by admin | May 27, 2009 | Ecology, Invasive Species
By Gabriel Chapin, Land Steward with the Shawangunk Ridge Program of the Nature Conservancy It’s springtime again high atop the Shawangunk Ridge at Sam’s Point Preserve and everywhere you look, signs of summer are beginning to appear. Birds are singing, hardwoods are...
by admin | May 26, 2009 | Plant Sightings
My family and I took a trip to Sam’s Point and the ice caves on Sunday morning. It was a beautiful drive from Ellenville up Route 52 to Cragsmoor Road and then a short drive to the visitor center run by The Nature Conservancy. We hiked the trails northeast to...
by admin | May 26, 2009 | Happenings
On Saturday, June 6th, 9:30-12:30, Russ Cohen, the author of “Wild Plants I have known.and eaten” will hold a Workshop on Edible Wild Plants at Hawthorne Valley Farm. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Columbia Land Conservancy and free of charge. Please...
by admin | May 20, 2009 | Happenings, Natural History, Plant Organizations
We invite your participation in a new research initiative of the Farmscape Ecology Program: a natural history survey of Columbia County. This project is envisioned as a many-year, many people on-going effort to document the plants and animals that share the county...
by admin | May 19, 2009 | What's Blooming
The Capital District Friday Field Group visited the TNC Hannacroix Ravine Preserve in Clarksville last Friday May 15, 2009. Bob Ingalls sent along this list of plants they saw in bloom. Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine Barbarea vulgaris – Yellow Rocket...
