by Kyle J Webster | May 26, 2010 | Horticulture
Fiddlehead Creek Farm and Native Plant Nursery. 7381 St. Rt 40, Hartford, NY (Washington County NE of Hudson Falls) We are very excited to be having our grand opening this upcoming weekend. We will be open Sat, Sun, and Monday from 10-5 on May 29-31 (Memorial Day...
by Kyle J Webster | May 26, 2010 | Invasive Species
If you have seen giant hogweed in New York call the NYSDEC Giant Hogweed Hotline (845)256-3111. The hotline is a place for people to report new sites, ask questions about the plant and how to control it, and connect with our statewide control project. Another giant...
by Kyle J Webster | May 24, 2010 | Publications, Apps, and Websites
Local botanists Nancy Eldblom & Anne Johnson have just published the Plants of St. Lawence County, New York. Contains write-ups of over 1,300 plants growing wild in St. Lawrence County– Learn if a plant has been found in the county where in the county it...
by Kyle J Webster | May 22, 2010 | Field Techniques, Publications, Apps, and Websites
Wouldn’t it be nice to see what your area looked like from the air as far back as 1938? Vegetation changes are readily apparent when you compare them to aerial photographs of today. For New York I have found two sources that have old aerial photographs available...
by Kyle J Webster | May 20, 2010 | Natural History
Since we are out observing and photographing wildflowers all the time, our friends over on the zoology side of the Natural Heritage Program are asking us to keep our eyes out for a couple of bumblebees which might be in severe decline. On February 10, 2010, a broad...