Category: Nature – Environment
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will distribute $1.1 billion in revenues generated by the hunting and angling industry to state and territorial fish and wildlife agencies throughout the nation. The funds support critical…
U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, and Dr. Kenneth Liegner, who is a Pawling-based internist that specializes in Lyme disease , will speak about Lyme disease Thursday, May 7, at the Lathrop Center at Lakeside in Pawling. Gibson and Liegner will…
PAWLING METHODIST PLANT SALE The Pawling United Methodist Church, 2 Dutcher Avenue, in the Village of Pawling will hold its Annual Plant Sale in the church parking lot, Saturday, May 23, from 9 a.m.-1p.m. If raining, it will be held…
Emma Rowena Gatewood, better known as Grandma Gatewood was born on October 25, 1887 in Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio. She was a farmer’s wife who had 11 children and 24 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild living at the…
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Theresa Howard Carter, 85, of West Chester, a distinguished archaeologist and scholar of the ancient Near East, died Sunday, April 19, at home of causes related to aging. Dr. Carter was one of a dwindling generation of pioneering women archaeologists…
Exciting News for Pawling! We are part of the grand reopening the most beautiful farm in all of New York, Kirby Hill Farm. Located in historic Pawling, NY – we have our own 25 stall barn with tons of paddocks…
Warmer Spring Weather Is Here, Which Means New York’s Black Bears Are on the Move The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today issued guidance on how to prevent negative encounters with black bears. Nearly all negative bear…
No Chronic Wasting Disease Found During 2014-15 Big Game Season DEC Focused on Continued Disease Prevention With more than 2,400 white-tailed deer tested in the 2014-15 Big Game season in New York State, none tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease…
Join the Cary Institute on Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. for a visually-rich presentation on the world’s rarest amphibians by conservationist, author, and award-winning photographer Robin Moore. His new book, In Search of Lost Frogs, details Conservation International’s expedition…
ALBANY, NY – Yesterday the New York State Senate celebrated Earth Day by passing several measures experts say echo the initiatives once championed in the halls of Albany by President Theodore Roosevelt. Senator Terrence P. Murphy, who as a local…
County Executive Molinaro and Dutchess County employees participate in the Third Annual Earth Day Walk and Clean-up Photo: Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, Commissioner of Health Dr. Kari Reiber, and Division of Solid Waste Management Deputy Commissioner Lindsay Carille join…
Rehabilitation Work on Harlem Valley Rail Trail to Begin This Week Poughkeepsie…The Dutchess County Department of Public Works (DPW) Highway Division will begin rehabilitation work this week on the Harlem Valley Rail Trail (HVRT). Existing surface pavement will be repaired…
There are so many things in this world we say we could live without. If you asked most of us here in Pawling just over a month ago we would have said we could live without ever seeing snow again….