June 8, 2008
Ecology vs. Economy
New York Times
Long Island's pine barrens are considered vital to the quality of Long Island’s drinking water aquifer, and to many endangered animal and plant species - but proposed development puts this land at risk.

March 21, 2008
Shawangunk Group Announces Plans for Prescribed Burns
Poughkeepsie Journal
The Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership announced plans today to open the 2008 window for prescribed burns, entering the fourth season of this ecologically beneficial practice in the Shawangunk region.

February 18, 2008
Conservancy Deal Protects Unique Alkaline Environment
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
The recent deal between The Nature Conservancy and the state to purchase and protect significant tracts of former Finch, Pruyn & Co. land would conserve an important ecological and recreational resource in the central Adirondacks, according to environmentalists and scientists.

February 8, 2008
Nature Conservancy Buys 55 Acres in Yates County
Democrat and Chronicle
The Nature Conservancy has purchased 55 acres of woodlands, wetlands and fields near Canandaigua Lake in rural Yates County. 

January 27, 2008
Mountain Flyway Critical
The Poughkeepsie Journal
The Shawangunk Mountains - together with the geologically linked Kittatiny Mountains of New Jersey and, further south, the Blue Ridge Mountains - are vital to bird migrations, providing suitable areas for nesting, breeding, feeding and much-needed stopovers. 

January 15, 2008
Lake George Land Conservancy and Open Space Conservancy to protect 1,400 acres
Empire State News
The Lake George Land Conservancy announced Monday the anticipated acquisition and protection of 1,423 acres of land in the southern Adirondacks in upstate New York. The purchase will be made possible in part through a $2.64 million loan from the Open Space Conservancy and funding provided by the Helen V. Froehlich Foundation. 

January 9, 2008
Location, Location, Location
The Journal News
The Nature Conservancy recently purchased 18 acres of the Great Swamp in a stretch of Patterson where hundreds of acres have already been preserved and adjacent to almost 600 acres of land that the state Department of Conservation is aiming to buy.

January 6, 2008
Land in Great Swamp Sold to The Nature Conservancy
The Journal News
The Nature Conservancy recently closed on 18 acres in the Patterson section of the Great Swamp, adding to the amount of land preserved in one of the state's largest freshwater wetlands.

December 2, 2007
Conservancy weighs fate of 161,000 acres in Adirondacks
Times Union
The Nature Conservancy anticipates the future of the landmark 161,000-acre purchase in the Adirondacks.

September 29, 2007
At Sam's Point Preserve, No Child Left Inside
Daily Freeman
A program at Sam's Point Preserve, designed by a group of teachers at Ellenville Middle School in conjunction with Nature Conservancy staff, allows students to study different habitats and outdoor environments.

September 19, 2007
LL Bean Gives to Pine Bush
Albany Times Union
L.L. Bean has announced a $30,000 gift to The Nature Conservancy to benefit the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.

August 10, 2007
Piping plovers saved by Endangered Species Act
Newsday
As they did with the American bald eagle, the protections afforded by the Endangered Species Act are working to help the piping plover - which is all the more reason that, as the act undergoes internal review by the Department of the Interior, it must not be weakened.

July 27, 2007
City Kids Get Back to Nature
Cape Cod Times
The Nature Conservancy's Internship Program for City Youth launched in 1995, in partnership with the High School for Environmental Studies in New York City. For four weeks, participating city kids assist seasoned instructors with land management and scientific research, and enjoy first-time activities such as kayaking and swimming.

July 24, 2007
Groups Join to Save Bird
Post Star
Together, environmental groups and the Olympic Regional Development Authority have created the Bicknell's Thrush Habitat Protection Fund.

June 21, 2007
Back Bill and Take Control of Local Preservation Efforts
Poughkeepsie Journal
If you value your drinking water, ball fields for your kids and farms that grow healthy food, you should contact your state legislators right now. They're debating a bill - the Community Preservation Act - that could very well decide the future of these in your community. 

June 19, 2007
Conservancy Buys Large Area of Adirondack Wilderness
New York Times
The last big piece of privately owned timberland in the Adirondacks — a craggy 161,000-acre wilderness of hardwood forests, 80 mountain peaks, 70 crystal-clear lakes and ponds, undammed rivers, white water gorges and secluded bogs — has been sold for $110 million to the Nature Conservancy, in a move intended to protect the land from future development. 

