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Here are three featured past awardees whose projects have made a noticeable difference on our state lands.]]></description>    <category>    </category>    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 20 13:23:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Green space gets the greenbacks]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2020/01/green-space-gets-green-backs    </link>    <description><![CDATA[State grant awards recognize the importance of open space and recreation in promoting economic development]]></description>    <category>Trails    </category>    <category>grants    </category>    <category>Grants and funding    </category>    <category>Parks    </category>    <category>Regional Economic Development Councils    </category>    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 20 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Reimagine initiative to give new life to old canals]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2020/01/reimagine-canals-just-300-million-sign-us    </link>    <description><![CDATA[Reimagine the Canals Task Force report calls for $300 million investment to boost tourism, mitigate flooding, and enhance irrigation and recreational fishing and restore wetlands.]]></description>    <category>Governor Cuomo    </category>    <category>Erie Canalway Trail    </category>    <category>Erie Canal    </category>    <category>Empire State Trail    </category>    <category>Reimagine the Canals    </category>    <category>New York State Barge Canal    </category>    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 20 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Ever Upward and Onward]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2020/01/ever-upward-and-onward    </link>    <description><![CDATA[In his annual State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out an ambitious progressive platform for 2020]]></description>    <category>advocacy    </category>    <category>Empire State Trail    </category>    <category>State of the State    </category>    <category>Restore Mother Nature    </category>    <category>Reimagine the Canals    </category>    <category>Park Advocacy Day    </category>    <category>Trails Advocacy Day    </category>    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 20 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Welcome Candace!]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2020/01/welcome-candace    </link>    <description><![CDATA[Candace Charles brings exceptional experience to this year's Cycle the Erie Canal Tour as our new Assistant Bike Tour Director.]]></description>    <category>Cycle the Erie Canal    </category>    <category>New Staff    </category>    <category>Assistant Bike Tour Director    </category>    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 20 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[TrailsBlog: The Vestal Rail Trail is for everyone]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2020/01/trailsblog-vestal-rail-trail-brings-community-together    </link>    <description><![CDATA[The Vestal Rail Trail in Broome County is small but, mighty. Although it is less than four miles, it serves as a space for outdoor recreation, special events, and even a home to historic sites. It's only getting better too thanks to new additions.]]></description>    <category>rail trail    </category>    <category>Vestal Rail Trail    </category>    <category>TrailsBlog    </category>    <category>Winter Trails    </category>    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 20 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[$450M for the Land and Water Conservation Fund]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2020/01/450m-land-and-water-conservation-fund    </link>    <description><![CDATA[Big news for the LWCF in 2020! In December, Congress approved a $495 million appropriation, the highest level of funding provided to this critical program in over 15 years.]]></description>    <category>advocacy    </category>    <category>LWCF    </category>    <category>Land and Water Conservation Funding    </category>    <category>Federal Government    </category>    <category>Appropriations    </category>    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 20 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Snowshoes and Hockey Sticks]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2020/01/snowshoes-and-hockey-sticks    </link>    <description><![CDATA[Although one is not used with the other, one of our state parks incorporates the two into a fabulous winter fun event.]]></description>    <category>Friends groups    </category>    <category>State Parks    </category>    <category>Snowshoeing    </category>    <category>Winter recreation    </category>    <category>Chenango Valley State Park    </category>    <category>Hockey    </category>    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 20 14:24:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  </channel></rss>