Daily archive for January 15, 2020

The content of this article was reprinted with the permission of Teatown Lake Reservation. Teatown is a 1000-acre nature preserve and education center located in the Lower Hudson Valley, whose mission is to inspire their community to lifelong environmental stewardship.  They are located at 1600 Spring Valley Rd., Ossining, NY 10562. The Preserve & Hiking Trails Teatown manages a 1,000-acre preserve (the largest community-supported preserve in Westchester County). 15 miles of trails are open to the public from dawn til dusk, 365 days a year. The preserve also includes Wildflower Island, a 2-acre wildflower sanctuary. Education 20,000+ individuals are impacted by their environmental education programs each year. Education efforts include a wide range of classes, lectures, and outdoor activities, on-and offsite, for students, families, adults, and under-resourced communities, all focused on nature and the role of stewardship in preserving biodiversity. Science & Stewardship The mission of their science and stewardship efforts is to preserve the region’s biodiversity. They tackle local and regional conservation issues through habitat protection and restoration, wildlife management, research and monitoring, and regional collaboration. Regional Collaboration Teatown works with several regional partnerships including the Environmental Monitoring and Management Alliance, the Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species

In lieu of the typical New York State Conference on the Environment held annually each fall, for 2019 NYSACC teamed up with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to host a one-day DEC Informational Conference at DEC headquarters in Albany on October 25, 2019.  Check out this fantastic recap of the conference, including links to presentations.