6 Mile Creek, Fall Creek awarded DEC grants

By Joe Salzone January 28, 2025 5:48 am

ITHACA, NY (607NewsNow) — New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation is giving Tompkins County grant money.

Legislative Chair Dan Klein outlined the grants recently on Ithaca’s Morning News.

Klein adds they’re important.

Both grants were each for $75,000.

FULL INTERVIEW: Tompkins County Legislative Chair Dan Klein on Ithaca’s Morning News

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