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New NY State Parks App

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
07/09/2020 - 9:55am

Discover your next outdoor adventure with the NY State Parts Explorer App for info, updates and inspiration. Learn more about top destinations and stay connected to your favorite parks and historic sites.

 

Available for APPLE and ANDROID.

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Travelstorys Guide to the Rivertowns

Author: 
SaraKelsey
Post date: 
06/26/2020 - 8:55am

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Fifth Anniversary of High Bridge Reopening

Author: 
Charlotte Fahn
Post date: 
06/08/2020 - 2:41pm

photo: Tom Tarnowsky

A Salute to the High Bridge on Fifth Anniversary of Its Re-opening

Time flies! June 9, 2015, was an unforgettable day for High Bridge and Croton Aqueduct fans. On that day five years ago a throng waited eagerly at the Manhattan end of the bridge for the signal to burst upon the gleaming, completely refurbished pedestrian bridge - the centerpiece of the original (“Old”) Croton Aqueduct. New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver presided over the joyous opening ceremonies.

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Alligator Relic

Treasures of the OCA

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
05/26/2020 - 2:54pm

Above: Alligator relic

What is this world if full of care
We have no time to stand and stare"
- W H Davies

So many walkers have called or written to say how much they treasure the trail especially through this difficult time. Please take the time to look around you as you walk. A visual treasure is there!

Buttercups. “Do you like butter?”

 

Culvert in Sleepy Hollow section

 

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Diana Aldren pulling garlic mustard

Managing Garlic mustard on the Aqueduct Trail during the Pandemic

Author: 
DAlden
Post date: 
05/18/2020 - 9:29am

Now that gardening and individual volunteer work is permitted, five of us decided to continue the work we have done in past years in May for I Love My Park Day to control Garlic mustard on the northern section of the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail. We had to forgo I Love My Park Day but we did not want to give up on our beloved trail.

We donned our masks, spread apart on the trail and proceeded to collect 10 large bags of invasive Garlic mustard for disposal. It had rained, so it was easy to pull.

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