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ADVOCACY EDUCATION PRESERVATION STEWARDSHIP

OCA Trail 2016: The Yonkers Clean-up Project Continues...

Author:

STGorman

Post date:

05/03/2016 - 12:59pm

Our yearly OCA trail facelift in Yonkers was an unqualified success in 2016

Why do I work on eliminating invasive weeds??

Author:

DariaGregg

Post date:

04/18/2016 - 10:57am

by Guest Blogger, Daria Gregg

People wonder out loud and to themselves why I spend good money and time taking out the invasives on my adopted section of the Old Croton Aqueduct.

Something New in Ossining - the Sing Sing Kill Greenway!

Author:

Charlotte Fahn

Post date:

04/14/2016 - 8:04am

A marvelous new attraction opened Wednesday evening, April 14, in the village of Ossining: a concrete walkway that lets visitors stroll in the Sing Sing Kill's rocky gorge, with the stream rushing along beneath it and trees clinging to the sides. The new walkway is ADA-compliant, has steel railings along its full length - which is about one third of a mile. You return the way you came.

Volunteer Docent Opportunity

Author:

FOCAAdmin

Post date:

03/18/2016 - 10:26am

Share your passion for and knowledge of the Aqueduct trail and Rivertowns area

Are you comfortable speaking and working with the public?

Can you devote three hours on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday to work with Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct at their new Keeper's House visitor center in Dobbs Ferry?

To learn more, we invite potential volunteer docents to a question-and-answer gathering on March 31, 7:30, at the Keeper's House, 15 Walnut St., Dobbs Ferry, between Broadway/Route 9 and Main St.