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Annie Jacobs
Jan 12 min read
Merger between Rensselaer Plateau Alliance and Rensselaer Land Trust now official
Annie Jacobs, January 1, 2024 As of January 1, 2024, the merger between the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance and Rensselaer Land Trust is...
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Annie Jacobs
Oct 26, 20234 min read
The Bunker Hill forest stays wild
Annie Jacobs, October 27, 2023 As a young girl living in New Jersey, Betsy Boehme Howe had severe asthma. Her parents, Louise and Ernest...
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Elizabeth Hayes
Aug 8, 20234 min read
"There's always enough to share": Taborton family conserves their land for future generations
Elizabeth Hayes August 4, 2023 Roland and Bessie LeBarron loved each other, and their home up on Taborton Mountain. Roland relished the...
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Annie Jacobs
Mar 12, 20233 min read
Keeping the Snake Hill cliffs wild
Annie Jacobs March 12, 2023 As you drive past the new Barberville Falls Preserve parking area on Blue Factory Road in Postenkill, with...
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Annie Jacobs
Apr 18, 20224 min read
"Valuing Our Forests" - a new program for all who love the woods
Annie Jacobs April 18, 2022 photo by Kim Clune A wonderful aspect of this past fall and winter at RPA was hosting two Master of Social...
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Annie Jacobs
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Two forests conserved, and a life remembered
February 17, 2022 Annie Jacobs A family ethic After Donna and Bob Simms had their first child, Matthew, they started searching for a...
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Annie Jacobs
Feb 11, 20222 min read
"We hope our grandchildren will someday bring THEIR grandchildren to the community forest"
January 24, 2022 Annie Jacobs At the Forests Forever Gala in September, 2021, RPA’s Executive Director, Jim Bonesteel, told the story of...
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Annie Jacobs
Jun 10, 20212 min read
Dorothy's Equal Access Trail - a trail for everyone
June 10 Annie Jacobs For Jeff Briggs, retired ecologist and Poestenkill Community Forest’s volunteer steward, the community forest’s...
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Annie Jacobs
Mar 30, 20211 min read
10 Can’t Miss Walking Trails in Rensselaer County
March 23, 2021 by Annie Jacobs published by Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy
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Annie Jacobs
Feb 2, 20214 min read
A chance for Barberville Falls to shine
February 2, 2021 Annie Jacobs For decades, Tom Hohman lived next to one of Rensselaer County’s most stunning and dramatic waterfalls,...
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