Weather, nature, conservation, and climate
For the first time in about 50 years, New York State health officials say families can eat some fish caught in the lower Hudson River, a change driven by declining levels of polychlorinated...
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation is recruiting volunteers to help monitor and collect information on the state’s lakes and ponds.
Will fund invasives fight, water studies
Aluminum sulfate leaked into Fishkill Creek from Beacon plant
Repair cafés are becoming more popular as people look for sustainable and cost-effective ways to fix the things they own.
Dear Editor, Every time a climate disaster hits, we see the same story. Families lose homes, roads are washed out, and taxpayers foot the bill, all while oil and gas companies rake in profits. Fossil...
BEACON – Three-thousand gallons of alum, a chemical used to purify the City of Beacon’s drinking water, leaked last week from the city’s filtration plant into Fishkill Creek. The source was...
MONTICELLO – Dr. Steven Fishman is the owner of Catskill Dermatology, and he has seen a dramatic rise in patients coming in with tick bites, urging people to be careful while they are outdoors. “Wear...
PHILIPSTOWN – Each spring, summer and fall, thousands of hikers take to the trails along Breakneck Ridge in Philipstown and Fishkill. However, with the start of spring hiking season, the State Office...
ALBANY – The New York State Department of Health issued updated advice for eating fish caught in waterbodies statewide on Wednesday. The advice offers important health information for New Yorkers who...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released management recommendations for visitor use in the Adirondack High Peaks and the Catskills.
NEWBURGH- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), in partnership with the Orange County Water Authority (OCWA), Orange County Land Trust (OCLT), and the City of Newburgh...
New York is falling behind on its climate goals. Is there any way to catch up?
ALBANY – Eight communities in the Hudson Valley are among dozens of others statewide that will be receiving some $5 million to reduce the negative impacts of aquatic and terrestrial invasive species...
MONTICELLO – Sullivan County’s 2026 annual Litter Pluck runs from April 1st through October 31st. During this period, the county legislature has waived disposal fees at all county-operated transfer...
After years focused on composting and assisting with amphibian migration, the task force has decided to make reducing plastic waste and pollution a priority. The post Rhinebeck Village Climate Task...
An increasing number of ticks in the Hudson Valley are carrying more than one disease-causing germ that can make people sick, according to a new study from the Cary Institute of Ecological Studies in...
New York’s annual statewide burn ban went into effect on Monday, March 16. Lighting brush fires is prohibited statewide until May 14. The ban prohibits uncontained fires of any kind, including...
WAMC's David Guistina in conversation with Mike Goodwin, News Editor at The Times Union, about the latest on a cancer-causing chemical found in Saratoga Springs drinking water.
A planned affordable housing complex in Vermont will use geothermal energy for its heating and cooling systems.
The Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation, along with hiking organizations, are asking outdoor enthusiasts to protect the trails as the snow melt turns to mud.
New York State is awarding more than $5 million to invasive species projects across the state.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY – The County has begun a new program, funded by the City of New York’s East of Hudson Water Quality Improvement Program, that lowers the cost of repairing septic systems or...
The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program hosted a webinar that looked at how and why aquatic invasive species are so adaptable to new habitats.
Ready to learn how easy it is to recycle bread bags, newspaper delivery sleeves, and bubble wrap? Area residents have an opportunity this spring to begin to keep these and other hard-to-recycle soft...
Protections on Garrison property lapse in 2030
KINGSTON – The Hudson River Estuary Grants Program of the State Department of Environmental Conservation has awarded Ulster County $75,000 to strengthen watershed management and expand community...
by Albert Neubert The weather this past week was more typical for what we would expect at this time of the ski and snowboard season. It’s a roller coaster of temperatures and precipitation going back...
NEW WINDSOR – One-third of the 39-acre property owned by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Inc. will protect the Brown’s Pond watershed in perpetuity now that a conservation...
My spillway runneth not over… The post Ashokan Reservoir’s rebound fuels a billion-dollar push to modernize aging infrastructure first appeared on Hudson Valley One.
The Adirondack Research Consortium will host its annual Conference on the Adirondacks in mid-April.
Green at what cost? The post Documentary screening and discussion in Phoenicia stokes contentious debate over the future of energy in the Catskills first appeared on Hudson Valley One.
Love it or hate it, there is no denying the several blankets of snow this winter were beautiful, especially as they visually muffled some of the damage they caused in the first place.There appears to...
The Vermont Institute of Natural Science has installed two high-definition webcams to watch a pair of eagles raise an eaglet.
PUTNAM VALLEY – When it comes to a commitment for sustainable energy, the Putnam Valley School District leads the pack with geothermal heating and cooling. The Building Power Resource Center, a...
MID-HUDSON – Last year Americans consumed some three million pizzas equating to 600,000 tons of corrugated board, according to one of the largest recyclers in North America, WestRock. Putnam County...
Ulster County residents who get their drinking water from private wells can now apply for free PFAS testing and, if contamination meets state thresholds, rebates to help pay for treatment or a...
Will fund water study, management plan
PHILIPSTOWN- Work is underway on the northern section of the Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail at the Wade’s Hill Parking Lot and connector to the existing Wilkinson Memorial Trail in Philipstown. The...
KINGSTON – Five local counties, Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, Ulster, and Westchester, are participating in the new Private Well PFAS Testing and Mitigation Rebate Pilot Program. The program, led by the...
HURLEYVILLE- The arrival of Spring in the Catskills is marked by increased bird activity as temperatures rise, signaling migration and mating season. To coincide with “Go Birding Day” and “Celebrate...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Vermont Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will host a meeting next week to provide an update on restoration,...
Spreadsheets are a gardener's best friend
Foe of tree killer thrives in Hudson Valley
Tooth and nail... The post Developers disappointed as Ulster planning board delays Zena Homes environmental declaration, Woodstock Land Conservancy files suit first appeared on Hudson Valley One.
by Albert Neubert Wow, what a week we had with record temperatures torching the Northeast for four consecutive days. Temperatures soared into the upper 60s and even mid 70s across all of ski country...
New parking lot on Route 9D to be built first
Robin Wall Kimmerer, the bestselling author of “Braiding Sweetgrass” and a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, urged a sold-out audience at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies on Friday,...
National Grid’s online power outage map indicated 802 active outages across upstate New York affecting 33,794 customers as of 9 a.m.
KENT – The Kent Town Board has approved a $17,000 contract with the Pond and Lake Connection, a full-service aquatic management company, that will treat Lake Carmel this summer to prevent algae...