Friends of the Woodlawn Preserve - Schenectady

09/14/2026

Flora Foray at Woodlawn Preserve Sunday:

Join ECOS for our monthly Flora Foray on Sunday, Sept. 20. Skye van der Laan leads excursions every third Sunday into some of the habitats that surround the Capital Region, with a close focus on the native flora. The group meets at 12:30 p.m. with a presentation about the location. Feel free to bring a lunch to eat as we chat; walks will start at 1 p.m. Wear appropriate clothing/ footwear for going off trail and consider tick protection. At the Woodlawn Preserve, we will stroll the path that leads around the pond at this preserve famous for its unique flora. A remnant of past time, Woodlawn offers up a number of interesting plants that were once typical of some of the pine bush wetlands. A combination of sandy substrate and adequate neutral or basic groundwater create conditions that are now quite rare in the region. We will also see many of the typical sandplain plants on this loop. In general the walk is on level ground and the path is wide, though we will encounter some soft sandy substrate.

09/13/2026

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Join us for an engaging, hands-on event to learn how to identify and prevent the spread of invasive species in the Capital District! Learn about key invasive species and how to use the iMapInvasives mobile app to report sightings and monitor spread. Then head outdoors for a field session! Free but register with QR code or here: https://forms.gle/tMPXneHLzvSUoJw56

ECOS: The Environmental Clearinghouse
Upper Union NA
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Schenectady County
Schoharie River Center
Capital Region PRISM
Sustainable Schenectady
Schenectady County Soil & Water Conservation District and Compost Facility

09/10/2026

ALERT:
The treatment of invasive phragmites plants will take place tomorrow, September 11, from 9 AM to dark and the SPBP will be CLOSED all day. Trails reopen on Saturday morning, September 12.

09/10/2026

ECOS event: Sunday September 13 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join botanist and iNaturalist ambassador Steve Young to learn the ins and outs of the iNaturalist field app. The free app helps users identify the plants and animals around them while generating data for science and conservation. During the course, you will learn to take good photos, identify species, enter observations, and communicate your finds with others. We will be walking the trails at the Woodlawn Preserve in Schenectady to make observations and add them to the iNaturalist community, with both iPhone and Android. Beforehand, we encourage you to register a username on iNaturalist, which is free to do.

08/03/2026

08/02/2026

I took a walk in the Preserve today. Disappointed with the people who fish there as lots of trash left behind. Can you not clean up after yourselves, or try to clean up after your compatriots? Thankfully the areas not popular with fishing were reasonably clean. We will be scheduling a work day in the cooler days coming up to once again try to mitigate the trash and vandalism left behind. All in all though, it was a beautiful day with lots of late summer/early fall bloomers coming into their own. Not at all the ‘moonscape’ the Woodlawn Neighborhood Association (WNA) believes it is. Many thanks to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission for their restoration and maintenance work, and to our volunteers (especially Terry S.) for continuing to clean up after the slobs that frequent the fishing shoreline.

07/26/2026

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07/18/2026

ECOS will lead another walk in the Preserve on September 20th from 12:30 to 3 pm as part of their Flora Forays series:

We will stroll the path that leads around the pond at this preserve famous for its unique flora. A remnant of past time, Woodlawn offers up a number of interesting plants that were once typical [...]

06/17/2026

Seen today in the Preserve: a family of Fishers near a junction of the red trail. Many thanks to a volunteer who goes in frequently to scout and pick up trash. Why are so many people who go there to fish leaving so much trash behind? Carry in - carry out!!!

06/09/2026

If only we could get some enforcement.

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