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The Cragsmoor Conservancy works creatively with the community to preserve the distinctive natural and cultural resources of Cragsmoor.

10/14/2026

Ticks on the upswing!

10/14/2026

From Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE):

Thought we were out of tick season? Not so fast.

Emergency room visits for tick bites are starting to increase again, which means that tick populations outdoors are increasing again.

This is typical —the U.S. usually sees bimodal waves. Tiny nymphs drive a big one in the summer, and adult ticks looking for a final meal before winter drive a smaller one peaking in October. They stay active before freezing begins.

09/29/2026

09/21/2026

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**

Heads up birders, I would not be surprised if the biggest bird migration night of the year happens over the next 2 nights. Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. That is a lot, but the pattern could not be better for migratory birds. A massive area of high pressure will turn the low level winds from the northeast to the southwest across most of the US. The last time we had anything similar to this in the fall was early October last year when a record 1.25 billion birds were in flight. I doubt we get to that level, but I suspect the number will top 500 million especially Monday night which looks to be the bigger of the two nights. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights, and the next 2 nights is about as big as it gets.

07/16/2026

THIS IS US!! Check out our lovely website.

Cragsmoor Conservancy is now DBA Cragsmoor Land Trust.

Conserving and protecting 55 acres of forests, wildlife habitat, and open space on the Shawangunk Ridge in Ulster County, New York. Join us.

07/16/2026

THIS IS US!!!! Our new website. Enjoy the beauty!

Cragsmoor Conservancy is now DBA Cragsmoor Land Trust.

Conserving and protecting 55 acres of forests, wildlife habitat, and open space on the Shawangunk Ridge in Ulster County, New York. Join us.

05/12/2026

From Guardians of Nature:

Those splotches that look like dried mud on your maple tree aren't mud. They're 30 to 50 spotted lanternfly eggs, laid last October, and they're set to hatch in next weeks.

Spotted lanternfly is one of the most aggressive invasive insects to spread across the eastern US in years. A single tree can host dozens of egg masses. One hatched mass becomes thirty nymphs by May. By August they're adults, swarming maples, walnuts, willows, and grape vines, and laying the next generation on anything that doesn't move — fence posts, picnic tables, the wheel wells of your car.

🌿 Where to look this weekend:
- Bottom 6 feet of any tree trunk, especially maple, walnut, willow, and tree of heaven
- Underside of deck railings, picnic tables, wood piles
- Behind house numbers, on fence posts, under outdoor furniture
- Vehicle wheel wells, undercarriages, trailer hitches — they lay on metal too
- Look for a 1 to 1.5 inch smear that looks like dried gray mud or putty

🌿 What to do if you find one:
- Hold a sealable bag underneath
- Scrape with a credit card, plastic putty knife, or stiff stick
- Drop the entire mass in — fill the bag with rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer
- Seal the bag and discard in regular trash
- Report the find to your state agriculture department — many states track sightings
- One mass takes ten seconds. Most infested trees carry between five and twenty.

One credit card. One sealed bag. One weekend. Or thousands of nymphs hatching in May 🌿

Address

Cragsmoor, NY
12420

Telephone

+18456474716

Website

http://www.cragsmoorconservancy.info/

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