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VISIONS FOR A VIBRANT HUDSON VALLEY: Updates from Scenic Hudson’s president

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Go Spring Ephemeral-Spotting

The Valley may not host showy fields of tulips or bluebonnets. Yet for the hikers, painters, students, explorers, photographers and general observers...

Monitor

#WildlifeLove: Rethinking the Humble Beaver

Beavers figured prominently in North America’s past — they were appreciated by Indigenous people for millennia, and are the main reason the...

Legacy

Quiz: The Hudson Valley's Indigenous Heritage

The region we call the Hudson Valley has a deep Indigenous heritage. Early Native American inhabitants of the valley — often referred...

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#MeetTheMakers: Kim Mathews, West Point Foundry Preserve Landscape

When West Point Foundry Preserve reopened in 2013, after a 16-month construction project and years of planning, the new “historical park” became an instant...

Tomorrow

Fresh Climate Solution Coming to the Valley: Greater Sustainability Ed

Late in summer 2018, a Swedish teen plopped down on a sidewalk by the seat of her nation’s government, bearing a handwritten...

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⚠️ Alert ⚠️
Be aware that May is turkey hunting season at Shaupeneak Ridge. There is also hunting permitted at property along the Hyde Park Trail.

Whether hiking or biking, please wear bright colored clothing and be exercise caution during this time. Hunting (with permit) is allowed until noon every day.
(photo: Robert Rodriguez, Jr.)

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Transforming the Hudson Valley

Since 1963, we’ve been preserving, protecting and revitalizing land and communities in the Hudson River Valley of New York.

BEFORE: Asphalt plant, Tarrytown, 2000

AFTER: Scenic Hudson RiverWalk Park at Tarrytown

BEFORE: Parking lot, downtown Yonkers, 1980s

AFTER: Van der Donck Park

BEFORE: Oil storage facility, Beacon, 1950s

AFTER: Scenic Hudson’s Long Dock Park

BEFORE: Obsolete railroad bridge, Poughkeepsie, 2000

AFTER: Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park

BEFORE: Junk car lot, Cold Spring, 1990s

AFTER: West Point Foundry Preserve

BEFORE: Former lumberyard, Irvington, 2000

AFTER: Scenic Hudson Park at Irvington

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Progress Continues on Future State Park Along Hudson River

May 7, 2021

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Parks and Trails Assistant – SCA Member 5 Month Position (May 17 – October 18, 2021)

May 5, 2021

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Carbon Sequestration from the Ground Up: Opportunities in Northeastern Farms and Forests (Virtual Conference)

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News, Visions for a Vibrant Hudson Valley: Updates from Scenic Hudson’s President

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