Scenic Hudson’s Solar Mapping Tool

The accredited Scenic Hudson created this webpage which serves as the cover page for a suite of materials developed to help stakeholders make informed decisions about renewable energy, and positions Scenic Hudson as an honest broker of information about mitigating climate change.

Scenic Hudson's youth education programs offer a climate change curriculum as well as other teaching resources and learning opportunities.

American Farmland Trust released Smart Solar℠ principles for solar development that will ensure we maintain our ability to produce food, fuel and fiber to sustain our nation for generations to come.

Scenic Hudson’s Hudson River Estuary wetland study examined the projected persistence of current wetlands, their loss to inundation, and the formation of new wetlands as measures of the habitat’s resilience to sea level rise.

As the transition to a clean energy system accelerates and renewable energy development pressures increase, land trusts are facing, with far greater frequency, questions regarding renewable energy and conservation easements. This document outlines key considerations when drafting easements and for responding to landowner requests for siting renewable energy on existing easements.

Land trusts can play an important role in renewable energy development. This publication offers specific guidance on ways that land trusts can participate in renewable energy siting planning and implementation to support improved conservation outcomes in the context of a changing climate.

Scenic Hudson is using sea level rise modeling to support long-term planning to build resilience of ecosystems and human communities throughout the region.

Heirs proposed to donate a scenic and conservation easement in a historic district.

Scenic Hudson's Hudson River Estuary (HRE) wetland study examined the projected persistence of current wetlands, their loss to inundation, and the formation of new wetlands as measures of the habitat’s resilience to sea level rise (SLR). Under higher rates of SLR tidal wetland resilience in the...