June 12, 2007
Battling a Nasty Green Invader from the Deep
New York Times
By far the most widespread of a half-dozen nonnative aquatic plants in the park, Eurasian watermilfoil is now in more than 45 Adirondack lakes, including giants like Lake George and Saranac Lake. It threatens their biodiversity by muscling out native plants and can grow so thick that it becomes entangled in boat propellers and the limbs of swimmers. 

June 11, 2007
We Can All Help Protect Our Bees
Newsday
The decline of native bees and, now, the domesticated honeybee has focused the nation's attention on their importance to the nation's food supply. These critters are the backbone of our existence, their work essential for producing bountiful crops - including Long Island's tomatoes, apples, peppers, corn and blueberries. 

June 10, 2007
New York Must Adapt Now to Climate Change
Albany Times Union
While carbon reduction and alternative energy are both steps in the right direction, New York must remember that no matter how much we reduce our emissions today -- even if we ceased them altogether tomorrow -- New York and the planet would still continue to warm for decades to come.

June 1, 2007
State Targets Invasive Insects
The Journal News
The state - through the DEC and the state Department of Agriculture & Markets - is charting the insect influx at 40 locations from Buffalo to Long Island, looking for early signs that might help it protect 18 million acres of forest as well as other flora from invasive species. 

May 22, 2007
Tri-State Area Vulnerable to Rising Sea Levels
WNYC
The Nature Conservancy's Sarah Newkirk talks with WNYC's Soterios Johnson about how climate change will affect Long Island's coastal areas. 

May 17, 2007
Ulster Panel Endorses Land Preservation Tax
Daily Freeman
The Ulster County Legislature's Environmental Committee is offering its support for a Community Preservation Act - proposed state legislation that would enable towns to institute a real estate transfer tax dedicated to protecting natural resources.

May 16, 2007
State Bulks up on Green Activists
Times Union
Two more leaders from the environmental movement are taking high-ranking positions at the state Department of Environmental Conservation under the green-friendly administration of Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

May 15, 2007
How to Protect New York's Environment
The Resident
David VanLuven, the Conservancy's Hudson River Director, weighs in on climate change and the predicted impacts in New York - and what we can do to make a change.

May 14, 2007
State to protect 230 acres in Great Swamp
The Journal News
The Putnam County Legislature last month approved transferring a total of 24 county-owned pieces of land in Patterson and Southeast to the state. The 230 acres are part of the Great Swamp, one of the state's largest freshwater wetlands, and the transfer is part of efforts to protect it.

May 8, 2007
High Alert for Brush Fires
Capital News 9
The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission has stopped doing prescribed burns in the preserve due to a high alert for brush fires. The burns will continue once the area receives adequate rain to reduce the threat.

May 7, 2007
Warming Would Affect Agriculture
Post Star
If global warming progresses as experts forecast, local farmers raising everything from fruit to dairy cows -- and local consumers buying everything from apples to milk -- could experience some welcome and not-so-welcome changes.

May 4, 2007
Open space plan has mass appeal
Newsday
Town Supervisor Brian Foley is set to announce a proposal that - if voters approve in November - he says will preserve 5,000 acres of open space in Brookhaven before 2025.

March 6, 2007
After the floods: Delaware Basin task force suggests practical approaches
Times Herald-Record
An interstate task force formed to explore remedies to the Delaware River region's flooding woes has taken a more measured approach to curbing disaster. For now, it's policy changes — not bulldozers — that are the experts' weapons of change.

March 5, 2007
Yunnan in the House that Kodak Built
GoKunming
Voices From South of the Clouds, an exhibition of over 30 spectacular color photographs and stories of life in China’s Yunnan Province, opens March 3, 2007 at the George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography in Rochester, NY.

March 4, 2007
With Kodak's help, villagers capture China's beauty
Democrat & Chronicle
Voices From South of the Clouds, an exhibition of over 30 spectacular color photographs and stories of life in China’s Yunnan Province, opens March 3, 2007 at the George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography in Rochester, NY.

February 25, 2007
Invaders Take Toll on State Cash, Species
Poughkeepsie Journal
When people hear of alien invaders, their first images are probably not beetles, shellfish or plants. However, it is precisely these invaders New York state is recruiting people to combat.

February 25, 2007
A Plan to Protect New York Water
The New York Times
An editorial examines the health of New York City's source of drinking water and proposes ways to avoid filtration.

