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The Aldo Leopold Society's annual celebration was held at the Widdowson's Temple Farm in Millbrook. 

The growing season is getting longer. 

Last winter, between 10 and 20 million tons of salt were used nationally. 

From April 2009 through June 2010, biogeochemist Dr. Kathleen Weathers was on loan from the Cary Institute. 

HRECOS observations not only protect a national treasure, they inform decisions about commercial traffic and management. 

We can best preserve biodiversity by preserving habitat. 

The next time you find yourself reaching for your umbrella, take a moment to consider the fate of rainfall after it hits the ground. While some rain is absorbed by natural ground cover, such as fields or forested areas, a high percentage becomes stormwater delivered to our rivers, creeks, ponds and lakes

Once there were big stands of hemlocks in the ravines and on the steep creek-banks. Their shade was so deep that hardly any underbrush could survive, so the ground was clear between their big trunks.

This has been a snowy winter. Our shovels have been put to good use, kids have had numerous snow days, and local retailers have had to restock essentials such as snow rakes and deicers.

Forest biomass could replace as much as one quarter of the liquid fossil fuel now being used for industrial and commercial heating in the Northeastern United States.

There was some good news on the environment last week. In the 20-state area that participates in a cap-and-trade program to reduce emissions of nitric oxide (NOx) from power plants, the emissions declined 32 percent from 1997 to 2005.

Distant relatives of shrimp, zooplankton are an important food resource for aquatic animals. These free-floating crustaceans are considered one of the foundations of lake food webs, along with their plant counterparts, phytoplankton.

Standing timber in the northeastern United States has waxed and waned according to society's evolving needs.

On Dec. 11, in the final weeks of his governorship, David Paterson vetoed a six-month moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in New York state.

How can we "green" our schools to make them more environmentally sustainable?

On a glorious day several weekends ago, my wife and I hiked up Panther Mountain in the Catskills.

This month Dutchess County released its 2010 Natural Resource Inventory.

In our research sites at the Cary Institute and throughout the Hudson Valley, we are seeing acorn production of unprecedented proportions.