The Orange County Land Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of David A. Getz, P.E. of Warwick to its Board of Directors.
Since 1998, Mr. Getz has worked as a professional engineer with Lehman & Getz, P.C., a professional planning and engineering consulting firm in Warwick. He has more than 25 years engineering experience ranging from the preparation of site plans, subdivisions and infrastructure projects to the preparation of environmental assessment reports. Mr. Getz received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Master of Science in Engineering, both from Penn State University. He is licensed as a professional engineer in New York and New Jersey, and licensed as a Professional Planner in New Jersey.
An avid hiker and runner, Getz said he is most interested in serving on the Land Protection Committee of the nonprofit Land Trust.
“We are delighted to have David join our Board of Directors,” said Jim Delaune, Executive Director of the Orange County Land Trust, adding that “David understands the importance of balancing growth and development with land preservation in order to maintain and improve upon the quality of life here in Orange County.”
The Orange County Land Trust is the only county-wide land trust and to date has protected over 3,500 acres of land and working farms throughout the county. Working with landowners, the Land Trust’s area of expertise is preserving land through the placement and monitoring of conservation easements, working with individual property owners and municipalities to secure funding for the purchase of development rights (PDR’s), accepting donations of land, and purchasing land for public access. The Land Trust operates nine nature preserves in the county, two of which are in Warwick- the 225-acre Fuller Mountain Preserve off Bowen Road and the 30- acre Roy Preserve along the Pochuck Creek off Newport Bridge Road. All preserves are open to the public, free of charge, for hiking, birding and other forms of passive recreation. The Land Trust works closely with Orange County Planning Office to help implement the county’s open space plan, and spearheaded the formation of the Orange County Open Space Alliance (OCOSA), an alliance of 20 area conservation organizations.
For more information and for volunteer opportunities and ways of giving to the Orange County Land Trust, please visit the website at oclt.org.
