COLONIE TO SEEK GRANT TO PURCHASE PINE BUSH LAND.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: MARC CAREY - Staff writer

The Town Board Thursday night authorized Supervisor Fred Field to apply for $365,000 in state grant money to buy 72 acres in the Pine Bush.

Field said the town had been approached by the Nature Conservancy about purchasing the land, which would become part of the Pine Bush Preserve which will ultimately comprise 2,000 acres. Only municipalities can apply for the funding, said field.

The preserve is currently a few hundred acres short of that amount, said Field.

The preserve is administered by the Pine Bush Commission, made up of the city of Albany, the towns of Colonie and Guilderland, the state and …