Since 2008, Kingston Land Trust, has been permanently protecting land for the people of Kingston, and the Towns of Hurley and Ulster. Now the KLT has achieved national recognition – joining a network of over 450 accredited land trusts across the nation that have demonstrated their commitment to...
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The Kingston Land Trust (KLT) completed its latest acquisition consisting of 54 acres of land during the final week of Black History Month following a 2-month community fundraising campaign that raised upwards of $60,000. The purchase establishes a land base for its expanding Land In Black Hands (LIBH)...
The Kingston Land Trust (KLT) announces a critical milestone in its mission to address historical inequities in land access and ownership with the launch of the Land in Black Hands Program. This groundbreaking initiative aims to empower BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) farmers and growers by securing...
After five years of exemplary leadership, Julia Farr has stepped down from her role as Executive Director of the Kingston Land Trust (KLT). She has passed her responsibilities to the staff shared leadership team who have guided the organization with her for the past two years.
Over her...
– Harambee establishes a conservation easement with the Kingston Land Trust to forever protect the sacred site –
Today, title to the site of the African Burial Ground on Pine Street in Kingston was transferred to the African-American heritage organization, Harambee, from the Kingston Land Trust (KLT) with...
-- To preserve forested limestone terrain, historic quarry and lime kilns for ecological management and community engagement--
The Kingston Land Trust (KLT) has protected six acres of forest and an historic quarry and lime kilns in the City of Kingston’s hamlet of Wilbur. The land acquired by the...
After a whirlwind awareness and fundraising campaign in 2019, we successfully protected the Pine Street African Burial Ground in partnership with Harambee and in collaboration with Scenic Hudson. Since then, we have continued to work with Harambee and other community partners to steward and plan for the future of this sacred site.
We are committed to centering the voices and needs of people of color, and specifically Black people, in our work around land access, Ownership, livelihood through the land, and land conservation.
Partnering with and Sponsoring Black-led Organizations:
Harambee: We partnered on the protection of the Pine Street...