Save the Pine Bush

{{Infobox non-profit

| name = Save the Pine Bush

| image = pine-pitch.gif

| non-profit_slogan = You Can Fight City Hall – And Win!

| founded_date = February 6, 1978{{Cite web |url = http://www.savethepinebush.org/MoreArt/summary.html |title = Save the Pine Bush Brief History and Summary |last = Jackson |first = Lynne |date = 1996-07-04 |accessdate = 2010-10-20}}

| founder = John Wolcott
Rezsin Adams
Lynne Jackson
Mark Plaat
Gregg Bell

{{Cite web |url = http://www.savethepinebush.org/News/AugSept01/Wolcott.html |title = John Wolcott, Honored by the New York State Assembly Wants to see More Preservation |accessdate = 2010-10-21}}

| key_people = John Wolcott, cofounder
Lynne Jackson, webmaster

| area_served = Albany Pine Bush

| location = Capital District

| focus = Preservation of the Pine Bush

| homepage = [http://www.savethepinebush.org/ savethepinebush.org]

}}

Save the Pine Bush is a not-for-profit community group which came into being on February 6, 1978.{{Cite web |url=http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/findaids/apap125.htm |title=Save the Pine Bush, Inc. |publisher=SUNY Albany |date=2002-07-23}}{{Cite news |url = http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6543692 |title = Nature Preservers: For 30 years, Save the Pine Bush has fought for ancient barrens |first = Brian |last = Nearing |date = 2008-03-30 |newspaper = Times Union |publisher = Hearst Corporation |page = G1 |accessdate = 2010-10-24}} Its mission is to stop development of the Albany Pine Bush in the Capital District of the U.S. state of New York. Today the group continues to be an active environmental community.

Mainly through litigation, Save the Pine Bush has prevented or delayed the construction of several developments in the Pine Bush.{{Cite news |url=http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Landfill-s-expansion-will-be-last-judge-told-554189.php |title=Landfill's expansion will be last, judge told |date=2009-12-12 |first=Jordan |last=Carleo |newspaper = Times Union |publisher = Hearst Corporation |accessdate = 2010-10-24}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Lawsuit-against-Albany-s-Pine-Bush-expansion-556044.php |title=Lawsuit against Albany's Pine Bush expansion |date=2010-07-02 |newspaper = Times Union |publisher = Hearst Corporation |first=Brian |last=Nearing |accessdate = 2010-10-24}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.vjel.org/news/NEWS100212.html |title=New York Court of Appeals Says Environmental Group Has Standing In Bringing Suit To Protect Butterfly Habitat |date=2009-11-13 |last=Gillin |first=Brandon |publisher=Vermont Journal of Environmental Law |accessdate=2010-10-19}}

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