Once home of the “Bender’s Surprise” melon, this former farm is now an Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy property with new trails being blazed all the time. The plan is to explore the trails in the [...]
The nature bus aims to make local natural areas more accessible to people living in the city of Schenectady. It will run every Saturday from July 6 through Sept. 7, with events planned at different [...]
Located in the foothills of the Helderberg Mountains, the first part of this hike is a moderate climb along a ravine. At the top we go to a pond with two benches, then up to [...]
The nature bus aims to make local natural areas more accessible to people living in the city of Schenectady. It will run every Saturday from July 6 through Sept. 7, with events planned at different [...]
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 well as Swamp Sparrow [...]
We will be walking a powerline right-of-way where scads of Purple Milkwort and Yellow Ladies' Tresses orchids abound, as do a wonderful assortment of early-fall meadow wildflowers like asters and goldenrods, plus interesting rock-dwelling mosses [...]
Climate change and the experience of being unhoused are two incredibly difficult concepts for most of us to wrap our heads around. To be stewards of the earth, we have to understand how it is [...]
ECOS is bringing its nature walks to Glenville’s Senior Center on Monday, Sept. 23 at 1 p.m. Weather permitting, it will start with a crash course in northeast trees, then we’ll take a casual stroll [...]
We’ll take another trip around this beautiful selection of woodland, lacustrine, and pine barrens, to see what’s happening with this preserve-in-progress. And hopefully see some gentians. Most flat but sometimes muddy. Co-leaders: Janet Chen and [...]
Strawberry Fields is a wonderful preserve with fringed gentians and a large variety of asters and goldenrods, as well as ponds with water birds. Leader: Jeff Leon. Directions: From Scotia go west on Rt. 5 [...]
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