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The land we protect and the trails we establish today will enhance our communities forever.

10/29/2026

Golden hour at Burger Hill 🍂🧡

10/27/2026

Bobcat? ✅ Bear? ✅ Deer? ✅ Coyote?
Trail cams caught the full lineup at our Clermont property, where we’ve been actively restoring the land and creating young forest habitat to support wildlife and forest regeneration. 🐾

10/24/2026

Team Winnakee spent the morning filling potholes in the Burger Hill parking lot, just in time for Sunday’s Burger Hill Massive charity race supporting Winnakee!

The course is set. Join us this Sunday at 9am. Register or donate at the link in bio.

10/18/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Mount Ross Wildlife Sanctuary!

What a beautiful autumn day for a walk along the Roeliff Jansen Kill. With the leaves turning and falling all around us, it was the perfect moment to talk about the nutrient cycle of streamside forests: how fallen leaves feed the stream, how roots hold soil in place, and how a healthy forest filters and cools the water that flows through it.

Winnakee CEO Bob Davis led landowners through our newest property, 279 acres of forest, farmland, and waterways that now permanently protect roughly a mile of the Roeliff Jansen Kill. Along the way, Bob shared practical first steps for building a land management plan, with a focus on one of the most valuable things a forest can do: help keep our water clean, for us and for wildlife.

A special thank you to the members of the New York Forest Owners Association who joined us and added so much to the conversation. And our deepest gratitude to Carl Popp, who carefully assembled this gorgeous property over decades and made it possible for Winnakee to protect it forever.

10/18/2026

Shortly after an exhibit at Vlei Marsh, fairy houses began mysteriously appearing along the trail. We liked to say the fairies worked their magic at night. Then one day, we discovered our “Fairy Godmother,” Julia Van Develder! We were delighted to celebrate Julia and her enchanting fairy houses at the opening of her exhibit, “Otherworldly,” at Gallery71 Art Gallery 71–now through Nov. 1st! Julia has generously donated the proceeds of the fairy houses to Winnakee. Thank you and congratulations, Julia!

10/15/2026

The fall edition of The Canopy is out! 159 newly protected acres in Hyde Park, a new trail at Robert’s Refuge, turtle and pollinator conservation, and fairy houses you can take home!

Read the full newsletter in the comments link.

10/14/2026

📅 Saturday, October 17 from 10am-12pm
📍 Pine Plains, NY

Own streamside land and wondering where to start? Join Winnakee CEO Bob Davis for a guided walk on Winnakee’s newest property, the Mount Ross Wildlife Sanctuary: 279 acres of forest, farmland, and waterways that permanently protect roughly a mile of the Roeliff Jansen Kill.

This walk is designed especially for landowners with streamside parcels. Bob will share practical first steps for building a land management plan, with a focus on one of the most valuable things a forest can do: help keep our water clean, for us and for wildlife! 🌲💧

10/11/2026

Winnakee had a great fall morning maintaining our trails at Winnakee Nature Preserve. We got to celebrate our work with local honey brought by one of our volunteers! Thank you to everyone who came out to help!

Address

7 Livingston Street
Rhinebeck, NY
12572

Telephone

+18458764213

Website

https://www.winnakee.org/more_winnakee/, https://winnakeelandtrust.smugmug.com/Strawberry-Full-Moon-at-Burger-Hill, http

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