History, Natural History & the Arts
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) recently rescued two raptors: A red-tailed hawk stuck in a well on Long Island and Cooper’s hawk trapped in a screened porch in Columbia County.
On July 22, ECO Dickson received a call from a wildlife rehabilitator reporting an injured hawk stuck in a well in Oyster Bay. [Read more…] about Two Hawks Rescued in Separate Incidents
Since assuming the presidency of Columbia Land Conservancy in 2020, Troy Weldy has negotiated the preservation of nearly 3,500 acres of forest and farmland.
He’s been studying and conserving the lands of the Hudson Valley, including Columbia County, since 1995. Over that time, he has conducted multiple botanical and ecological surveys in New York State Parks, other state lands and on private properties. [Read more…] about Columbia County Farms & Forests Talk: Troy Weldy at Copake Iron Works, July 27th
From the Hudson to the Taconics: An Ecological and Cultural Field Guide to Columbia County, New York (Black Dome Press, 2024) written by Anna Duhon, Gretchen Stevens, Claudia Knab-Vispo and Conrad Vispo with the support of The Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program and Hudsonia features 36 discreet natural habitats in the Hudson Valley’s Columbia County and is beautifully illustrated with over 750 full-color photographs, maps, graphs, tables, and charts. [Read more…] about A Cultural & Ecological Field Guide to Columbia County, NY
The 128th New York Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment from Columbia and Dutchess Counties during the American Civil War. Formed in Hudson, New York, on September 5, 1862, by Colonel David S. Cowles, the regiment fought at the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana and was part of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
Over the course of the war, many of the regiment died or were taken prisoner and sent to the infamous Confederate Libby Prison. Colonel Cowles died with many of his men in battle at Port Hudson, while attempting to reopen the Mississippi River to the Union . [Read more…] about The 128th NY Regiment & Columbia County Contributions to the Union Army
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