Improving Parks Throughout NY

Parks and Trails New York is excited to announce the recipients of this round's Park and Trail Partnership Grants – just in time to start the year-long celebration of New York State Park's centennial!

In 2024, Parks & Trails New York awarded $1.8 million to 27 groups that steward New York’s state parks, trails, historic sites, and public lands.

Program funding will:

• Enhance the preservation, stewardship, interpretation, maintenance, and promotion of New York State parks, trails, state historic sites and public lands.

• Increase the sustainability, effectiveness, productivity, and volunteer and fundraising capabilities of not-for-profit organizations that promote, maintain, and support New York State parks, trails, state historic sites, and public lands.

• Promote the tourism and economic development benefits of outdoor recreation through the growth and expansion of a connected statewide network of parks, trails, greenways and public lands.

Park and Trail Partnership Grants—administered by Parks & Trails New York in partnership with the NY Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) and funded through the Environmental Protection Fund—support a wide array of partner efforts, from raising private funds for capital projects and performing maintenance and beautification tasks, to providing innovative educational programming and hosting special events.