You may be aware of the strong rain storm that went through New Baltimore on July 16. Our trails took a lot of damage, but thanks to our volunteers we have reopened most of them! Special gratitude to Don Drazan, Michelle Wagner, Michele Brown, Herbie Rodriguez, Teddy Artoglou, Peter Melewski, and Jeff Distin for their tireless efforts in making our trails clear and safe for all to enjoy.

Unfortunately the Red Loop Trail and Madison Avenue entrance trail remain closed at this time. The Red Trail will likely need to be rerouted before it can be opened.

The Spotted Lanternfly has made its way to New Baltimore. About a week ago, we reported one found at Hannacroix Creek Preserve to the Department of Agriculture. Needless to say, it’s disheartening to know such an invasive plant pest has made its way to our beautiful town.

More & more reports of this invasive plant pest have become known in New Baltimore. Please make every effort to join us to learn about this species, and the practices to help control/eradicate this invasive plant pest.

FAQs and Fact Sheets

We celebrated the end of summer by the historic Armstrong Barn at Long View Park. Thank you so much to all of our volunteers and sponsors who made yesterday happen! Wine tastings from Whitecliff Winery, mac & cheese from the Mac Food Truck, Stewart’s Shops Make Your Own Sundaes, and of course – dancing the night away to the music of Nite Train. Despite it being a bit chilly and wet we had so much fun!

Sponsors included:

• Long Energy
• Albright and Sons
• Taylor’s Monument Co
• Price Chopper
• Stewart’s Shops
• StateTel
• Lowe’s
• Pegasus Restaurant

Dine and Donate was a big success on August 9th. Attendees had a wonderful time.

A big thank you to Kathy and Brian Donovan and their staff at the Boathouse Grille for their time and generosity, and to everyone who dined on August 9th to support the New Baltimore Conservancy’s programs.

See you on the trails and/or at the Boathouse Grille!

A big congratulations to Kateri Martin for being the 2023 scholarship winner.

Thank you to all who showed up and brought something to share. It was a beautiful evening.

Another thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who helped to make this event happen!

The Conservancy gives a BIG THANK YOU to our Town Highway Department for the work they did coordinating and addressing the significant tree damage at Cornell Park this week while minimizing the impact to the lawn. Great job!

While the damaged trees are gone, and the sun may actually make an appearance this evening, we are postponing the Conservancy’s Wine & Cheese until Saturday, August 5th.

There is standing water in the park. Where there is no standing water, your feet make a squishing sound as you walk on the grass. The park is not ready for hundreds of feet walking on it for hours. It needs time to recover.

The new date is Saturday, August 5th at 6:30pm. Mark your calendars!

Rain showers certainly didn’t dampen enthusiasm on Saturday night!

The Conservancy Board extends our deepest gratitude to:

The three wonderful couples who generously opened up their homes:

• John Cashin and Susan O’Rorke
• Terry Flannery and Maria Holden
• KC and Eilleen Vosburgh

The dozens of volunteers who planned, cleaned, cooked, served, parked, etc.

All the terrific people who bought tickets or donated.

The  Conservancy is very excited to partner with Reds as the beneficiary of their June Dining Day, this coming Wednesday, June 7th. Reds will generously donate 10% of their sales to us to support our mission in the New Baltimore community. Together we can make a meaningful and lasting impact on the lives of those in our community while giving visitors a glimpse of what is so special about this little upstate New York town we call home. Please make plans to dine at Reds on June 7th – we hope to see you there!

The My Happy Year StoryWalk is a bluebird’s charming narration of her first year of life including adventures, joys, and scary times too. We hope you’ll enjoy this story as you visit the Armstrong Farm at Long View Park.

A beautiful view, fresh air, and a story to read along a trail – that’s what the StoryWalk
at Long View Park offers to families ready to combine a nature with learning and fun.

A StoryWalk is a deconstructed picture book, with each page posted along a trail.
Families enjoy a story while children and adults get fresh air and exercise. In addition to
reading the book page aloud, adults are encouraged to ask children questions and
suggest exercise activities. Prompt cards on each post offer ideas: “How many birds do
you see on this page? Count them out loud. Then flap your wings and fly to the next
page!”

RCS Community Library, New Baltimore Conservancy and Scenic Hudson have
partnered to bring families an opportunity to enjoy reading, hiking and the historic
Bronk-Armstrong Farm. Long View Park is located at 1886 River Road, West
Coxsackie, NY. The story is My Happy Year by E. Bluebird (Paul Meisel), and the walk
is less than a half mile each way.  When visitors are done reading, they can continue on
to a beautiful overlook of the Hudson River and opt to explore the hiking trails down to
the former ice house foundation and beach on the river shoreline.

StoryWalk is supported by funds from the New York State Library’s Family Literacy Library Services Program and by the Upper Hudson Library System.

Long View Park, Hannacroix Creek Preserve and the Hudson River Interpretive Trail were all buzzing with activity this morning for our monthly Conservancy Trail Day as well as World Bee Day!  

Volunteers mowed, clipped, hauled, axed, bagged, nailed, whipped,  cut and enjoyed being in nature while consuming donuts and drinking coffee.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who donated their time!