Category | Site | Description | Status |
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| Info | A Field Guide to Wildflowers - Vischer's Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve | Contains PDFs showing pictures of different wildflowers and a general idea of where they can be found in the Vischer's Ferry Nature Preserve. |  |
| Club | Adirondack Mountain Club | Website for the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) | |
| Store | Adirondack Paddle 'n Pole | Sells and rents Kayaks, Canoes, Cross country Ski and snowshoe gear. Has a listing of brief trip reports from around the area. | |
| Misc | Adirondack Sport and Fitness Magazine | Adirondack Sports & Fitness is an outdoor recreation and fitness magazine covering the Adirondack Park and greater Capital-Saratoga region of New York State. | |
| Info | Albany Pine Bush Preserve | The official Albany Pine Bush Preserve website. | |
| Info | All About Birds | Cornell Lab of Ornithology's web page. Bird guide with sounds and videos and a lot of other information about birds. | |
| AMC | AMC Conservation | Appalachian Mountain Club's conservation efforts | |
| Store | AMC Store | Books, maps, and gear. AMC members get discount. | |
| AMC | Appalachian Mountain Club | Main site for the Appalachian Mountain Club
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| Club | Appalachian Trail Conservancy | The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is a volunteer organization that takes care of the Appalachian Trail, the 2170 miles route from Maine to Georgia. | |
| Info | Bike Trail Maps | Maps created by the Capital District Transportation Committee for the Mohawk Hudson Bike Trail and other trails in the area. | |
| Info | Butterflies and Moths of North America | An online reference for Butterflies and Moths. You can see species by state, look up specfici s[ecies or browse a picture gallery. | |
| Info | DEC State Lands Interactive Mapper | An online map showing details of state lands including trails. Allows you do zoom, see satellite photos, move around, choose details to view, print maps etc. | |
| Store | Digital Map Store | In addition to being able to buy topographical maps and other map products, this site provides a free topo map overlay for Google maps. You can zoom to an area, see the topo map showing that area, save it and print it. | |
| Store | Eastern Mountain Sports | Retailer of outdoor gear | |
| Club | Environmental Clearinghouse of Schenectady | Environmental Clearinghouse of Schenectady (ECOS) is a non profit organization dedicated to understanding and preserving our natural environment in the capital district area. They publish the "Natural Areas of ... County" books for Rensselaer, Albany, Saratoga, and Schenectady counties as well as other local trip and nature guides. | |
| Club | Friends of Grafton Lakes State Park | A Non-profit organization dedicated to
supporting and promoting the environmental education activities of
Grafton Lakes State Park.
Includes map of the trails around Grafton State Park. | |
| Club | Friends of the Kayaderosseras | Friends of the Kayaderosseras was formed in March 2004 in
Saratoga County by a diverse group of walkers, nature-lovers, ecologists, kayakers, and fisherman - all with a shared interest in conserving the creek! | |
| Info | Geocaching Database | Geocaching is an activity where you use a GPS system to locate a "cache", generally a container containing a logbook where you record your finding of the cache and often a collection of trinkets that you can trade with. This site has a searchable database and other information about geocaching. | |
| Info | Google Maps | Get driving directions, see Satellite pictures and streetview photos of selected areas. | |
| Club | Grafton Trail Blazers | Local snowmobile club based in Grafton. Has map of Rensselaer County trails. | |
| Club | Hoosic River Watershed Association | Devoted to the Restoration, Conservation, and Enjoyment of the Hoosic. Contains much information including maps and paddling details about the Hoosic River which runs from Massachusetts through Vermont to the Hudson River in Northern Rensselaer County. | |
| Info | Hudson Crossing Park | Information about the Hudson Crossing Park | |
| Club | Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club | A local bird watching club with regular programs and activities. | |
| Club | Huyck Preserve | Information about the Edmund Niles Hyuck Preserve and the research that takes place there. | |
| Misc | Joralemon Park Frisbee Golf Course | Joralemon Park in Coeymans has a frisbee golf course. | |
| Club | Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy | The Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy is a private, not-for-profit organization working to save special places in Albany, Schenectady and Montgomery counties. They have protected more than 2100 acres of land in the region, including over 900 acres open to the public for hiking, cross-country skiing, etc. | |
| Info | Mushroom Expert | An online reference for mushrooms. | |
| Club | New York Capital Region Geocachers | Local geocaching group | |
| Club | New York-New Jersey Trail Conference | A nonprofit organization that creates, protects, and promotes a network of over 1,700 miles of public trails in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan region. Has information on trails and trail conditions for the Catskills and further south. | |
| Info | NYS Canalway Trail | Maps and information about the NYS Canalway trail, a 260 mile set of Multi-use trails in upstate NY near the Erie canal. | |
| Misc | NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation | Info and news about the environment in NYS. Includes the Dunn Memorial Bridge Falcon Nest webcam (March - June)
Maps section contains an interactive mapper showing trails and other recreation details for state lands. | |
| Info | NYS State Parks | Info on New York State's State Parks, including Grafton, Cherry Plain, Schodack Island, Saratoga Spa, Peebles Island, Thompson's Lake, The Emma Treadwell Thacher Center, and John Boyd Thacher State Park. | |
| Club | Rensselaer Land Trust | A not-for profit corporation organized exclusively for the purposes of preserving and protecting real property in Rensselaer County | |
| Club | Saratoga PLAN | Saratoga PLAN (Preserving Land And Nature) is a land trust in Saratoga County, directly protecting and managing land and water resources through conservation easements and outright acquisition of property.
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| Info | Saratoga Woods and Waterways | A blog with lots of local outdoor photos. Emphassis is on plants. | |
| Info | Schenectady County Nature Preserves | Descriptions and trail maps for some of the county run nature areas including Schenectady County Forest Preserve, Indian Kill Nature Preserve, and Plotterkill Preserve. | |
| Club | Sierra Club | The Sierra Club is an environmental organization founded by John Muir in 1892. | |
| Club | The Friends of Dyken Pond Center | Information about the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center including events and trail maps. | |
| Misc | The Heldeberg Workshop | The Heldeberg Workshop is a is not-for-profit organization that offers a number of educational programs on a 200 acre plot below the Helderberg Escarpment. | |
| Club | The Nature Conservatory | A wordwide conservation organization. Owns the following areas in our region. Albany County: Bear Swamp, Hannacroix Ravine Preserve, Kenrose Preserve, Limestone Rise Preserve, Whitbeck Memorial Grove; Rensselaer County: Barberville Falls, Stewart Preserve; Schenectady County: Christman Sanctuary, Lisha Kill Natural Area, Moccasin Kill Sanctuary; Washington County: Denton Sanctuary
Lower Poultney River/Saddles Preserves. | |
| Info | Weather Channel | Find weather information based on zipcode or city | |
| Info | What Bird | Includes an interactive search on attributes useful for identifying birds. Among other things you can specify any or all the following attributes and get a listing or thumbnails of birds that have those attributes: Location, Shape, Size, Color Primary, Color Secondary, Habitat, Bill Shape, Bill Length, Wing Shape.
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| Info | What's that bug? | A site about bugs. Many photos | |
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