February 20, 2007
Spitzer hopes someone gets his message on the bottle
The Saratogian
Only 20 percent of containers without a 5-cent deposit get recycled. But residents who need an incentive to recycle their empty bottles might get one if the Bigger Better Bottle Bill passes.

February 17, 2007
Spitzer's budget plan protects the environment
Times Union
New York State Director Henry Tepper writes an editorialal examining Spitzer's proposed budget and what it means for New York's environmental health.

February 2, 2007
State's final plan keeps Zoar area undisturbed
Buffalo News
The long-awaited proposal for the nearly 3,000-acre Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area, released Thursday by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, calls for special protection of the gorge and a 300-foot buffer zone around it.

January 28, 2007
Sam's Point added to Minnewaska State Preserve
Poughkeepsie Journal
A 3,800-acre property known as Sam’s Point has been transferred to New York state from the Open Space Institute, increasing the size of Minnewaska State Park Preserve by almost 25 percent, the institute said in a news release.

January 26, 2007
Spitzer Picks 2 to head DEC
Newsday
Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced two key environmental positions in his administration yesterday, nominating veteran Manhattan Assemb. Alexander "Pete" Grannis to head the state's environmental agency and appointing longtime Spitzer policy adviser Judith Enck as his deputy secretary for the environment.

January 21, 2007
Beaver may be calling LI home
Newsday
Word that a lone beaver set up housekeeping in Northwest Woods has East Hampton Town abuzz about the provenance of the dam-building beast, whose ancestors are thought to have vanished from Long Island hundreds of years ago.

January 12, 2007
Spitzer Names 11 to Top Posts
The New York Times
Gov. Eliot Spitzer named 11 members of his administration Thursday.  He also named Andy Beers, the deputy state director of The Nature Conservancy in New York, as executive director of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

January 11, 2007
Adirondack Water Testing Finds Clear Water, Nitrogen Concerns
Newsday
Testing of 212 Adirondack lakes this summer shows clear water with little algae, but higher nitrogen levels in the west, some from air pollution, scientists said.

January 8, 2007
Groups Joining Forces to Tackle Non-Native Invasive Species
The Daily Freeman
A partnership is being formed to pool resources and funding to research and combat the threats of non-native invasive species to the Catskill region and educate the public about them.

January 3, 2007
Report focus is on Hudson River estuary
The Daily Freeman
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has released a report that describes key plants, animals and habitats bordering the Hudson River Estuary and identifies strategies for their protection.

December 30, 2006
Pataki Leaves Behind Green Legacy
WNYC
As New York governor George Pataki gets ready to hand over the reins of power to Eliot Spitzer on Monday, environmental leaders say the Republican governor is leaving behind a very green legacy.

December 12, 2006
Pataki announces deal to protect 51,000 acres in upstate NY
Newsday
Gov. George Pataki announced a deal Thursday to protect 51,000 acres of woodland in upstate St. Lawrence County from development, bringing the amount of land preserved statewide during his 12 years in office to 1 million acres.

November 17, 2006
Spitzer Names Policy Advisory Teams for Transition
The Journal News
Spitzer yesterday announced the formation of 13 advisory committees on topics ranging from arts to education to human services. Cara Lee, the current program director of The Nature Conservancy and a former environmental director for Scenic Hudson, is one of three leaders of the energy and environment committee.

November 8, 2006
Pine Bush Discovery Center in the works
Capital Nine News
The Department of Environmental Conservation has broken ground on the new Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center. The facility will promote environmental education and host programs, exhibits, and presentations.

October 27, 2006
Grant to help Ulster towns create open-space plans
The Poughkeepsie Journal
To address crushing development pressures in the Hudson Valley, many towns are working to create protection laws, preservation measures and open-space plans.

August 22, 2006
Adirondack Water Tested to Gauge Nitrogen Threat
Staten Island Advance
212 lakes in the Adirondack region will be sampled in a monthlong aerial adventure, to determine whether clear Adirondack lakes face undocumented danger from nitrogen loading.

August 9, 2006
Leibell and Galef Recognized as Conservation Champions by Local and State Organizations
Putnam County News
Representatives of state and local conservation organizations, including The Nature Conservancy met late in July to recognize Senator Vinnie Leibell as one of New York State's Conservation Champions.

