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ADVOCACY EDUCATION PRESERVATION STEWARDSHIP

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FOCAAdmin

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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FOCAAdmin

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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FOCAAdmin

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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FOCAAdmin

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.

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FOCAAdmin

On February 12th, The Keeper's House drew a crowd that spilled over onto the front lawn.

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