Mushroom Walk and Ancient Forest Discussion at High Falls Conservation Area in Philmont

Where: High Falls Conservation Area in Philmont (540 Roxbury Rd, Hudson, NY 12534) With the wrapping up of the Field Guide, we have felt that there are a few habitats that deserve more attention and care. These include our “ancient forests,” which are forests that have never been fully cleared for agriculture and whose soils have never been plowed. They […]

Historical Weather Station Display at Martin Van Buren NHS

Join us as we set up our historical weather station display for an “historical weather day” at the Martin Van Buren NHS. The weather station display will feature antique and replica weather instruments, predominantly from the 19th century. The event will be an opportunity to learn about and interact with these early weather instruments, many […]

Habitat Exploration Walk: Palatine Park

Where: Palatine Park, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown, NY Join authors of From the Hudson to the Taconics: An Ecological and Cultural Field Guide to the Habitats of Columbia County, New York for a walk exploring habitats such as swamp forest, oak-maple forest, and pond at Palatine Park using this newly released book as a guide […]

Climate Carnival in Chatham

Please visit the Farmscape Ecology Program display at the Climate Carnival on the Fairground in Chatham, NY. See here for more info about the event.

Book Talk and Habitat Walk at Austerlitz Historical Society

Austerlitz Church, 11550 Route 22, Austerlitz NY Join authors of From the Hudson to the Taconics: An Ecological and Cultural Field Guide to the Habitats of Columbia County, New York for an in-door presentation about their beautiful book. This will be followed by a leisurely stroll through the fields and along the stream behind the […]

Meadow Work Day at the Forge Project

Forge Project invites neighbors from the region to participate in a Meadow Work Day, learning about and participating in some of the meadow tending work happening onsite. Basic plant identification will be led by allied botanists Claudia Knab-Vispo and Josie Laing of the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program. You will learn about the different management […]

Habitat Exploration Walk: High Falls

Where: High Falls Conservation Area, 540 Roxbury Road, Philmont, NY Join authors of From the Hudson to the Taconics: An Ecological and Cultural Field Guide to the Habitats of Columbia County, New York for a walk exploring habitats such as floodplain forest, hemlock forest, and black locust forest at High Falls Conservation Area using this newly […]

Book Talk: “From the Hudson to the Taconics” at the O Zone

Join authors of From the Hudson to the Taconics: An Ecological and Cultural Field Guide to the Habitats of Columbia County, New York for an introduction to the book and some of the habitats highlighted therein. They will also share experiences and discoveries made in the process of creating this Field Guide. Please register here […]

Hawthorne Valley Harvest Festival

Hawthorne Valley Farm 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY, United States

Hawthorne Valley Harvest Festival Stop by the Farmscape Ecology Program display for a close-up look at insects through a microscope, learn about soil organisms with an interactive poster, and hear about our research efforts in the ancient forests of Columbia County. Our recently published field guide will also be available for purchase. We hope to […]