County planners, state officials and environmental groups have supported its public acquisition.

County planners said that without preservation measures, most of the remaining area would be developed by 2012.

Two years ago, county planners quietly began approaching virtually any executive with a local home valued at $1 million or more.

The county planners predicted that the pace will continue at the rate of about 4,000 conversions a year.

County planners will meet with his staff in Albany on Tuesday.

County planners had toyed with the idea of building a road that would run across Westchester since the 1920's.

County planners say that without equity from a previous real estate investment, an income of $110,000 would be required to buy a typical home.

County planners say the population increased 18.75 percent in three years, from 16,648 in 1990 to 19,770 in 1993.

I was turned down at that public hearing because the county planners didn't want to oppose 80 voters shortly before an election.

County planners are looking at two fields near Watchfield.