Across the state, many Forest Rangers have been pulled from the woods to help administer COVID-19 testing facilities. This means our wild spaces have fewer caretakers than ever to respond to more visitors than ever.
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“Representing the fourth generation living in the New Kingston Valley, I have experienced growing up in a time when dairy farming was still at its peak and learn from the seasoned “old-timers” who appreciated and depended upon the land.”
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“As a landowner, ecological designer, and community organizer, I find the Catskill Center to be an invaluable local resource — my go-to organization for research, recreation, and inspiration.”
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“Finding an organization that saw conservation and development as interwoven ideas rather than in direct competition (since the 1970s - years before most people were thinking this way!) was one of the reasons I knew we could thrive here.”
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A Vintage Recipe / Scone-esque and buttery with a burst of fruitiness from dried currants, Catskill Cake is well-suited to the holiday (even breakfast!) table.
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Small diverse farms are more resilient to change and I think there’s a lot of possibility in that.
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If you visited the Blue Hole this year, you were one of the 10,000 (plus) people to have a first-hand experience of this summer’s new coordinated conservation efforts.
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If you live in the Shandaken hamlet of Phoenicia and need help with math, you might want to head to the library on Main Street. The same advice would apply if you need help obtaining Medicare benefits. Or if you simply want to learn how to play the ukulele.
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