New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

November 20, 2024

Discovery Center Winter Closures

The Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center will be closed to the public on the following dates:

• Thursday November 28, 2024- All day
• Tuesday December 10, 2024- 11:30-4
• Tuesday December 24, 2024- All day
• Wednesday December 25, 2024- All day
• Wednesday January 1, 2025- All day

Preserve trails will remain open on these dates.

October 16, 2023

Preserve Management: Mowing Treatments

Pine Barrens restoration mowing will be starting in the preserve on Monday, November 4.  Various trails will be temporarily closed with signage for several days at a time.  For your own safety please do not enter these areas while this work is taking place.  Consider visiting a part of the preserve that you have maybe never visited before until the mowing is completed.  Thank you.

If you have any questions or concerns about this management work, please contact Stewardship Director, Joel Hecht at 518-456-0655 or jhecht@albanypinebush.org 

November 30, 2022

Preserve Management: Pine Barrens Restoration

Pine Barrens Habitat restoration is scheduled to begin the week of October 28 on 45 acres in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.  This forested site, at the intersection of Kings Road and Morris Road, will be thinned in late 2024 and then stumped and planted in early 2025.  The objective is to restore this site to the pine barrens it once was.
 

During this time this site is CLOSED to all public use.  For your own safety please visit some of the many other parts of the preserve while this work is underway.

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Please contact Stewardship Director, Joel Hecht with any questions or concerns. 518-456-0655 or jhecht@albanypinebush.org 
 

October 12, 2020

Hunting, Fishing & Trapping

Hunting, fishing and trapping are recreational activities that are carefully regulated in the preserve and across NYS.