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Category Archives: Invasive Species
Get Outside, Give Back: Giving Tuesday Week 2016
The Trail Conference’s #GivingTuesday Week is the perfect time to skip the holiday crowds, get outside, and support trails this holiday season. When you give the gift of trails Nov. 22 through 29, you can even send your support to … Continue reading
Improving the Long Swamp Trail, One Hike at a Time
Eagle Scout could earn another prestigious Hornaday Conservation Award for his efforts combating invasive species in Sterling Forest By Zachary Kunow, Trail Conference volunteer I am a 16-year-old Eagle Scout with Boy Scout Troop 21 of Suffern, N.Y., and have … Continue reading
Posted in Hikes, Invasive Species, New York Trails, Profile, Science, Sterling Forest, Trails, Volunteering, West Hudson Trails
Tagged Boy Scouts, Community Outreach, Community Service, Connect With Nature, Conservation, Eagle Scout, invasive plants, Invasives Strike Force, New York, News, Science, Sterling Forest State Park, Trail Information, trails, Volunteers, West Hudson Trails
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Trail Maintainers Are Getting a Crash Course in Invasive Species
Trail maintainers are the Trail Conference’s front line in keeping hiking paths open and safe. They remove blowdowns, clear overgrowth, reblaze trails, and report hazardous conditions and suspicious activity. Some of these defenders of the trails may soon add another … Continue reading
Posted in East Hudson Trails, Invasive Species, Trail Crew, Trails, Volunteering
Tagged invasive plants, Invasives Strike Force, New York, News, trail maintainers, trails, Volunteers
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Help Beautify Trails on I Love My Park Day
Join us in beautifying our trails on I Love My Park Day this Saturday, May 2! The Trail Conference and our member clubs are hosting several events to help celebrate, improve, and enhance parks in our region. Sign up now! … Continue reading
DEC Warning: Avoid Giant Hogweed Plants & Report New Locations
We share this press release from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC): DEC continues its ongoing efforts to control invasive giant hogweed plants across the state and today reminds residents to look for signs of the plant … Continue reading
We Love Our Parks
Minnewaska I Love My Park Day volunteers at a trail improvement project on the Mossy Glen Trail. This year, we worked with our partners on trail projects at FDR State Park in Westchester, and Minnewaska State Park Preserve in Ulster. … Continue reading
Posted in Invasive Species, Volunteering
Tagged invasive plants, ISF, Minnewaska State Park, West Hudson Trail Crew
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Consider Making a Commitment to Help Protect Our Native Habitat
Do you enjoy and love our native natural habitat? Join Linda Rohleder, our Director of Land Stewardship and Coordinator, Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management, in the field and in the classroom and learn how you can help … Continue reading
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Scout’s Invasives Project Leads to Eagle Honor
by Linda Rohleder, Land Stewardship Director Congratulations, Matt! Matthew Whittle of Oakland, NJ, , a senior at Indian Hills High School, and a member of Boy Scout Troop 49, earned Eagle Scout status in March with a service project in … Continue reading
Linda Rohleder’s Path to Invasives Species Coordinator
From Walking to Hiking to a Career Change I moved to New Jersey in 1990 to start work as a computer programmer at AT&T. I’d never been particularly interested in the outdoors other than being a Girl Scout and making … Continue reading
Posted in Invasive Species, Uncategorized
Tagged invasive plants, ISF, Linda Rohleder, trails
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