Nature

The rare and beloved pitch-pine ecosystem is facing a threat brought on by global warming: the Southern pine beetle.

Now that winter winds are no longer whipping down our mountain slopes, and the icy snows are melting fast, the...

A new Woodstock Task Force will look at ways to strengthen the town’s tree law in the wake of increased development...

After nearly two years of planning, The Shawangunk Conservancy and Mohonk Preserve have announced that over 71 acres in the...

I never find all my gear in time for opening day of trout season. Usually, I don’t find trout either....

One of the Hudson Valley’s most abundant resources is trees. But how much attention do we pay to them, aside...

The State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Palisades Interstate Park Commission have announced the reopening of...

The Woodstock Environmental Commission presented the Town Board with the idea of recognizing 3.5 square miles of land in Zena...

It was a good idea: after committing to mowing alongside the Empire State Trail stretch from Ohioville to the Thruway,...

Leaders in New Paltz now have an updated inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in the community. To reach a local...

Snow-devils spin their spritely dervish-dance, winds rage across the suddenly-winter landscape, snow and sleet pelt the window-panes, brown leaves skitter...

The Woodstock Environmental Commission will make a presentation to the Town Board on Tuesday, March 8 regarding a proposed Critical...

Wherever you are in the Hudson Valley this winter, there is likely to be an array of hawks, falcons, eagles...

New Paltz Town Board members agreed last Thursday, after more than two years, to designate the Ridge as a Critical...

“Clearwater has seldom had a cushion of financial reserves, and often seems to be operating from crisis to crisis.” It’s...

‘I would like to see a photographic picture of our mountainsides as they exist now…to get good shots of our...

Usually abundant and at times what some would decry as a nuisance, the regional white-tailed deer population has seen a...

Mugwort, an herb used in Chinese and naturopathic medicine to aid in digestion, promote circulation and to relieve headaches, among...

There is no quietude quite like what one experiences hiking in the winter. The air tastes refreshing, as though the...

A forestry consultant’s report cast doubt on whether alleged clearcutting was, in fact, on a Valley View Way property as originally...