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Conservationist 2023 Issues

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August/September 2023

Highlights of the redesigned August/September 2023 issue include:

  • Fighting wildfires
  • Prescribed burning
  • Hunters protecting eagles
  • Sharks
  • DEC and University at Albany in STEP
  • Camping quiz

And more!

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June/July 2023

Download the June/July 2023 issue (PDF)

Highlights of the June/July 2023 issue include:

  • Old growth forests in the Catskills
  • New York State historical markers
  • Fishing excursions for kids with cancer
  • Accessible recreation
  • Staghorn sumac
  • Civilian Conservation Corps 90th anniversary
  • Hummingbird moths

And much more!

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April/May 2023

Download the April/May 2023 issue (PDF)

Highlights of the April/May 2023 issue include:

  • Fishing and turkey hunting stories
  • The plight of native pollinators
  • Return of whip-poor-wills to the Albany Pine Bush
  • Restoring the Hudson Raritan Estuary
  • American shad restoration

And more!

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February/March 2023

Download the February/March 2023 issue (PDF)

Highlights of the February/March 2023 issue include:

  • The Cobleskill Lovebirds
  • Capital District Wildlife Management Area
  • Fingerposts
  • Nature Journaling
  • Game Protector Bryan Burgin
  • Tracking wildlife and banding birds

And much more!