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Breaking news: Skunk Cabbage Seen Flowering in Dutchess County
NYFA board member Aissa Feldmann saw skunk cabbage blooming in a swamp at Stony Kill Farm near Beacon in Dutchess County on March 9th while performing surveys for New England cottontail. The snow was patchy (see photo) so she didn't see the process of snow melting...
Save the Date: Long Island Pine Barrens Discovery Day Saturday, June 11
Learn about the ecology of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens and take part in other educational fun shops, field trips and a kids Discovery Center. Fun for the whole family. More information is available at their website. CLICK HERE to access it. Rain date June...
The History of High School Botany Education in America
Margaret Conover, a botanist from SUNY Stony Brook, has written an interesting overview of how botany has been taught in American high schools from 1800 to the present. She states that just over 100 years ago nearly all high-school students studied botany for a full...
The Authors of the Cyperaceae of Maine Need a Few Photos
Glen Mittelhauser is in the final stages of compiling and editing a field guide to the Cyperaceae of Maine (collaborative effort with Alison Dibble, Matt Arsenault, Don Cameron, Jill Weber, Sally Rooney, and Arthur Haines) and is on track for having this guide...
A Flurry of Flora Flashcards
Look on the website quizlet.com and you will see many sets of electronic flashcards that can be used to test your knowledge of the flora of a variety of areas from states (Ohio, North Carolina) to local flora. For New Yorkers, you should try the Ohio set since it has...
Upcoming Spring Events at the Long Island Long Pond Greenbelt
The most recent newsletter is out for the Long Pond Greenbelt and they highlight some interesting events that pertain to our native flora including: Saturday, May 7. Peconic Family Fun Day at the Children's Museum of the East End. This is the first year we'll be at...
Rochester Fundraiser for the Christine Sevilla Wetland Preserve
Christine was a noted photographer and nature enthusiast of the Rochester area. Christine's family and friends envision a natural area, including wetlands, preserved in her memory. This vision includes an educational component, like an interpretive trail to help...
Put Down the Pills and Go Experience Nature
A recent article in USA Today talks about how doctors and nature preserves are teaming up to fill patient's "nature prescriptions" where doctors prescribe a walk in a preserve as well as more healthy eating. For more on the article CLICK HERE. Sounds like we could...
An Ode to Naturalists and Their Discoveries
A recent New York Times article by Richard Conniff entitled "How Species Save Our Lives" heaps praise on naturalists and their discovery of species that have provided the many health benefits that we enjoy today. I like his comments, "Were it not for the work of...
Cornell Plantation Announces Second Natural Areas Academy
ITHACA, NY (February 21, 2011) -- Do you love spending time in the forests, meadows and other natural areas of the Finger Lakes region? Do you care about preserving the integrity of the natural world and do you want to share this love with others? If so, consider...
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