and land conservation to developing educational materials and sponsoring arts and cultural events.

==Programs==

The Catskill Center staff <ref name="Staff page">{{cite web|title=Our Staff|url=http://www.catskillcenter.org/center/staff.html|publisher=Catskill Center for Conservation and Development|accessdate=September 22, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423162246/http://www.catskillcenter.org/center/staff.html|archivedate=April 23, 2010}}</ref> oversees programs covering various areas: arts and culture, education and natural resources.

[[File:Erpf House, Arkville, NY.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Erpf House in Arkville|alt=A white wooden house with full=length porch viewed from slightly below at a three-quarter angle lit by early evening sun from the left and sheltered by a large tree on the right]]

Two programs cover the arts and culture section: the Erpf Gallery at the center's Arkville offices, and its artist-in-residence program at the {{convert|208|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[Platte Clove]] Preserve. The arts and culture section also maintains extensive historical archives.<ref name="Arts page">{{cite web|title=Arts and Culture|url=http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/arts/arts.html|publisher=Catskill Center for Conservation and Development|accessdate=February 5, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409014032/http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/arts/arts.html|archivedate=April 9, 2010}}</ref>

The education program develops materials for local teachers to use as curriculum, especially the five-volume ''The Catskills: A Sense of Place''. Other [[environmental education]] programs focus on the region's streams and watersheds.<ref name="Education page">{{cite web|title=Education|url=http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/programs/edu/enviredu.html|publisher=Catskill Center for Conservation and Development|accessdate=February 5, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302093436/http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/programs/edu/enviredu.html|archivedate=March 2, 2012}}</ref> The natural resources program manages the Platte Clove Preserve and the {{convert|155|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[Esopus Creek|Esopus]] Bend near [[Saugerties (village), New York|Saugerties]]. It also holds [[conservation easement]]s on other key tracts in the region not part of the state-owned, "forever wild", [[Forest Preserve (New York)|Forest Preserve]] or otherwise [[protected area|protected]].<ref name="Natural resources page">{{cite web|title=Education|url=http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/land/land.html|publisher=Catskill Center for Conservation and Development|accessdate=February 5, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423162616/http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/land/land.html|archivedate=April 23, 2010}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.catskillcenter.org Center website]

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[[Category:Environmental organizations based in New York]]

[[Category:Environmental organizations based in New York (state)]]

[[Category:Organizations established in 1969]]

[[Category:Catskills]]