by admin | Aug 23, 2010 | Ecology, Plant Distribution
We all know how destructive deer populations have been on native plants in New York. DEC is now funding a study to quantify this effect on a state forest in Chenango County. See more details HERE. We hope more of these studies will result in better management...
by admin | May 9, 2010 | Ecology, Field Trips
At the end of my street in the Capital District of New York, there is a beautiful red maple swamp. Even though I don’t own it I think of it as mine because I probably venture into in more often than anyone in the neighborhood. Red maple swamps are some of my...
by admin | Sep 28, 2009 | Ecology, Happenings
The Foundation presents a seminar series on scientific issues related to the environmental quality and resource management of the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary. Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 10:30 am Ecological Functions of Hudson River Salt Marshes and Submerged...
by admin | Jun 19, 2009 | Ecology, Natural History
See the progress Purdue University is having on reviving the American chestnut. Click here.
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 | Apr 29, 2009 | Ecology
Eighteen enthusiastic volunteers from SUNY-Fredonia and the Nature Sanctuary Society of Western New York visited the Alexander Preserve in Zoar Valley on April 25th to remove several invasive species within the Preserve in honor of Earth Week. Target species of...