July 26, 2006
Study of Songbirds Finds High Levels of Mercury
The New York Times
A biologist studying wild songbirds in New York State has found that all 178 woodland birds he tested last year had unusually high levels of mercury in their blood and feathers, a sign that the toxic chemical has spread farther in the environment than previously thought.

July 22, 2006
Conservancy Works to Protect City Drinking Water
Democrat & Chronicle
The Nature Conservancy is buying nearly 1,000 acres of land near Hemlock and Canadice lakes in hopes of stemming development and preserving the purity of the water that most Rochester residents drink.

July 17, 2006
Bedford Sanctuary a Retreat From Modern Life
Patent Trader
Just beyond the commuter-packed highway of Interstate 684 lies the timeless and untouched Arthur W. Butler Memorial Sanctuary in Bedford Hills, where indigenous plants are threatened only by the weather, and wildlife is free to explore by the light of the moon rather than the headlights of the cars.

July 15, 2006
Boreal Forest Holds Adirondacks' Few Remaining Spruce Grouse
Newsday
Hunting for the few remaining spruce grouse in the Adirondacks is like looking for a needle eater in a boreal forest.  Among thick stands of black spruce trees, heavy undergrowth and marshy terrain in the Nature Conservancy's 4,200-acre Spring Pond Bog Preserve, it's much easier on a summer morning when the bird wears a radio collar.

July 11, 2006
Where the Cattle Herds Roam
The New York Times
A program run by the Nature Conservancy helps create what are called grass banks, which give ranchers rights to graze land beyond their own, in return for commitments to conserve species like the ferrets and curlews on land they already own.  

July 2, 2006
A Million Clams
The New York Times
The Great South Bay, Long Island's own 45-mile lagoon, is not as great as it used to be. People have trashed it for generations, polluting its shallow waters and strip-mining its natural bounty. But on the chance that things can be set right again, an ambitious experiment is trying to revive the Great South Bay with happy, healthy clams.  

June 29, 2006
Clam-or for Shells
New York Daily News
They say the shores of the Great South Bay were once covered in clam shells. If environmentalists and Suffolk County officials have their way, those shores will someday soon be teeming with shells again.  

June 19, 2006
Alien Invaders Being Fought in the Adirondacks
The Post Star
Here in the Adirondacks, alien plants and insects from far-off places like Europe and Asia are usurping the niches of native species. Small as our planet is, such exotic organisms still mean a world of hurt for Adirondack forests, lakes, wetlands and farms.  

June 14, 2006
Franklin Town Board Votes to Approve Easements
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
The Franklin Town Board has given its support to public easements that the state is buying on 21,500 acres on private timberlands.  At its regular meeting in Vermontville Monday evening, the full board voted unanimously to support a revised set of public easements of a large tract in the Loon Lake area.  

June 12, 2006
Town of Franklin Approves Land Use
The Press Republican
Town of Franklin officials have agreed to add their support to a state easement that will open 21,500 acres of prime forested land for public use. 

June 4, 2006
Hostage to the Budget
The New York Times
Earlier this year, the State Assembly approved a $50 million increase in the Environmental Protection Fund, from $150 million to $200 million. Yet for reasons so petty they make your teeth hurt, the program remains unfinanced — the actual appropriation has not been made — and could conceivably disappear altogether. 

June 2, 2006
Our Lifestyle Kills Oceans
Newsday
The painful paradox of our oceans is this: At the same time science is demonstrating the heart-health value of seafood, the waters that produce it are becoming unhealthier. The cause of this pollution is not some distant "they." It's all of us. If we don't get a handle on it, we'll continue to threaten this valuable protein source and hurt those who make a living from the sea, including many of our neighbors. 

May 29, 2006
Feds Fork Over $200,000 to Fight Invasive Species in Berkshire Region
iBerkshires
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a funding bill that includes $200,000 for Weed It Now, a conservation initiative to remove invasive species in the tri-state Southern Taconic Mountains in Berkshire County, western New York and northwest Connecticut. 

May 28, 2006
Fast-growing Plant Threatens Native Foliage
Poughkeepsie Journal
As the name of the latest threat to our region's forests and farms implies, the mile-a-minute vine is advancing at an alarming rate.  What makes this invasive plant so noxious, besides the speed at which it travels, is its ability to out-compete native species. 

May 27, 2006
Wilton Butterfly Haven Celebrating 10 Years
The Saratogian
Some of the season's first Karner Blue butterflies are coming out this week at the Wilton Wildlife Park & Preserve, one of a few habitats for the endangered species. The preserve is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and just completed a 12-acre expansion to the Karner Blue habitat at the entrance to the Old Gick Farm. 

