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Why to Try Advanced Composting With Bokashi Buckets
Composting is an eco-friendly way to return banana peels, veggie...
Good News for New York Frogs, EVs, and Big Trees
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by all the negative news...
Why #NoMowMay Might Not Be As Simple As It Sounds
In 2019, a group of British conservationists came up with...
Land + Air + Water
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Farming More Flood-Resilient Rice in the Valley
For thousands of years and across continents, rice has been...
Why Corn Mazes Became Spooky-Season Classics
When Hurds Family Farm in Ulster County’s Modena built its...
Taste the Region: Green Pumpkin-Seed Mole With Grilled Veggies
You might know mole as a dark brown chile-based chocolate...
Outdoors
#Don'tForgetFungi
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Stargazing, Hudson Valley-Style
Hudson Valley days are rich with visual wonders: the mountains...
Where to Fly Fish in the Sport’s U.S. Birthplace
I’ll never forget the day I found my father’s fly...
Late-Summer Break: Spend 60 Seconds in Nature
A bloom-sprinkled meadow. A single bee. Bliss. It’s late summer...
Plants + Animals
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The Ins & Outs of Mowing With Goats
Goats were first domesticated around 11,000 years ago from the...
Meet a Local Orchid: Eastern Lady’s Slipper
In a world of asters — sunflower, chicory, goldenrod, dandelion,...
The Dogs Who Day-Hike the Hudson Valley
Dogs are the only species in the animal kingdom that...
History + Culture
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How the Erie Canal Changed the Hudson River Forever
Long before bagels or pizza, New York City was famous...
How Juan Jacinto Jova Innovated for Better Valley Bricks
Brickmaking along the Hudson River dates back to the early...
How Winifred Goldring Revealed More of New York’s Natural History
As the first woman state paleontologist in the country, Winifred...
Community
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Why Dyeing With Plants is a Blooming Valley Trend
I plucked petals off purple chrysanthemums and pale blue hydrangeas,...
Taste the Region: Green Pumpkin-Seed Mole With Grilled Veggies
You might know mole as a dark brown chile-based chocolate...
Taste the Region: Italian Sub Panzanella
Summer means tomato season in the Hudson Valley. Large, juicy...
#FlightWatch
Hearing the Hidden Meanings of Woodpeckers
As winter moves into spring, we often hear the repeated tapping of woodpeckers that echoes from distant trees. This is...
#FlightWatch: Do You Know the Mockingbird?
Mockingbirds are a fixture in popular American culture. They provided inspiration for the Mockingjays in The Hunger Games. Harper Lee named...
Up Close With New York’s Only Resident Hummingbird
Bird lovers throughout the Hudson Valley are watching for one of our area’s most beloved seasonal residents: the ruby-throated hummingbird....
How Robins Signal Spring
The robin is the oneThat interrupts the mornWith hurried, few, express reportsWhen March is scarcely on. —Emily Dickinson, “The Robin”...
Why Cardinals Rule
Northern cardinals have become a familiar and welcome sight to New Yorkers, particularly here in the Hudson Valley. The iconic...
What’s Next When You Find an Injured Bird
There’s something especially heartbreaking about coming across an injured bird — a creature meant to soar that is suddenly suffering,...
Poughkeepsie’s Massive Crow Roost
As the weather cools off, crows flock to Poughkeepsie by the thousands to join a communal roost, a ritual that’s...
The Local Eagle-Spotting Outlook
Few things in life draw the sort of deep-sigh feeling of awe as the sight of a majestic eagle soaring...
On Cold Days, Go Gull-Spotting
You might see a seagull over the Hudson River and think it’s amazing that these birds have come 50 or...
The Valley’s Vanishing Nighthawks
BEEMPP! BOOM!! and again BEEEMPP! BOOOM! On a warm June evening, I would take the kids down to Coxsackie to wait....
The Valley’s Fall Birdwatching Forecast
If you stand outside at about 9:30 p.m. and listen quietly, you might hear the distinctive “wheet” calls of the...
Beyond Backyard Birding
Jacqueline Dooley
Bird Breeding Atlas
Want to contribute to a scientific project while doing something you may already love? Then sign up to start providing...
Red, White & Bluebird
“When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of...
Bird’s-eye View
In addition to facilitating travel across the Hudson River’s Tappan Zee, the New NY Bridge offers a seasonal home to...
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