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In the Climate Fight, “Blue Carbon” Soaks Up Fresh Attention (and Emissions)
All around us, there are natural systems that soak up...
Can N.Y. Reset Tech With Its Nation-Leading Right to Repair Law?
New York State will set a historic precedent July 1,...
Going Green at Home by 2030
The $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022 marked...
Land + Air + Water
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Forest Farming Takes Root in Valley Woodlands
When you think about preserving farmland, sun-splashed fields filled with...
What Valley Farmers Have Been Up to Off-Season
The Hudson Valley takes on a different beauty in every...
Chasing Rainbows in the Hudson Valley
Rainbows seem to be everywhere right now. In the Hudson...
Outdoors
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The Best Ways to Give Backpacking a Try
Intimidation vs. liberation. That’s what the equation can come down...
Quiz: Can You Recognize These Parks Pre-Makeover?
A call out of the blue from the mayor of...
Ways to Leave a Lighter Footprint While Camping
Are you hoping to celebrate and honor the outdoors this...
Plants + Animals
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How Gourds Go Way Beyond Fall Decoration
Prepare to be inundated again this fall with all things...
The Opossum, a Surprising N.Y. Fan Fave
They may not look like the cuddliest creatures, but opossums...
World’s First Bee Vaccine Expands Pollinator Potential
The next time you see a honeybee buzzing around a...
History + Culture
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The Longtime Wonders of the Freshly Appreciated Paw Paw Fruit
Even though it’s native to North America, pawpaw is a...
Valley Corn’s Sweet Roots
Few things offer the sweetness of a Hudson Valley summer...
Five More Hudson Valley Claims to Fame
When it comes to superlatives, the Hudson Valley definitely holds...
Community
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Malcolm X Park Hosts New Moments of Joy
Malcolm X said, “The future belongs to those who prepare...
The Body Liberation Hiking Club
Hiking is a beloved pastime for so many, offering a...
RecoveryHike
Nature has the power to help heal. Few understand that...
#Trailblazers
Five More Hudson Valley Claims to Fame
When it comes to superlatives, the Hudson Valley definitely holds its own. Here are five more sites that rank supreme...
How a Pioneering Woman Aeronaut Shattered Limits From the Hudson Valley
A race in the clouds on the Fourth of July, with one hot air balloon piloted by a woman! That’s...
Five of the Hudson Valley’s History-Making Firsts
In 2021, Time magazine named the Hudson Valley one of the world’s greatest places. But some places in the region lay claim...
Get Inspired by Three of the Valley’s Revolutionary War Women
As thousands of men went off to fight in the American Revolution, many women kept the home fires burning — which...
How Madam C.J. Walker Made It (and Shared It)
She built one of the most striking homes on the Hudson River — and the nation’s first female self-made millionaire...
Appreciating Edna St. Vincent Millay at the Literary Legend’s Valley Home
Described by one writer as the “Bob Dylan and Madonna of her generation,” poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) was...
Pioneering Female Astronomer’s Legacy Lives On
From the beginning, stargazing has been part of the curriculum at Poughkeepsie’s Vassar College. That’s because Maria Mitchell — America’s...
Seven Women Who Improved Life Here
They fought for working women’s rights, advocated for vulnerable children, even rescued drowning sailors. And of course, they called for...
Remembering America’s First Woman Botanist
Driving along the distinctly suburban stretch of Route 17K in Coldenham, a hamlet in Orange County’s Town of Montgomery, it’s...
#BlackHistoryMonth: Valley Gardening Godfather James F. Brown
I went to church at Fishkill village and returned home through the rain and got very wet but heard a...
MLK’s Haunting Final Words to the Hudson Valley
A 1999 survey of scholars ranked Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech as the most important American...
Six Ways the LGBTQ+ Community Has Made History From the Hudson Valley
In the decades since New York City’s Stonewall Riots brought greater visibility to the U.S. movement for gay rights in...
From a Troy Orphanage to a Pioneering Medical Career: Pathbreaker Dorothy Lavinia Brown
“Dreams can be made to come true,” said Dorothy Lavinia Brown, who achieved her aspirations by becoming the first African...
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:...
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...
FDR’s Deft Civil Rights Advocate, Elizabeth McDuffie
Shortly after Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt moved into the White House in 1933, leaving behind the family’s beloved home on...
Honoring Sojourner Truth Where She Walked to Freedom
Imagine being enslaved for 29 years — beginning at the moment of your birth.Imagine being subjected to cruelty that permanently...
Thurgood Marshall’s Valley Legacy
Travelers whizzing along Route 17 — perhaps on their way to or from hikes in Harriman or Sterling Forest State...
Rachel Carson & the Clearwater
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, published in 1962, is considered the bible of the modern environmental movement. Its compelling and science-based...
Living Black History
Something to ponder during Black History Month: Prior to the abolition of slavery in New York in 1827, it was...
Tubman in Troy
With the November 2019 release of the movie Harriet, we remember the courageous action she took in 1860 in Troy,...
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