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N.Y. Fights Invasives, Beacon Adds Trees, Reforestation Helps Cool the East
Fighting against climate change is critical to our survival, and...
Learning Not to Toss That School Lunch
Working in a school, I witness food waste daily. Students...
Valley Moves Toward Banning Blowers and “Leaving the Leaves”
When Michael Hall co-founded the Quiet Clean Alliance, a national...
Land + Air + Water
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#MadeByNature
#RestoreTheRiver
The Soil-Supplementing, Climate-Boosting Potential of Biochar
A soil amendment created from organic waste materials such as...
Overnight Stays Add Fun — and Financial Stability — to Valley Farms
The allure of waking up to a rooster’s crow and...
The Modern Comeback of Ancient Buckwheat
In 2023, Travel + Leisure named Ulster County’s Phoenicia Diner...
Outdoors
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Mental Health Break: Spend 60 Seconds in Nature
Yes, there’s a World Mental Health Day, and it falls...
What Sleeping in a Lighthouse Is Really Like
I’ve been obsessed with lighthouses since I was a kid....
Chasing the Rainbow: Skies Open Up to Hot Air Balloon (Volunteer) Crews
Years ago, I had a vivid dream of floating in...
Plants + Animals
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Inside N.Y.’s First-in-the-Nation Neonic Pesticide Nix
Since the 1940s, farmers and landscapers alike have used synthetic...
Coexisting More Peacefully With Coyotes
As human activity over the centuries has drastically altered the...
How to Better Attract and Support Butterflies
Many of us dream of having a butterfly haven in...
History + Culture
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Not a Castle, Never a Mansion: Bannerman Island’s Surprising Past
Among the natural wonders of the Hudson Highlands is a...
Savor the History of Las Villas, the Latin Catskills
Growing up around his parents’ business, Ishmael Martinez, Jr., would...
The Valley’s World-Beating Natural Cement Industry
Along with brick-making and ice harvesting, the manufacturing of natural cement earned the...
Community
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Secrets of the Professional Pumpkin Carvers
Creating is central to celebrating a holiday, and Halloween is...
How a Regional Mural Artist Goes to the Wall for Nature
It could be said that Joseph Pimentel was raised to...
Capturing Great Photography by Drone
Ever since I was a child, I dreamed of flight,...
Community
Secrets of the Professional Pumpkin Carvers
Creating is central to celebrating a holiday, and Halloween is no different. It’s the time of year when DIYers and...
How a Regional Mural Artist Goes to the Wall for Nature
It could be said that Joseph Pimentel was raised to...
Capturing Great Photography by Drone
Ever since I was a child, I dreamed of flight,...
How the Valley’s Seasons and Gardens Inspire Pattern Designer Jen Hewett
Printmaker, surface designer, and textile artist Jen Hewett loves to...
Getting More Lands Back in Black Farmers’ Hands
For Isa Jamira, her entire life, worldview, and career have been about seeking out one...
Community
Hudson Valley Queer Rockhoppers
Nestled in the breathtaking landscapes of the Catskill Mountains lies a trailblazing hiking group like...
Community
New Bike Trail Connections Make Cycling More Doable and Accessible
The Hudson Valley is a dream place to live for recreational cyclists. You can spend...
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Hudson Valley Queer Rockhoppers
Nestled in the breathtaking landscapes of the Catskill Mountains lies a trailblazing hiking group like no other: the Hudson Valley...
RecoveryHike
Nature has the power to help heal. Few understand that more fully than Bryan Clog, founder of RecoveryHike. Clog regularly...
The Body Liberation Hiking Club
Hiking is a beloved pastime for so many, offering a chance to escape the hustle of daily life, get some...
#HudsonInspired
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How a Regional Mural Artist Goes to the Wall for Nature
It could be said that Joseph Pimentel was raised to be an artist. His parents met in college in Brazil,...
How the Valley’s Seasons and Gardens Inspire Pattern Designer Jen Hewett
Printmaker, surface designer, and textile artist Jen Hewett loves to spend time in her garden. As a formerly full-time San...
Environmental Artist Kathleen Vance Goes Deep on Forest and River
Hiking and exploring forests are all in a day’s work for environmental artist Kathleen Vance. She visits the trees regularly...
Painting Outdoors to Keep a Historic Hudson Valley Tradition Alive
In 1825, artist Thomas Cole journeyed up the Hudson to capture the magnificence of the Catskills en plein air. This...
Textile Artist Victoria van der Laan Follows Threads to Zero-Waste Art
In the world of visual arts, painting, sculpture, video, and photography often dominate the narrative. Yet there are other forms...
An Artist-Scientist Observes a Changing Climate
Artist and scientist Hara Woltz believes that art is key to bearing witness to climate change in the Hudson Valley...
Wood Artist Reclaims Regional Trees
Megan Offner was surrounded by forests in her early life in Montana — yet the forests of the Hudson Valley...
Revealing Storm King’s Beauty: Unsung Painter Brings Mountain’s Majesty to Light
Storm King Mountain was a popular subject for Thomas Cole and other artists associated with the 19th-century Hudson River School of painting....
Artist Matthew Friday Considers Water, Waste
Not many artists think deeply about ecology and water, but artist-writer-educator Matthew Friday has done exactly that in multidisciplinary works...
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New Bike Trail Connections Make Cycling More Doable and Accessible
The Hudson Valley is a dream place to live for recreational cyclists. You can spend days pedaling scenic rail trails,...
Malcolm X Park Hosts New Moments of Joy
Malcolm X said, “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” A unique partnership responsible for the revitalization...
Seeding Poughkeepsie’s Healthy Future at Pershing Farm
“I used to walk by this park all the time and never thought there would be a farm here.” That’s...
Celebrate Good Times! Sojourner Truth State Park Opens with Community Earth Day Event
A Community Earth Day get-together was a fitting way to celebrate the opening of Sojourner Truth State Park, located on...
Celebrating Pershing Avenue Farm’s First Harvest
Residents of Poughkeepsie’s Northside neighborhood turned out in force to enjoy a Harvest Fest at the Pershing Avenue Neighborhood Farm +...
Newburgh Street-Tree Planting Aims to Restore the City’s Healthy, Shady Canopy
In May, the residents of South Miller Street in Newburgh gathered to plant, to care for — and really, to...
Creating a New Community Resource in Poughkeepsie
Deepening our roots in the City of Poughkeepsie — and building upon our commitment to be an active partner in...
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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...
Barry Medenbach, Suspension Bridge at Black Creek Preserve
“You could have just put a couple of big beams in there,” Barry Medenbach says about options for crossing the water at...
David Souers, Overlook Pavilion
The Hudson Valley has lots of iconic scenes, from the river and mountains to man-made creations that show up in...
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