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Adk Garden Club Announces 2020 Grant Awardees

July 7, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

adirondack garden club logoThe Adirondack Garden Club has announced the Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund grant awardees for 2020.

The Adirondack Garden Club Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund was established in 2005 to give financial assistance to individuals and not-for-profit organizations involved in programs whose purpose is to study, protect and enjoy the natural environment within the Adirondack Park. [Read more…] about Adk Garden Club Announces 2020 Grant Awardees

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Food, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Garden Club, Grants, nature

Bear Killed: High Peaks Campsites, Lean-Tos Reopened

July 7, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

black bear provided by decThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has reopened campsites and lean-tos in the Lake Colden area in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Park, after a black bear that DEC says had “a documented escalation of the bear’s aggressive behavior since 2018” was euthanized.

Camping in the area was temporarily closed after numerous incidents with what are believed to have been the same bear over the past several weeks, according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. [Read more…] about Bear Killed: High Peaks Campsites, Lean-Tos Reopened

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: black bears, camping, DEC, High Peaks, Lake Colden, nature, Wildlife

Broad-Winged Hawk Migrations

July 4, 2020 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Broad Winged Hawk ChicksEach fall, thousands of broad-winged hawks soar across Northeastern skies in flocks known as kettles, on their way to wintering grounds in South and Central America.

The sky swirls with hawks bubbling up on thermals of hot air and then streaming southward. It is enough to take your breath away – all those raptors, more than you could imagine seeing in a lifetime, coursing across one stretch of sky together. [Read more…] about Broad-Winged Hawk Migrations

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: birding, birds, nature, raptors, Wildlife

Identify Giant Hogweed, Then Avoid It

July 4, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

giant hogweed plantGiant hogweed plants are beginning to bloom across many parts of the state, making it a prime time to spot this harmful invasive. Giant hogweed is a large, flowering plant from Eurasia with sap that can cause painful burns and scarring. [Read more…] about Identify Giant Hogweed, Then Avoid It

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: DEC, Invasive Species, nature, Wildlife

Trout Fishing, Drought and Low Water

July 2, 2020 by Tom Kalinowski 1 Comment

Fly fishing in a river courtesy Wikimedia user ZigaTrout fishing is a challenging endeavor, yet it can be the most rewarding backcountry activity, as success ordinarily means a meal or two with a great tasting main course. Because trout require cool, clean waters in which to live, anglers who want to engage in this popular summer pastime traditionally head to those places where conditions remain favorable for these hardy game fish. [Read more…] about Trout Fishing, Drought and Low Water

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Climate Change, Fisheries, fishing, nature, Trout, Wildlife

Pill Bugs: A Primer

July 1, 2020 by Paul Hetzler Leave a Comment

Pill Bug courtesy Wikimedia user Franco FoliniYou’ve probably seen these little fourteen-legged chimeras at some point, though you may not have paid them any mind since you were a kid.

Part shrimp, part kangaroo, and part armadillo, the ubiquitous pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare) is a harmless, if sometimes annoying, critter which scuttles about at night feeding on dead vegetation.

Also known as potato bugs or roly-polys, these are the guys that pull themselves into a tight little ball for protection when disturbed. [Read more…] about Pill Bugs: A Primer

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: gardening, insects, nature, Wildlife

Rattlesnake Relocated from Columbia County

June 29, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Rattlesnake slithers under porch of Columbia County residenceEnvironmental Conservation Officer Jeff Cox reported that on June 20th he received a call from a concerned homeowner in Copake reporting a large rattlesnake on their front porch. [Read more…] about Rattlesnake Relocated from Columbia County

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature Tagged With: DEC, ECOs, nature, snakes, Wildlife

Asian Giant Hornet – Fact vs Fiction

June 29, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Asian giant hornet courtesy Washington State Department of AgricultureSince the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) was first detected in Washington state in December of 2019, it has been hard to miss the eye-catching headlines about this species.

With so much news out there, we want to make it easy for you and break down the facts about this much-buzzed-about species: [Read more…] about Asian Giant Hornet – Fact vs Fiction

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: insects, Invasive Species, nature, Wildlife

Coyotes: Decoding Their Yips, Barks, and Howls

June 28, 2020 by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

coyote howls by adelaide tyrolAs the sunset colors fade from purple to black an eerie sound breaks the forest calm. It is not the long, low, slow howling of wolves that can be heard further north, but the group yip-howl of coyotes: short howls that often rise and fall in pitch, punctuated with staccato yips, yaps, and barks. [Read more…] about Coyotes: Decoding Their Yips, Barks, and Howls

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature Tagged With: coyotes, nature, predators, small mammals, Wildlife, wolves

Keeping the Grass High

June 27, 2020 by Paul Hetzler Leave a Comment

blades of grassI’ve been wary of lawns since about 1970 when I saw a public-service TV ad which featured a leafy green bundle dropping into an eerily vacant playground. A baritone, God-like voice issued a dire warning, something like: “Grass. We think it’s bad for kids. Stay away from it.”

My five-year-old mind rejected Mom’s account that some grass was bad but ours was OK, because she wouldn’t give any details about the bad stuff. It was a few days before I ventured onto the lawn again. [Read more…] about Keeping the Grass High

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: gardening, nature, Wildlife

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