The massive 800-acre Winston Farm development proposal will strain the town’s water supply, fragment protected habitats, overwhelm traffic, and drastically impact the community of Saugerties.
172 ACRES
ESTATE LOTS158 ACRES
Housing45 ACRES
CAMPGROUNDS (MIXED-USE)25 ACRES, 15 UNITS
CABINS
211 ACRES
"adventure park resort”30 ACRES
INDOOR WATER PARK RESORT42 ACRES
AMPHITHEATER & EVENT CENTER32 ACRES
TECH AND BUSINESS PARK
Key Issues
The environmental impact of such massive development, along with the construction, traffic, and constant noise associated with this proposed 7-year project will leave Saugerties with overdevelopment, habitat loss, clear-cutting, depletion of the aquifer, and the loss of pristine wild land for generations to come. Furthermore, the plan is not in line with the 2009 Public Vision, which calls for 73% to be left wild nor the town’s recent declaration of climate emergency.
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The project would potentially tap over 800,000 gallons per day.
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Plans are not consistent with the Town’s declaration of a climate emergency.
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There are 18 types of ecologically significant habitats at risk.
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Public Vision Plan calls for 70% to be left wild; development plan seeks 50%.
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Several rare mammal, amphibian, reptile, bird, and plant species at risk.
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Proposed attractions would overwhelm 212 and Route 32.
