The Tug Hill Commission will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Commission Offices in the Dulles State Office Building, 6th Floor Conference Room, in Watertown, NY. Highlights of the meeting will include routine business of the Commission, organizational meeting and schedule for 2012, latest updates of the Regional Economic Development Councils, discussion of the region’s working forest lands and review of major projects and activities in the region. The public is welcome to attend and there will be a public comment period at the end of the meeting.

The Tug Hill Commission is a New York State agency that operates throughout the Tug Hill region, an area of over 2,000 square miles, about the size of the state of Delaware. The region runs from Utica, Rome, and Oneida Lake north to Lowville and Watertown, including most of the land and communities between Lake Ontario and the Adirondacks. The Commission has no regulatory authority. It provides assistance to Tug Hill communities and local groups on environmental and economic development projects and is governed by a board of local residents, appointed by the Governor and state legislature.