May 17, 2006
Forest Service Should Re-Evaluate Proposal
The Post-Journal
Officials of the Conservancy have announced that they oppose a U.S. Forest Service proposal to sell about 200,000 acres of Forest Service land throughout the United States. 

May 16, 2006
Group Pushes Lake Cleanup
Democrat & Chronicle
Cleaning up the south shore of Lake Ontario is a 15-year, $145 million proposition. But the authors of the Lake Ontario Coastal Initiative, a plan released Monday in Rochester, believe that it can be done with the cooperation of area residents. 

May 15, 2006
APA Approves Plan for Aquatic Nuisance Plants
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
The Adirondack Park Agency Board of Commissioners unanimously voted in favor of taking a step forward in the park’s battle against aquatic nuisance species Thursday afternoon at the APA Visitor Interpretive Center in Paul Smiths. 

May 10, 2006
$15M Plan to Help Fish Swim to South Shore Habitat
Newsday
Yesterday, environmental advocates and local officials announced an ambitious 10-year plan to build fish ladders to help fish over barriers and, where possible, remove some of the 30 dams the group has deemed obsolete. 

May 5, 2006
Woodbourne Forest One of Few Remaining Tracts of Old Growth
Press & Sun-Bulletin
Woodbourne Forest, a Nature Conservancy sanctuary in Dimock, Pa. was donated to The Nature Conservancy by Mr. Francis Cope in 1956.  The Preserve just celebrated its 50th anniversary. 

April 21, 2006
Land Sale to Aid Preserve Office
The Times Union
The price of renovating an office building for the Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park is getting cheaper every day. 

April 13, 2006
Cleanup Program Budget Hostage
The Times Union
A program near and dear to environmentalists as well as communities seeking cleanups and open space is caught up in the state budget battle. 

April 6, 2006
Ideas About Conserving Land and Culture Mix at Environmental Symposium
The Times Herald
Some 150 conservancy members, academic researchers, land managers, USDA Forest Service and Department of Environmental Conservation employees and others gathered at Holiday Valley Wednesday for the first Allegheny Biodiversity Symposium. 

March 22, 2006
State Buys 1,000 Acres of Woodland
New York Times
New York State is acquiring 1,000 acres of pristine woodlands — home to loons, bald eagles and other wildlife — in the northwest Adirondacks, Gov. George E. Pataki announced yesterday. 

March 21, 2006
State Deal Protects 1,800 Adirondack Acres
Newsday
Gov. George Pataki announced Tuesday an agreement to preserve 1,800 acres of wilderness in the northwestern Adirondacks.  Under the accord with the Adirondack Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy, the state will buy 1,000 acres previously owned by Sabattis Land Co., as well as a conservation easement protecting 800 acres the company kept. 

March 14, 2006
Group Protects Zoar Valley
Democrat & Chronicle
Six hundred acres of Zoar Valley habitat, which offers some of western New York's only surviving old-growth forest, will be preserved, the Nature Conservancy announced recently.

February 17, 2006
New Trail Opens Onto Wilderness Vista
Newsday
The Nature conservancy recently opened a trail overlooking the Sable Highlands. Within the next two years, the state is expected to buy the conservancy's land, as well as easements for public recreation on 84,000 adjacent acres of lumber company land, including the forested trail.

February 9, 2006
Chinese Eyes:  Photovoice on Display in New York City
Digital Filmmaker
The Nature Conservancy's Photovoice exhibition currently on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City is the subject of an online article published in digitalfilmmaker.net , a website dedicated to "the art of visual storytelling, uniting the worlds of the photojournalist, the video journalist and the independent digital filmmaker."

February 2, 2006
Where the Wild Things Are: Connecticut has New Plans to Preserve Wildlife
News Times Live
Unveiled Wednesday, the Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy will guide the conservation efforts of state and private environmentalists for decades to come. Ed Parker, the DEP's chief of natural resources, called it "the most important effort the state has put forth in the history of this agency."

February 2, 2006
Pataki's Green Proposals Criticized 
Newsday
With $30 million promised to the state's environmental protection fund and millions more earmarked for brownfield cleanup and clean air programs, the proposed budget Gov. George Pataki unveiled last month seemed aimed at adding a green luster to his reputation as a governor.  But enthusiasm shifted to a more cautionary tone as advocates at a public budget hearing urged lawmakers to go further.

