Environmental Groups Fear Lack Of Funding For State Projects

From WNBC:

When Gov. George Pataki announced in his State of the State speech earlier this year that he agreed to preserve 104,000 acres of forestland in the Adirondacks, environmental advocates applauded.

But now, those advocates say that deal and other state environmental projects may be in jeopardy. They fear the state's $150 million Environmental Protection Fund, dropped by the Legislature from its budget proposal, will go unfunded as the state leaders try to reach a budget deal by the April 1 deadline for the first time in 20 years.