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Conservationist 2022 Issues

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December 2022/January 2023

Download the December 2022/January 2023 issue (PDF)

Highlights of the December 2022/January 2023 issue include:

  • The 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
  • 2023 Conservationist calendar
  • Holiday pheasant recipe
  • Winter hiking tips
  • First Day Hikes

And more!

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October/November 2022

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Highlights of the October/November 2022 issue include:

  • Marine debris on Randall's Island
  • The Field to Fork program
  • Relocating an osprey nest
  • Hemlock Wooly Adelgid on Lake George
  • Fisher research
  • The evolution of trail cams
  • Using drones to find abandoned wells

And much more!

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August/September 2022

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Highlights of the August/September 2022 issue include:

  • The Next Generation of Hudson River Educators
  • Mount Arab fire tower
  • Muller Hill
  • Westhampton Dwarf Pine Plains Preserve
  • The New York Superfund Program
  • Tracking Atlantic brant
  • The Salmon River
  • Meet the North American porcupine

And more!

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June/July 2022

Download the June/July 2022 issue here (PDF)

Highlights of the June/July 2022 issue include:

  • Setting the standard for search and rescue
  • Monitoring New York's whales
  • Red milkweed beetles
  • Loon rescue
  • Waterman Bird Club's bluebird trail
  • 75 years of DEC Summer Camps
  • Meet the worms

And much more!

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April/May 2022

Download the April/May 2022 issue here (PDF, 11 MB)

Highlights of the April/May 2022 issue include:

  • New York State Canalway Water Trail
  • Sturgeon recovery
  • Being prepared for peakbagging
  • 50 years of Five Rivers Environmental Education Center
  • Living Shorelines
  • Water Well Program

And much more!

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February/March 2022

Download the February/March 2022 issue here (PDF)

Highlights of the February/March 2022 issue include:

  • New York's estuaries
  • NY's plan for addressing climate change
  • The Buffalo River's comeback
  • Cisco restoration efforts
  • Becoming an ECO
  • The importance of public participation

And more!