A new agreement between the Open Space Institute and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. could transform a dormant 7-mile rail line ...

WAWARSING, N.Y. — The Open Space Institute has begun restoration on nearly three miles of the Minnewaska State Park Preserve’s Lake Awosting Carriage Road, according to an announcement.

MARBLETOWN, N.Y. — Open Space Institute has closed on the purchase of 91.6 acres of former farmland and forested property, 15 of which are set aside for the development of affordable housing.

The Open Space Institute, a national conservation organization, said it acquired the 1,382-acre Camp Island property in Robeson County. The group said funding support for the purchase came “from ...