The Shad Are Running — But for How Much Longer?
April usually marks the beginning of the shad run in the Hudson River, when adult males and females begin journeying from their haunts in the Atlantic Ocean — somewhere between Canada’s Bay of Fundy and the Virginia coast — to...
Next-Level Strategies to Reduce Waste
You’ve already brought reusable mugs, purchased locally in bulk and maybe even started composting. Now New York sustainability and travel blogger Kemi Ebah, who tries to maintain her low-waste lifestyle on frequent Hudson Valley jaunts, has ideas for taking your...
America’s First Female Real Estate Tycoon: Catheryna Rombout Brett
The life of Catheryna Rombout Brett — namesake of Scenic Hudson’s Madam Brett Park in Beacon — reads like fiction: A young woman forsakes the big city for the wilderness, carves out a life for herself and young sons following...
#HudsonInspired: Artist Jean-Marc Superville Sovak Contends With Valley’s Social Dynamics
Jean-Marc Superville Sovak was born in Montreal, the child of one parent from Trinidad and another from the Czech Republic. With this geographic span in his identity, he thinks a great deal about place in his art. And since attending art school at...
Get Inspired at These 10 Powerful Sites of the Valley’s Black History
Black Americans have been making important contributions to life in the Hudson Valley since the 17th century, but only in recent decades have their contributions been publicly recognized and celebrated. To continue appreciating Black history well beyond February, explore these 10...
The Glory Days of Hudson Valley Ice Harvesting
Block ice was once a can’t-live-without-it piece of American culture. For about a century beginning in the 1830s, keeping food and beverages cold in and around New York City depended on this ice — and on harvesting it from the...
Future Forward: Sustainable Agriculture
Sometimes we’re told change will take decades, even generations. Then world-shaking events like the COVID-19 pandemic show us it really can happen in a hurry. Such is the case with climate change — too often, we’ve been told that altering...
Future Forward
Future Forward Regional leaders and activists share their visions for bringing climate solutions to the Hudson Valley — and fast Published in partnership with The River + Chronogram Sometimes we’re told change will take decades, even generations. Then world-shaking events...