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Welcome to the Farmscape Ecology Program Website

Our goal is to foster informed, active compassion for the ecological and cultural landscape of Columbia County, NY through participatory research and outreach.

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FEP in the Media

  • FEP staff discussed the Ancient Forest Project on a podcast called “Who’s that Expert?!“
  • Kyle, Laura, and Josie were interviewed for an article in the Columbia Paper “Columbia County had ancient forests“
  • Anna and Conrad participated in a talk titled “Rediscovery of 200-year old Records of NY State Climate Long Before Global Warming” for the Partners for Climate Action’s Morning Coffee Webinar series
  • Claudia and Conrad shared the Field Guide on WAMC’s “The Roundtable” Radio Segment 
  • Article by Conrad published in From the Ground Up called “Agroecology as Faith–Thoughts on Farming With and For Nature”
  • Kyle’s Feature on Ants in WAMC’s “To the Best of Our Knowledge” Radio Segment
  • Conrad’s Article on Ponds Published in LakeLine Magazine
  • “Roots to Renewal” Podcast

Latest News

  • Northeast Natural History Conference RecordingsApril 23, 2025
    In early April, researchers involved in the Applied Farmscape Ecology Research Collaborative (AFERC) at the Hudson Valley Farm Hub presented at the Northeast Natural History Conference in Springfield, MA. The title of this session was “The Habitat Ecology of a Farm: Learning from a Multiorganismal View of the Ecology of a Single Hudson Valley Farm.”… Read more: Northeast Natural History Conference Recordings
  • Ancient Forest Project Presentation RecordingMarch 14, 2025
    On March 13th, Kyle, Laura, and Josie presented the preliminary results from the 2024 pilot study in person and on Zoom and gave a first look at the in-progress “Map of Potential Ancient Forests of Columbia County.” Below is a link to the recording of the talk and a PDF of the presentation slides. Take… Read more: Ancient Forest Project Presentation Recording
  • Year-in-Review 2024December 19, 2024
    Our yearly report is ready! Please enjoy this illustrated and detailed narrative of the work we have accomplished this year. Year-in-Review 2024

2024 Annual Appeal: donate to support our work at the Farmscape Ecology Program

If you have ever joined us for an ecology walk, enjoyed one of our posts or presentations, valued a resource we’ve created, or simply appreciated the interdisciplinary focus we bring to doing original research in this landscape and sharing it creatively with the community, we hope you will consider making a donation to support our continued efforts. You can do so online or by sending a check to: 

Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program
1075 Harlemville Road
Ghent, NY 12075
 

For those not on our mailing list, this year’s appeal is particularly focused on supporting our Ancient Forest Project. Download a copy of this year’s gift, an Ancient Forest Mushrooms guide, by visiting: https://hvfarmscape.org/2024-annual-appeal/

 

 

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