ECOS: The Environmental Clearinghouse
April 17, 2025

Spring Walk: Peebles Island State Park

Peebles Island State Park 1 Delaware Avenue, Waterford, NY, United States

Peebles Island State Park in Cohoes is a well-known yet often overlooked treasure, right in the middle of the Capital District. There are remnants of Revolutionary War fortifications as well as a historic textile factory. [...]

Spring Walk: High Point Trail, John Boyd Thacher State Park, Altamont

Old Stage Road, John Boyd Thacher State Park Old Stage Road, Altamont, NY, United States

A two-mile long hike. Highlights will include the High Point multi-state view, old stone walls, karst topography, and new friendships There is no significant elevation change; some of the footing is rocky. Avid hikers may [...]

Spring walk: Lanford Wood Community Forest, Hoosick Falls

Lanford Wood Community Forest 90 Baertschi Rd., Hoosick Falls, NY

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: Knox Wetland Preserve, Knox

Knox Wetland Preserve Street Rd., Knox, NY

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: Vale Park and Cemetery, Schenectady

Vale Urban Farm

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 [...]