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On a gorgeous Saturday morning in mid-March, 35 volunteers, including many children and teens, gathered to learn about native and non-native flora and fauna.

The event was organized by the Irvington Green Policy Task Force in collaboration with the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Irvington Parks Department, the O’Hara Nature Center and the Pollinator Pathways Project.

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You've been asking us to do this. Now it's happening.

NY State Parks Taconic Region has approved the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct’s application to repair and rebuild much of the lower part of the Keepers House Porch.

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Every walker who is interested in or has explored the Trail will love this article by Polly Kreisman, which puts a spotlight on the many delights of walking the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail in this month's issue of Westchester Magazine. We cannot reproduce the article but you can follow a link HERE

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Twenty years of local organizing and activism have resulted in the Rivertowns' newest park, a peaceful place of natural beauty and local history.

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Aqueduct Trail Ambassadors, aka the NY NJ Trail Stewards posted by the entrance to the Unique Area.

I took this photo on their first day of orientation and training just prior to the start of the season on Memorial Day weekend. Myra Romano, front and center, is the Program Coordinator.

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The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct were well represented by Michelle Pollack, Tom Tarnowsky and Sara Kelsey at the lively and well-attended 175th Anniversary Celebration of the High Bridge on Tuesday, June 6.

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Cash prizes of $500 and $300 will be handed out this April for the Old Croton Aqueduct Essay Competition. The Friends invited high school students in Yonkers to submit personal experiences, fiction, or tales of environmental awareness about the aqueduct trail and tunnel. The mission was to discover talent from the student community, as well as to bring about awareness and care for the aqueduct trail in Yonkers. The winning essays are highly readable, personal reflections on the historic tunnel and trail.

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Guest post by Jean Zimmerman

A bent tree and a black butterfly figured prominently in my hike along the northern section of the Old Croton Aqueduct on a day so early in spring that only a few plants were peeping up green.

Also peeping up reddish-brown with yellow streaks, in the case of skunk cabbage.

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guest blog by Ed Perratore

Every long trek has a lesson for us, and a good walk on the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail is no exception. At the start of my first round-trip hike here, I witnessed buds erupting everywhere, birds flitting about to build their nests and the glistening sun melting the last ice patches of winter. Growth was in the air, filling me with every breath. It was early April.

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The Friends are active in View Preservation and its impact everywhere on the 26 miles of the trail. We know how important views of the Palisades and the Hudson River are to walkers.