The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently awarded $902,888 in grants for 24 projects in communities along the Hudson River, including $37,700 to Hudson River Sloop Clearwater to develop a River Climate Change Curriculum Project for Newburgh and Kingston and $12,950 to the National Aubudon Society to replace and upgrade educational equipment and teaching tools at its Constitution Marsh center in Garrison.

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