Trails for All training
On Sunday, June 8, Carole Fraser will lead a learning session workshop demonstrating the tools and techniques needed to build expertise in trail assessment. ECOS collaborated with Fraser on the latest edition of the local […]
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Zoom Speaker Series: Don’t Get Ticked!
Avoiding Lyme and other tick-borne diseases requires avoiding a tick bite! Join the New York State Integrated Pest Program’s Joellen Lampman as she talks about the different ticks in our area and their biology, the diseases […]
Spring Walk: Hop Field Trail, John Boyd Thacher State Park, Altamont
We begin this hike through a small picnic area and up a brief incline along a fast-running stream and waterfall. This orange trail intersects the yellow trail, which loops around a wetland for about a […]
Spring Walk: Pine Hollow Arboretum, Slingerlands
If we’ve timed this right we’ll be able to wander through magnolias in bloom, as well as exploring various plant regions from Europe to Asia to America. Easy hiking, mostly level, though it might be […]
Spring Walk: Bennett Hill Preserve, Feura Bush
This is a 155-acre property managed by the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy. It has excellent views of the Helderberg Mountains to the north and Albany to the east. There are three miles of trails, some […]
Spring Walk: Winn Preserve, Knox
This is a beautiful wooded preserve with low to medium-effort trails that wind through ferns and shady forests. Limestone fissures, rock outcroppings, and cliffs demonstrate the limestone karst geology of the Helderberg Escarpment. Leader: Debra […]
Spring Walk: Vale Park and Cemetery, Schenectady
This walk will focus on trees, wildflowers, ferns, and mushrooms (if we find any!). Vale Cemetery is an historic “rural” cemetery that opened in 1857 with the planting of over 1,000 trees. Today, it is […]
Spring Walk: Knox Wetland Preserve, Knox
Knox Wetland Preserve, Knox: A broad boardwalk, accessible for people with mobility issues, takes us through prime birding habitat, where we can see species like Virginia Rail, Sora, Common Gallinule, American and Least Bittern, as […]
Spring walk: Lanford Wood Community Forest, Hoosick Falls
Lanford Wood Community Forest is a new 500-acre preserve owned by Hudson Taconic Lands. It is mostly wooded and should have early spring wildflowers along the trail. The trail does climb several hundred feet so […]
Spring Walk: Fisher Trail, Slingerlands
Fisher Trail is named for the fisher, a member of the weasel family found at Five Rivers, and for Fisher Blvd. It is ADA accessible to people with mobility disabilities and runs 0.66 mile from […]
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