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Conserving Rural Character  Preserving Historic Landscapes...

…protecting scenic rural character, and accommodating new uses while preserving characteristics that convey historical significance through setting, materials, design, location, workmanship, feeling, and association. Preservation design honors elements of historic function, and technology for individual structures, as well as the districts of our historic communities and cultural places from the historic garden to the National Marine Sanctuary scale.

Did you know...
 
Central New York has just become home to one of only 16 National Marine Sanctuaries in the Nation? On June 5,  2024,
 1700 square miles of eastern Lake Ontario were federally designated "Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary" by the U.S. Commerce Dept.

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