Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) has tiny purple blooms in the spring that were pictured here, and then these lovely blue berries now.
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Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) has tiny purple blooms in the spring that were pictured here, and then these lovely blue berries now.
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Jack’s Berries
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) is fruiting now in our wet woods.
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Orange Wanderer
Young Eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens), or efts, can be seen on the wet forest floor after a rain. This wandering juvenile stage typically lasts two to three years.
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Mushroom Season
The rain and humidity are helping to produce plenty of mushrooms this early August.
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The Spatterdock Darner (Rhionaeschna mutata) is found in the northeastern United States, but it closely resembles the Blue Eyed Darner of the western U.S.
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Cinnamon Ferns (Osmunda cinnamomea) are sporting their fertile fronds that began as green in color but now are cinnamon brown. [Read more…] about Outdoors With Trix
Spring Yellow
We are finally beginning to see a few wildflowers. [Read more…] about Outdoors With Trix
Wood Frogs Mean Spring Is Here
On Friday and Saturday last weekend when the night temperature was 40 and the day temperature was up to 50 degrees, the wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) began their annual breeding frenzy in temporary (vernal) pools in our woods. [Read more…] about Outdoors With Trix
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced that the Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery’s annual spring seedling sale is now open and will run until May 14th. Each year, the nursery offers low-cost, New York-grown tree and shrub species for sale to encourage plantings that help […]
Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On January 7th, Kandie L. Stowell, a 40-year-old resident of Hoosick Falls, was arrested for the second time in a year following a three-month-long narcotics investigation. Stowell, who was scheduled to appear in Rensselaer County Court on January 8th for sentencing to probation in a prior felony case, was […]
Berlin Central School District Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Press Release A Cropseyville man is facing charges following a sexual exploitation investigation by the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Unit. Justin K. Covell, 31, is being charged in connection with four separate incidents involving the sexual exploitation of four minors. In the Town of Petersburgh, […]
Berlin-New Lebanon Swim by Tim Christiansen, Berlin Varsity Swim Coach Berlin/New Lebanon took their first loss of the season to a talented Mt. Anthony team. Mt. Anthony took a commanding 16-2 lead to start the meet by placing 1st and 2nd in the first two races. Berlin-New Lebanon would bounce back with George Lamphere-Webster winning […]
Hoosick Falls Girls Basketball by Jeffrey Bernstein Meg Barber, now the head coach at NYU, is one of the best basketball players to come out of Hoosick Falls High School. The 1998 graduate’s 1,643 career points were the most scored by a female Panther when she left the program. Barber held that record until 2020, […]