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1, No. 2 - December 14, 2001 Farmland Preservation to Be Topic UAlbany Professor Tom Daniels will discuss “Farmland Preservation for Growth Management and Environmental Quality — The American Experience,” in a talk scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002. The lecture, sponsored by Skidmore’s Environmental Studies Program, will begin at 8 p.m. in Emerson Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public. Daniels, director of UAlbany’s Environmental Planning Program, is a nationally known expert on farmland preservation who has worked successfully to preserve acres of open space in a number of different communities. His most recent books are titled When City and Country Collide: Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringe (1998, Island Press); Holding Our Ground: Protecting America’s Farms and Farmland (1997, Island Press); and The Small Town Planning Handbook, second edition (1995, Planners Press). For
more information on Daniels and his work, click here: Holiday Party Announced The annual Skidmore Holiday Party will take place Jan. 18, 2002, at Longfellow’s. Invitations have been sent through campus mail. The
event is under the direction of Janis Petroski in the Office of
College Events and Stewardship. Please mark your calendars for this
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