Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, Inc.

05/03/2026

Spring Wildflower Walk at the new Bentleys Karst Preserve in Berlin! For more updates and good news, follow Hudson Taconic Lands!

01/06/2026

Happy New Year! If you're still following this page, it's time to switch over to our active page at Hudson Taconic Lands., as this page will be phased out. There you can keep up with all things local conservation! 🌲

photo of Bentleys Karst Preserve, by Nate Simms

11/21/2025

Support local conservation this giving season through Hudson Taconic Lands Giving Tuesday match challenge!

Now through December 2nd, every Giving Tuesday gift will be matched up to $6,000, allowing your donation to make twice the impact for our land and water!

Your Giving Tuesday gift will support programs like Learning Landscapes — a new initiative to create outdoor classrooms in partnership with Rensselaer County schools — and land conservation across the county, from the Hudson River to the Taconic crest.

We thank HTL members Fred and Mona DeMay for their generous match pledge. With you, we can raise $12,000 — or more — to keep local conservation going strong!

🌲 Donate on our website today! https://hudsontaconic.org/2025/11/07/giving-tuesday-2025/

08/21/2025

Get together with a community of people who love the land like you do—at the Fall Woodland Gala!

The Hudson Taconic Lands Fall Woodland Gala is 5 WEEKS AWAY on Thursday, September 25 at Franklin Plaza Ballroom in downtown Troy! If you haven’t purchased a ticket yet, we hope you’ll consider joining us for our largest annual fundraiser—and if you’re already planning to attend, we encourage you to spread the word to friends!

This year’s gala is sure to be a joyful and inspiring gathering of people who love the land. It’s especially important right now for our conservation work, as some of our federal funding did not come through this year. The gala is a FUN way to keep this work going strong.

Learn more and get your tickets 🎫 https://hudsontaconic.org/ways-to-give/gala/

Hope to see you there!

07/23/2025

The Hudson Taconic Lands (formerly Rensselaer Plateau Alliance & Rensselaer Land Trust) Fall Woodland Gala is coming up on Thursday, September 25! We hope you'll join us in this annual celebration of local conservation. The Gala is our largest annual fundraiser and is vital to keeping this work going. Be sure to follow Hudson Taconic Lands to stay in the loop, and get your tickets today!

Learn more & get your tickets: https://hudsontaconic.org/ways-to-give/gala/

07/23/2025

The Fall Woodland Gala is coming up! we hope you'll join us in this annual celebration of local conservation. The Gala is our largest annual fundraiser and is vital to keeping this work going. Be sure to follow Hudson Taconic Lands to stay in the loop, and get your tickets today!

If you’re looking for a joyful way to work toward a brighter future, our Fall Woodland Gala is for you. Each year, our conservation community comes together to celebrate the land and water we’re saving together—and the programs that bring people of all ages into closer relationship with nature—while raising the funds needed to keep this work going.

Honorary Committee tickets are available NOW and General Admission tickets are coming soon. Gala Corporate Sponsorships are a wonderful way for businesses of all sizes to support local conservation.

🌲Learn more about the Gala and how to purchase your tickets: https://hudsontaconic.org/ways-to-give/gala/

We hope you'll consider being part of our biggest annual fundraiser. We are in this work together, each and every day. Thank you for caring about land, water, and community! 🌍 💚

07/02/2025

Just 2 more weeks to enter our Summer Raffle for Conservation! Head to 👉 https://hudsontaconic.org/summer-raffle-for-conservation/ to secure your raffle tickets today!

Want more information? Give us a follow on our new page Hudson Taconic Lands

06/25/2025

🎉ONLY THREE MORE WEEKS TO ENTER!!! 🎉 Get your raffle tickets TODAY!!!

👉 Head over to our Hudson Taconic Lands page to learn more!

Each year, our Raffle for Conservation helps raise the funds needed to keep conservation going strong while offering unforgettable experiences, thanks to generous members of our conservation community! 💚

This year, we are thrilled to be able to offer THREE fantastic opportunities for three different raffle winners: a delicious farm-to-table dinner for six at Laughing Earth Farm, a cozy cabin getaway on the Rensselaer Plateau, and a relaxing North Carolina beach vacation, all kindly donated by HTL members. You can read more about each amazing prize and enter to win on our website (https://hudsontaconic.org/summer-raffle-for-conservation

Each and every raffle ticket supports our ongoing conservation work. We encourage you to bid on as many raffle items as you'd like! 🌲

All three raffles run from Tuesday, June 17th, through Thursday, July 17th. The winner for each item will be randomly selected after the raffles close. To enter, you must be 18 or older and a resident of the state of New York.

04/25/2025

Still looking for a way to give back to the earth this Earth Week? Join Hudson Taconic Lands tomorrow rain 🌧️ or shine ☀️ to help keep our local drinking water source clean and trash-free! 🌏 💚 Learn more & register: https://hudsontaconic.org/2025/03/25/tomhannock-reservoir-cleanup/

04/22/2025

Have you see an external hard drive in the Barberville Falls Preserve parking lot? 🤔 👀

A community member, Gretchen, thinks her external hard drive fell out of her car when she was hiking there a few Saturdays ago on 4/12 between 3-5:30pm. She had precious photos on the device and is hoping to recover them. 💚

Let's help her find it!🙏

If you happened to see it or have any information, you can reach out to Gretchen directly. Her contact information can be found on the flyer. Thank you so much for your help!