The grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will fund digitization of over 14,000 note cards and 3,700 specimens from the DSRC collection.
Photo: Butterfly from the Digitization Project by Natalie Feldsine
The 58-acre parcel contains a chestnut oak forest, wetland sedge meadow, cattail marsh, and the headwaters of the Mara Kill Stream.
Photo: Land Protection staff monitoring boundary markers by Julia Solomon
The first new trailhead in 25 years will feature safe, managed parking, EV charging stations, accessible restrooms, a green design visitor contact station and wayfinding signage.
Photo: Testimonial Gateway Tower by Kate Schoonmaker
A renowned rock climber, Russ began climbing in the Gunks in 1977 and established over 100 climbing routes. He joined the Preserve Board in 1997.
Photo: Russ Clune Rock Climbing at Mohonk Preserve from the Mohonk Preserve archives
On the first day of 2016, the Mohonk Lake Cooperative Weather Station began its 120th year of continuous operation. In terms of days, that’s more than 43,800 days of volunteer observers personally recording the weather for the National Weather Service as a public service.
Photo: Director of Research Emeritus Paul Huth leads a presentation on the Mohonk Lake Cooperative Weather Station by John Mizel
Located in the upper part of the Coxing Kill watershed, this is an area of high conservation significance that includes an important 45-acre Hemlock-northern hardwood forest and 4.4-acre Chestnut Oak forest, along with a spring, seeps, the Coxing Kill stream and a tributary.
Photo: Ramey Parcel from the Mohonk Preserve archives
The Youth Nature Ambassador program is a volunteer opportunity for teens, ages 14 and up, to gain work skills and community service credit, building skills and knowledge in education and environmental science as well as customer service and public speaking.
Photo: Youth Nature Ambassadors on a hike at Bonticou Crag by Stephen D. Stewart-Hill
Part of the New York State Early Warning Weather Detection System, New York State Mesonet is a network of 125 automated weather stations across the state measuring temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, pressure, radiation, and soil information as they happen on the ridge.
Photo: Director of Research Emeritus Paul Huth and the Mesonet weather station by Mohonk Preserve staff
Donated by legacy Gunks climber Peter Vlachos, this parcel features small cliff exposures and hemlock, hardwood and pine forests.
Photo: Vlachos Parcel by Emily Hague
StreamWatch is a research and community science-driven planning and data collection process which will evaluate water quality, identify vulnerable species, assess invasive threats, determine the need for riparian buffers or changes to existing agricultural practices, and inform future Preserve projects as part of an overall conservation plan for these watersheds.
Photo: Streamwatch volunteers conduct a field study survey by Tom Weiner