An MHLC property in thetown of Knox, this offers many waterfalls as well as trout lilies and other spring ephemerals. Leader: Sarah Walsh, MHLC associate director. Directions: From Main St. in Altamont turn north at [...]

ECOS, SiCM/Schenectady Urban Farms, ReTree Schenectady, the Schoharie River Center,   Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Schenectady County Soil & Water Conservation District are all coming together for an Arbor Day Festival at the Vale Urban Farm.  The [...]

A relatively easy one-mile loop through mixed forest to a stream-crossed vale at the foot of the Palmertown Mountains. Thousands of Spring Beauty flowers pave the forest floor here, along with other lovely spring wildflowers [...]

Join us for our final Thursday Zoom Speaker of the season! Peter Tobiessen, Professor Emeritus of Biology at Union College, recently completed ECOS’ latest publication, “Natural Areas And Other Attractions of Schoharie County, New York.” [...]

Join ECOS as we remember the legacy of Ed Kautz, and his passion for native plants to support pollinators. Nancy Peterson will give us a tour of the native plants around their yard in Schenectady, [...]