Celebrate Earth Day by Joining our Spring Clean-up Efforts Tomorrow!

On Saturday, April 23rd, at 8:30 am to celebrate Earth Day,  we will meet at Hannacriox Creek Preserve to clean up the parking lot, roadway, and trails. Those of you unable to make it on April 23rd are welcome to aid in our cleaning efforts anytime during the week of April 17-24th. Please dress properly for the weather, wear sturdy shoes, and bring your gardening gloves. We will supply the lawn bags.

Come for 15 minutes or the entire morning. Your volunteer effort will assist us in protecting the land and history in and around New Baltimore, NY. Volunteers of all ages are welcome to join us — bring the family! 

This year, a few of the chores we could use assistance with include:

  • Litter pick up (adopt a highway and riverfront/ trails/ parking lot (gloves and trash bags))
  • Spring culvert and drainage cleanout for leaves and twigs (a task for rakes and hoes)
  • Trail pruning and maintenance of low hanging branches and downed trees (pruners, loppers, and saws)
  • Trail sign maintenance/replacement (hammers/nails), including work on North Trail with pruning and trail maker placement to divert trail out of mud area. 
  • Parking lot maintenance including stone raked back in and pothole repair (rakes/shovels)

Submit to the Earth Day Photo Contest by April 24th!

In celebration of our conservation efforts and Earth Day, help capture the beauty in and around New Baltimore, NY. Have you been to one of our properties and taken a photo you love? Or maybe you’ve been wanting to go out and just need a push to get there. Well here is your chance to win yourself some New Baltimore Conservancy merchandise! 

Please send your favorite photo of one of our properties to us at photo@newbaltimoreconservancy.org. The deadline for submissions has just been extended until April 24th. Reach out to Olivia Vasto (photo@newbaltimoreconservancy.org) if you have any questions.

Just a few of our favorite pictures over the years!

Join Our Membership Meeting

Interested in what NBC will offer this year? Want to find out more about upcoming events? Or do you simply want your voice and ideas heard?

This month’s Conservancy board meeting is open to all NBC members (and those of you interested in becoming members). Join us Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 7pm at Cornell Fire House to catch up on the happenings of the past year and help prepare for the new year. You will hear about social media and marketing endeavors, upcoming events, and learn more about how you can get/ stay involved.

Be sure to join us at our first in-person meeting of the year!

Join an Earth Day Discussion about Hudson River Advocacy & the Clean Water Act

Join Scenic Hudson on Wednesday, April 20th from 5:30 – 7 pm for a virtual Earth Day discussion about Hudson River advocacy and the Clean Water Act!

This is a rare opportunity to hear from Scenic Hudson President New Sullivan, Riverkeeper President Tracy Brown, and Clearwater Executive Director David Toman. This event will be moderated by Jon Bowermaster, an environmental activist and documentary filmmaker who has presented his work to Conservancy members in the past. Find out more about the event here: https://www.scenichudson.org/events/webinar-new-leaders-for-the-hudson-river-and-the-clean-water-act-at-50/?utm_source=Scenic+Hudson+Subscribers&utm_campaign=2605937654-CWA-Event-3-24-22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_428918b3ef-2605937654-331380547

If you plan on attending, be sure to register in advance!

Inside the Green Lobby

Mark your Calendars! Join the RCS Community Library and local author Bernard Melewski on April 30th at 2pm to learn about his book Inside the Green Lobby. This book recounts the behind-the-scenes struggles of a veteran environmental lobbyist fighting to save New York’s, Adirondack Park.

If interested in attending, be sure to register here: https://rcscommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/8997299

Helping Kermit Cross the Road

Thanks to four amazing Conservancy members, we were able to help a handful of frogs safely cross Route 144 during their annual migration!

Earlier this week, these members met at the entrance to the Hannacroix Creek Preserve in the early evening to help facilitate the safe crossing of several frogs (sadly, no salamanders needed our help this year). This year, our volunteers helped several spring peepers, tree frogs, and wood frogs make it safely to their new homes in the vernal ponds along the Hudson River Interpretive Trail!

For more information on this year’s migration at the Preserve, go to https://cleanairalbanycounty.org/hannacroix-creek-preserve-all-hands-to-the-rescue/

P.S.  To sign up for DEC alerts to next year’s Big Migration, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/NYSDEC/subscriber/new?topic_id=NYSDEC_180

Spring is in the Air…

After a long, snowy winter we are excited to welcome the warmer weather and reconvene as a community! With the warmer weather, we are preparing for the annual amphibian migration, Earth Day clean-up, eel migrations, and much more. Learn about how you can get involved this year and find out more about the upcoming activities!

Read more about our springtime activities: https://mailchi.mp/41a2bc77e00a/spring-is-on-the-way?e=[UNIQID]

Interested in Learning Beekeeping?

Conservancy member Sarah Brunstad will be installing beehives at the Hannacroix Creek Preserve this spring! Having learned beekeeping with a community garden in NYC, Sarah is happy to pass on her (fledgling!) skills to other members and grow together. Members of all ages are welcome to join for the whole season or simply reach out to ask questions and visit the bees. Anyone interested in being involved for the season should reach out to sbrunstad13@gmail.com ASAP to schedule an introduction. If there’s widespread interest, we will organize a group orientation session in March, before the bees arrive in April. Email Sarah to learn more!

We are excited to be welcoming a new member to the Conservancy and are looking forward to our new addition!

Caroling at the River

We hope you join us for our Annual Caroling at the River!

This year will be a bit different as we will be having some musical assistance with a keyboard to sing along to! This also means we have some new music too!

Come sing by the fire, catch up with neighbors, eat some brownies and enjoy some hot chocolate!

Also, thank you to Mark and Shauna Peckham for the donation of this year’s Christmas tree!

Bring some friends, grab your neighbors and we will see you on Friday!