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News and Our Environment
May 2021 Species Spotlight: The Native Snapping Turtle and the Invasive Water Chestnut
May 25, 2021
By Kaitlyn Skees, SUNY New Paltz Student/Intern The Native Snapping Turtle The Snapping Turtle (chelydra serpentina) has been New York State’s official state reptile after it was nominated and […]
April Species Spotlight: Red-eared Sliders and Red Efts
April 21, 2021
Contributed by Master of Science student and herpetology enthusiast Jamie Van Der Zee Spring is in the air, and an abundance of water and color returns to the Hudson valley. […]
April 21, 2021
By WVLT SUNY New Paltz Intern Marguerite Royo The Wallkill Valley Land Trust (WVLT) is proud to have a conservation easement on Old Ford Farm, located in Gardiner […]
My Pandemic Path to the Pollinator Pathway
April 21, 2021
by Hope Corenzwit Whatever else it was, the year 2020 was a year of discovery. In that year of pandemic, I canceled my annual Spring Plant Sale to stay […]
iNaturalist Competition on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
March 19, 2021
Have you been using iNaturalist to record and identify plant, animal, and fungus species? Well whether you’re an old pro or you’ve never even heard of this app and website, […]
Site Analysis for Pollinator Plantings – Part II – Wallkill Valley Pollinator Pathways
March 18, 2021
By Angela Sisson, Wallkill Valley Pollinator Pathway committee chair Ecoregion: EPA ecoregions have distinct ecologies which are based upon the underlying geology which in turn dictates the types of […]
March Species Spotlight: Spotted Salamanders and Lesser Celandine
March 18, 2021
by Cara Gentry, WVLT Coordinator of Land Stewardship Spotted Salamander Warm rainy spring nights bring the amphibians marching out of the forests in search of woodland pools. The […]
February 2021 Species Spotlight-The Native Beaver and the Invasive Phragmites
February 18, 2021
By Kaitlyn Skees, SUNY New Paltz Student/ Intern The Native Beaver We had a great opportunity to write about beavers (castor canadensis) this month, especially because they have been […]
Site Analysis for Pollinator Plantings- Part 1- Wallkill Valley Pollinator Pathways
February 18, 2021
By Angela Sisson, Wallkill Valley Pollinator Pathway committee chair Now is a good time to start planning a pollinator-planting. To do so, it helps to understand a landscape through a […]
January 23, 2021
January 2021 Marty Irwin, a local volunteer, former New Paltz Town Board member, lifelong environmentalist, and Chair of the Board of Directors of Mohonk Consultations, recently joined the Wallkill Valley […]
Start Growing Now- January 2021 Wallkill Valley Pollinator Pathway
January 20, 2021
Start Growing Now By Cheryl Alloway, Wallkill Valley Pollinator Pathway committee member and contributor. Being cooped up this winter is getting to be a bit of a bore. Have […]
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 […]
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