Shout Out Saugerties raises awareness about issues affecting Esopus Creek’s health
Releases of silty brown water from the Ashokan Reservoir this year prompted the annual community arts event to highlight environmental issues related to the creek.
Nature
When to start spring planting in the Northeast
The study of the relationship between the climate and the cycles of plants and animals is known as “phenology.” It’s also yet another barometer of global warming trends.
The natural wonder of New Paltz, now catalogued
The inventory of the town’s resources should be of interest to residents. It also increases the chances of receiving state grants.
Keep the river clean
Volunteers are needed for Riverkeeper’s tenth annual day of service for the Hudson River and its tributaries on Saturday, May 1.
I Love My Park Day seeks park cleanup volunteers
The Minnewaska State Park Preserve and Sam’s Point will both host volunteers as part of more than 135 cleanup, improvement and beautification events happening statewide this year. Volunteers may choose among four trail improvement projects and a garden improvement project, all of which will greatly benefit the Park Preserve. Volunteers will work alongside Park Preserve staff and/or New York/New Jersey Trail Conference members on each project.
Striped bass fishing class offered in Ulster
Learn the fundamentals of striped bass fishing from an experienced professional during the Beginner Striper Fishing course being offered by
Ulster BOCES offers beginner striper fishing class
Learn the fundamentals of striped bass fishing from an experienced professional during the Beginner Striper Fishing course being offered by the Ulster BOCES Adult Career Education Center later this month.
Polar vortex afflicting Texas is old hat for us northeasterners
Weather is the one place where we all seek common ground, despite the ground being frozen, thawed, snow-covered, rain-saturated or dry as a bone in a desert.
Mohonk Consultations hosts plastic waste crisis talk
It’s a terrifying deep dive into the scourge of plastic pollution, from the gyres of junk to be found swirling in our oceans to the mountains of unrecyclable materials clogging the world’s solid waste plants to the microplastic particles finding their way inexorably into our food supply.
McKee takes Land Trust helm at Scenic Hudson; Aguirre tapped for advocacy chief
After a nationwide search, the not-for-profit decided to go no further than its own backyard and promote veteran land conservation director Seth McKee to the post of executive director of the Scenic Hudson Land Trust and land programs. At the same time, Scenic Hudson hired Raul “Rocci” Aguirre as its new executive director of Policy, Advocacy and Science.