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a story hub for RPA's Community Conservation work

 

Annie Jacobs, May 8, 2024 On May 7, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the award of $3 million in New York State Conservation Partnership...

Annie Jacobs, April 18, 2024 For Sophie Schwarz-Eise, a junior at Binghamton University, it isn’t enough to represent her generation in...

Annie Jacobs, January 1, 2024 As of January 1, 2024, the merger between the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance and Rensselaer Land Trust is...

Annie Jacobs, October 27, 2023 Bunker Hill summit, by Nate Simms As a young girl living in New Jersey, Betsy Boehme Howe had severe...

Elizabeth Hayes August 4, 2023 Roland and Bessie LeBarron loved each other, and their home up on Taborton Mountain. Roland relished the...

Annie Jacobs March 12, 2023 As you drive past the new Barberville Falls Preserve parking area on Blue Factory Road in Postenkill, with...

Jim Bonesteel November 15, 2023 Just over a year ago, RPA's board of directors announced the Forests Forever Campaign for land...

Times Union November 6, 2022 PETERSBURGH – Donna Simms watched Saturday as the pile of illegally discarded farm tires pulled out of the woods by 50 Rensselaer Plateau Alliance volunteers grew, along with stacked up remnants of buildings, metal and machines that were also hauled out. “This is amazing. It’s just wonderful,” Simms said. Simms donated an undisclosed sum to Rensselaer Plateau Alliance's Forests Forever Campaign to preserve the 153 acres off Dill Brook that had gro

Annie Jacobs April 18, 2022 photo by Kim Clune A wonderful aspect of this past fall and winter at RPA was hosting two Master of Social...

March 10, 2022 Annie Jacobs Taking a cue from the diverse forests and wetlands we all love—with their connected roots and fungal...

January 24, 2022 Annie Jacobs At the Forests Forever Gala in September, 2021, RPA’s Executive Director, Jim Bonesteel, told the story of...

February 1, 2022 Annie Jacobs It wasn't easy coming up with a name for this new "story hub" feature of our website. I wanted something...

November, 2021

November 16, 2021 Jim Bonesteel As you may already know, RPA's board and staff launched the Forests Forever Campaign in early 2021, with...

September 14, 2021 Jim Bonesteel, Executive Director You may have already heard last week at our annual Gala, in a meeting, or on social...

July 27, 2021 Annie Jacobs On Wednesday, July 14, around 4:30 pm, I left my apartment in Troy to drive to Albert Family Community Forest...

January 1, 2021 Annie Jacobs read this article in our 2020 Newsletter Highlights & 2019 Annual Report check out a fantastic Follow the...