Rondout-Esopus Land Conservancy

07/07/2025

Please join Rondout-Esopus Land Conservancy for an afternoon at

Hudson Valley Seed Company
11 Airport Road, Accord, NY
Saturday, July 26th
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

including tours of the demonstration and development gardens, greenhouse and retail shop.

With special guests: Friends of the Shawangunks

Refreshments, Light Fare, and Entertainment

All are welcome, especially children!

RSVPs appreciated for planning purposes:
[email protected] or 845-626-3285

Hudson Valley Seed Company operates on Accord’s historic Appeldoorn Farm. RELC partnered with HSVC and Open Space Institute in 2021 on a conservation easement to ensure that the 107-acre farm is forever available for agricultural use. The project is an excellent example of a working partnership matching conservation with ongoing and sustainable commercial activities.

06/14/2019

Please join us on June 22 at Arrowood Farms for a site- brewed beer and local fare.

05/24/2019

The brown marmorated stink bug has exploded since making its way to New York State in 2007, causing millions of dollars in crop damage and making a nuisance of themselves to homeowners. A new citizen-science program in the Hudson Valley is seeking help in distributing the samurai wasp, the stink bug

05/02/2019

The ground is thawing out and the skunk cabbage is up – it’s time to start searching for the purple rock cress (Cardamine douglassii), a state-threatened plant. You may also find its more com…

04/11/2019

The Mohonk Preserve is offering a free one-month membership for residents of Ulster County.

Visitors with proof of residency may obtain their passes at the Preserve Visitor Center from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 26, and at the Visitor Center and Spring Farm Trailhead from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28. The membership passes will be valid through May 19.

Passes must be picked up in person, with the exception of minors, whose parent or guardian may pick up a pass on their behalf. For more information, visit http://mohonkpreserve.org/events.

During special hours on Friday-Sunday, April 26-28: Passes must be picked up in person, with the exception of minors, whose parent or guardian may pick up a pass on their behalf.

03/05/2019

Gazing over the patchwork landscape now under the stewardship of the Mohonk Preserve, it’s tempting – but misleading – to picture its evolution from its wild state as calm and gradual.

03/02/2019

As we entered the thick of the coyote mating season, it was fitting that a recent Thursday night – February 14, Valentine’s Day – saw a packed Lecture Center on the SUNY New Paltz campus for a presentation titled “Coexisting with Coyotes,” with Melissa Gillmer, head zookeeper of the Trails...

02/19/2019

The third most common tree in New York State is under assault by an invasive pest. But there’s something you can do about it.

02/02/2019

"The program that linked Gordon and Rockwood—Hudson Valley Farmlink Network (HVFN)—is being held up as a model of success by many organizations and advocates, and its approach will now be implemented across New York State. Last October, the national group that launched HVFN, American Farmland Trust (AFT), announced a new land-linking program called Farmland for a New Generation New York, funded by $400,000 in state funds for the first year as part of a larger state investment in farmland protection.

“This [comes] out of a researched effort to make sure that we are meeting the needs of farmers across New York State,” said AFT’s New York state policy manager, Samantha Levy. “We’re really taking the lessons from Hudson Valley Farmlink Network and applying them statewide.”

Connecting retiring farmers and young upstarts is just the first step of a newly expanding statewide program—funding, access to markets, and a community of support help complete the picture.

12/30/2018

We might be able to save honeybees from viruses transmitted by invasive parasites without chemical treatment.