This is our valley.
Not their warehouse.
From local advocacy to thriving pollinator habitats, we are the grassroots voice for Orange County's environment. We've been watching over this valley for 43 years — help us protect its future.
One check → hearings monitored, permits reviewed, pollinator corridors planted across the Hudson Valley.
Stop the sprawl.
Save Orange County.
Hyperscale data centers guzzling millions of gallons of water. Million-square-foot warehouses paving over farmland and choking our roads with diesel trucks. Speculators betting the Hudson Valley is theirs to strip-mine for cheap land and cheap power. We're saying no — and we're winning fights.
Fighting speculative 1M+ sq-ft distribution centers replacing farmland in Montgomery, Wallkill, and Newburgh.
Opposing power-hungry hyperscale campuses that would strain the grid, drain aquifers, and hand tax breaks to out-of-state builders.
Still holding CPV Valley and Danskammer accountable — because clean air is non-negotiable.
A holistic, science-based defender of the Hudson Valley.
Since 1982, Orange Environment has played a key role in defining and defending the natural character of Orange County and addressing its major environmental problems — from radon and lead pollution to landfills, sprawl, fossil-fuel plants, and the loss of pollinators.
We educate the public, train activists, produce technical reports, testify at public hearings, and run Permaculture and pollinator workshops — all powered by an all-volunteer board.
Read our story
Four pillars, one healthy region.
Climate Change & Environmental Health
Fighting greenhouse-gas emissions from CPV and Danskammer, urging local governments to lead on climate.
Sustainable Growth
Smart, ecologically friendly development that protects greenspace and farmland from sprawl.
Clean Air & Water
Watchdogging the Harriman STP, the Ramapo River, and decades of regional air-quality work.
Pollinators & Green Living
Leading the Hudson Valley Pollinator Project to restore biological connectivity, one yard at a time.
Where we're putting energy right now.
Warehouses & Data Centers
Pushing back on hyperscale warehouse sprawl and energy- and water-hungry data centers reshaping Orange County — and weighing in on proposed land-use regulation changes.
ReThink Rt. 17 Coalition
Advocating for sustainable transportation instead of a $1B highway expansion through Orange & Sullivan counties.
Quassaick Creek Greenway Project
Protecting the Quassaick Creek watershed from pollution, degradation, and overdevelopment in Newburgh and New Windsor.
Climate Change & Resilience
Local action on emissions, energy, and adaptation — with community workshops supported by the Eachus grant.
Pollinator Project
Restoring biological connectivity across the Hudson Valley — including our native-plants program for homeowners ready to convert lawn into habitat.
All Active Campaigns
See every active fight — plus recent-history campaigns like Harriman STP, CPV & Danskammer, and Save the Caves.
The Hudson Valley Pollinator Project
Insect populations have collapsed 75–90% over the last 25 years. We're mobilizing private landowners across the Hudson Valley to convert turf lawns into a Contiguous Pollinator Corridor — restoring native meadows that bring monarchs, bees, and birds back to our backyards.
- Free milkweed giveaways
- Native plant propagation & sales
- Workshops & community education
Protecting the Quassaick Creek watershed
The Quassaick drains one of Orange County's most rapidly developing corridors before emptying into the Hudson. OE is running an active, on-the-ground campaign — mapping outfalls, drafting model buffer ordinances, documenting storm events, and training a resident monitoring corps to build the long-term record no agency is keeping.
- Watershed profile & outfall inventory in progress
- Model riparian-buffer language for Newburgh & New Windsor
- Volunteer stream-monitoring corps launching this season
More field notes: Mapping the Quassaick · Riparian buffers · Storm event report
With your help, we keep watch.
Your membership funds the technical reports, public hearings, and on-the-ground work that protect this region. Every cent goes to the mission — our board officers volunteer their time.