Non-native animals and plants are a part of our ecosystems and, while some are harmless, others are invasive species ...

Edgewood Oak Brush Plains State Forest in Suffolk Co. features trails through pine barrens at the former site of the Edgewood ...

Louisa Matilda Jacobs (1833-1917), daughter of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl author Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897), was born enslaved by Dr. James Norcom in Edenton, North Carolina, but spent ...

The 'Bipartisan Affordability and Jobs Act' (S.5653) would eviscerate Federal Historic Preservation Law say historic ...

It is no secret that the DEC lacked enthusiasm for a Lake George Battlefield Park Visitors Center, if and when it did not ...

In 1966, folk singer Pete Seeger (1919-2014) and a group of activists decided to “build a boat to save the river,” a sloop to ...

In September 1777 during British General John Burgoyne’s campaign to capture Albany and secure the lower Hudson Valley, American militia commanded by Major General Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810) staged ...

The Steuben Memorial State Historic Site preserves the home and final resting place of Baron von Steuben, America's first ...

Located in Newcomb in Adirondack High Peaks, the mining community of Tahawus was deserted twice after two mining booms both ...

In 1748, twenty-year-old Swiss-born Jacob Sperry arrived in the city of New York from Zurich. Trained as a physician, he ...