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Founded in 1969, it is headquartered in the historic Erpf House along [[state highway]] [[New York State Route 28|NY 28]] in Arkville, just inside 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 has six full-time staff members.<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=February 5, 2010}}</ref> They oversee programs covering four areas: [[regional planning]], arts and culture, education and natural resources.
The regional planning project provides support and technical assistance to the municipal [[planning]] boards of the region. They also help develop [[transport corridor|corridor]] management plans.<ref name="Planning page">{{cite web|title=Regional Planning|url=http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/planning/planning.html|publisher=Catskill Center for Conservation and Development|accessdate=February 5, 2010}}</ref> 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}}</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}}</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}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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