The City of Newburgh Conservation Advisory Council (“CAC”) has been an awarded a grant from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC”) Hudson River Estuary Program to complete a Natural Resources Inventory (“NRI”). The NRI will identify, describe, Read More …
Category: Project Opportunities
Mapping the Dutchess County Equality Trail
Dutchess County Historical Society (DCHS) is working to illuminate the path that led to a US constitutional promise of equality after the Civil War, and the ongoing effort to realize that promise. This is the story of individuals, regularly suffering Read More …
Mapping pollinator pathways in the Hudson Valley
Pollinators are animals that help fertilize plants through the spread of pollen, helping plants to produce fruit/seeds. Pollinators include butterflies, bees, flies, hummingbirds, wasps, beetles, moths and bats. With habitat loss being the major reason pollinator populations are in decline, Read More …
Mapping trade routes and ports on the Hudson River to assist Sail Freight
Regardless of how sustainably a product is produced, we are almost completely dependent on fossil fuels for shipping. In order to create a resilient regional economy we need local renewably powered shipping options. The Hudson River is the original super-highway Read More …
Analyze the urban forest in Poughkeepsie using i-Tree
Building off of previous work mapping habitats and land cover in the City of Poughkeepsie Natural Resource Inventory, a worthwhile future project for the City of Poughkeepsie would be to use i-Tree to analyze the current canopy cover. This would Read More …
