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January Species Spotlight: Maples
January 20, 2021
A Tale of Two Maples: Acer saccharum versus Acer platanoides By Robin Kuehn Native: Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum What resident of the northeast United States doesn’t have a soft spot for our […]
December 2020 Species Spotlight: Native versus Invasive Holly
December 15, 2020
By Cara Gentry, Coordinator of Land Stewardship Many think of holly is one of the quintessential winter holiday plant species. The evergreen leaves and red berries that bring color to […]
October Species Spotlight- The Emerging Invasive Spotted Lanternfly and the Native Black Walnut Tree
October 14, 2020
By Kaitlyn Skees, Sophomore in the SUNY New Paltz English Department This fall is a good time to enjoy the outdoors; however, this season is an important time to be […]
September Species Spotlight- Multiflora Rose and Native Pawpaw
September 15, 2020
By Cara Gentry, WVLT Coordinator for Land Stewardship Growing up in the northern Adirondacks, I had not encountered either of the species I am writing about for this article. Our […]
August Species Spotlight- Virginia Opossum and Japanese Barberry
August 24, 2020
This month’s species spotlight looks at a native animal species and an invasive plant species — which both interact with ticks: The native Virginia Opossum and the invasive Japanese Barberry. […]
July Species Spotlight- Tree of Heaven verses Staghorn Sumac
July 23, 2020
As part of an ongoing series of articles that examine invasive and native species found in our region, here we present the Tree of Heaven verses the Staghorn Sumac. NATIVE: Staghorn […]
June Species Spotlight- Emerald Ash Borer versus the Tiger Beetle
June 26, 2020
As part of an ongoing series of articles that examine invasive and native species found in our region, here we present the Invasive Emerald Ash Borer versus the Native Tiger […]
May Species Spotlight- Poison Ivy and Oriental Bittersweet
May 22, 2020
As part of an ongoing series of articles that examine native and invasive species found in our region, here we present Poison Ivy and Oriental Bittersweet Native Species Poison Ivy: Related […]
Jackie LaPlate, WVLT’s Spring 2020 Intern
May 22, 2020
Meet Jackie LaPlante, Our 2020 SUNY Geography Intern The Wallkill Valley Land Trust (WVLT) has been partnering with the SUNY New Paltz Geography Department for several years to provide […]
Junior Invasive Species Specialist Ben
May 15, 2020
After accidentally stepping on “a grey pokey thing that grows in the water” at Kingston Beach, everything changed for six-year-old Ben in regard to his passion for learning and fighting invasive species. […]