January 11, 2006
Group Unveils Plan to Preserve LI Open Space 
Newsday
The Nature Conservancy announced a 10-year, $5.1-billion regional proposal Wednesday to protect 25,000 acres of open space and 10,000 acres of farmland on Long Island. The proposal, backed by about 100 environmental advocacy groups, civic associations and businesspeople, also called for management and restoration of local parklands, harbors and bays.

January 8, 2006
Fire and the Shawangunk Ridge
Poughkeepsie Journal
To address the threats imposed upon the Shawangunk Ridge by fire suppression, the Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership is developing a ridge-wide fire management program.

December 28, 2005
A Bronx Teen's First Taste of the North Woods
North Country Public Radio
Marcus Pavon, a 17-year-old senior from the Bronx, first came to the north woods last summer as an Adirondack Nature Conservancy intern. During his stay, he kept an audio diary of his experience.

December 21, 2005
Thruway Stop Part of Montezuma Plan
Fingerlakes Times
Soon, millions travelers who drive through the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge will soon get a chance to stop and take a closer look at an eastbount overlook planned for the area.

December 21, 2005
Seven States Agree on Emissions; New York, Others Will Limit Pollution
Democrat and Chronicle
A precedent-setting greenhouse gas emissions trading program will go forward with seven states, including New York, signing on to participate.

December 15, 2005
New Invasive Species are Harming Our Environment
Press Republican
New York state has a chance to be at the forefront in the nation's battle against nuisance plants and animals. But it is going to take a statewide commitment from the governor down to every citizen.

December 6, 2005
Montezuma Wetlands Increased by 705 Acres
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The $950,000 deal includes three parcels, totaling 705 acres, to be added to the Montezuma wildlife area in Seneca and Cayuga counties.
 

November 18, 2005
More Funds Sought to Preserve Land
Newsday
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy and land trust groups yesterday urged New York State lawmakers to double the money set aside for open-space purchases and to offer tax breaks to property owners who donate land.

November 13, 2005
Controlled Blazes Planned for 'Gunks
Poughkeepsie Journal
This week, the Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership will coordinate a "prescribed burn" at three fields at the Mohonk Preserve. The fields were once farms, and fire will take the place of routine mowing to keep them open for grassland wildlife like northern harriers and bobolinks.

November 7, 2005
Native Eyes on a Land South of the Clouds
New York Times
Voices from South of the Clouds, an exhibition of over 30 photographs from China's Yunnan Province, is on view now at the American Museum of Natual History.  The exhibit is the result of an innovative Nature Conservancy project called Photovoice.

October 27, 2005
Photovoice Program Promotes Conservation Through Pictures
ABC News
The Photovoice Project is a program which has selected residents in remote areas of China's Himalayan Mountains and given them cameras to take pictures of their everyday lives with the hopes that the snapshots will guide conservation plans and ensure that they are smoothly integrated with local cultures.

October 16, 2005
Attack of the Aliens
New York Times
The Nature Conservancy's New York State director, Henry Tepper, writes a convincing op-ed piece detailing New York State's fight against invasive species.

September 12, 2005
Sam's Point Preserve: Aspiring to Greatness
Daily Freeman
The Nature Conservancy calls the Shawangunk Ridge one of the Earth's "Last Great Places." A solid argument could well be made that the heart of this last great place is Sam's Point Preserve, high on the ridge above Ellenville.

September 4, 2005
Taking Trees to Save the Forest 
Newsday
A fire management specialist with The Nature Conservancy is hoping to use a series of preemptive burns to safely restore some diversity to 200 acres within the David Sarnoff Pine Barrens Preserve.

September 1, 2005
Governor Announces Trail Expansions in the Hudson Valley
State of New York website
Governor George E. Pataki today announced an agreement to preserve nearly 1,100 acres in the Hudson Valley, adding approximately 10 miles to two of the State's most scenic and popular trails - Long Path, which runs through the Catskill Mountains, and the Shawangunk Ridge Trail in the Shawangunk Mountains.

August 23, 2005
Care for pine barrens, Don't forget lessons of 1995 wildfires
Newsday
The Long Island fires have taught the myriad federal, state and local agencies responsible for the 55,000 acres in the core pine barrens region some valuable lessons in land management.