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Aqueduct Trail Ambassadors

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
07/06/2023 - 3:06pm

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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Pictures from 175th Anniversary of the High Bridge

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
06/08/2023 - 12:50pm

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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Two Big Cash Prize Winners Announced for Friends' Essay Competition in Yonkers

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
04/17/2023 - 1:10pm

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: A bent tree and a black butterfly

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
04/10/2023 - 12:37pm

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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A 26-miler's Trip Report

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
03/29/2023 - 11:13am

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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