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Clarkstown Man Honored For Environmental Activism

CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- Clarkstown resident Martus Granirer was honored recently for his efforts to help keep Rockland green, say county officials.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day, left, presents Clarkstown resident Martus Granirer with an award naming him the county's Outstanding Environmental Volunteer for 2016.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day, left, presents Clarkstown resident Martus Granirer with an award naming him the county's Outstanding Environmental Volunteer for 2016.

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As a volunteer for nearly half a century, Granirer has saved more than 1,000 acres of parkland from being developed, according to County Executive Ed Day.

In a ceremony Friday at Kennedy Dells Park, Day presented the 83-year-old environmental activist and attorney with an award naming him as the county’s Outstanding Environmental Volunteer for 2016.

Granirer is a member of the nonprofit group, West Branch Conservation Association, which protects open space, waterways, biodiversity and historic places.

Among the places the land trust has helped is the 93-acre Davenport Preserve in Clarkstown.

A tree was also planted in Granirer’s honor in the county park off Zukor Road in New City.

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