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  2. Albany Pine Bush - Wikipedia

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    The Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center is a nature center in Albany, New York with exhibits and activities about the Albany Pine Bush Preserve's natural history, geologic and cultural significance. The center offers public programs such as teaching programs for school groups, guided hikes, lectures and after school programs, all of which are led ...

  3. Woodlawn Preserve - Wikipedia

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    The Woodlawn Preserve is a patch of the Albany Pine Bush in the Woodlawn neighborhood of the city of Schenectady, New York. [1] It is the only remaining example of this rare ecosystem in that area, a combination of swamp, wetlands, water bodies, and dune vegetation, [2] and one of the most biologically diverse parcels in Schenectady County.

  4. Rensselaer Lake - Wikipedia

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    Rensselaer Lake is an artificial lake in Albany, New York, United States named for Major-General Stephen Van Rensselaer, last patroon of Rensselaerswyck. [1] The lake was Albany's first municipally-owned source of water. [2] [3] It is part of a 57-acre (23 ha) park and the state's Albany Pine Bush Preserve. [2] [4] The lake and park have been ...

  5. Sam's Point Preserve - Wikipedia

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    Sam's Point Preserve. Sam's Point Preserve, or Sam's Point Dwarf Pine Ridge Preserve, is a 4,600-acre (19 km 2) preserve in Ulster County on the highest point (2,289 feet [698 m]) of the Shawangunk Ridge in New York, on the Wawarsing, New York - Shawangunk town line. It is owned and managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and ...

  6. Pine Bush, New York - Wikipedia

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    0960421. Pine Bush is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the town of Crawford and adjacent to Shawangunk, New York, within Orange and adjacent to Ulster counties in the U.S. It is roughly coterminous with the 12566 ZIP code and 744 telephone exchange in the 845 area code. These both extend into adjacent regions of the town of ...

  7. New Jersey Pine Barrens - Wikipedia

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    Pinelands map. The New Jersey Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines, is the largest remaining example of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecosystem, stretching across more than seven counties of New Jersey. Two other large, contiguous examples of this ecosystem remain in the northeastern United States: the Long Island ...

  8. Don Rittner - Wikipedia

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    During the 1970s, he led the fight to save the Albany Pine Barrens, known as the Pine Bush. He founded the Pine Bush Historic Preservation Project and was responsible for the city of Albany acquiring its first nature preserve, the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. During 1983–89 he served as the preserve's manager.

  9. Finger Lakes National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Finger Lakes National Forest is a United States National Forest that encompasses 16,259 acres (65.80 km 2) of Seneca and Schuyler counties, nestled between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes Region of the State of New York. It has over 30 miles (50 km) of interconnecting trails that traverse gorges, ravines, pastures, and ...