Schenectady County Historical Society

April 01, 2024

Prescribed Fire

We will be conducting a prescribed fire on Wednesday April 17, 2024. We will start at 7am and will be finished by dark.We will be located near the intersection of New Karner Road and Old State Road in the City of Albany.Trailhead #1 will be closed until 4/18/2024.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Fire Manager, Tyler Briggs at tbriggs@albanypinebush.org. 

March 01, 2024

Invasive Tree Removal: Preserve Area Closure

Starting in early March 2024, 18 acres of invasive and non-native black locust trees will be removed from a site located west of New Karner Road and just south of Pinehurst Blvd. The tree removal is the first step in restoring this site back to the pine barrens it once was.  After tree removal the site will be planted with native pine barrens plants. During this time this area is temporarily CLOSED to all public use.

Please view the interactive trail map to see the tree removal locations. 

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 
 

February 07, 2024

Prescribed Fire Notifications

We cannot provide a specific schedule for prescribed fires in a given area due to the unpredictability of weather and fuel conditions. If you would like to be notified the morning of a prescribed fire, please subscribe below.
 

October 12, 2020

Hunting, Fishing & Trapping

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

April 03, 2019

Tick Awareness

Please be aware that ticks, including deer ticks (also known as black-legged ticks), are present in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve as well as other natural areas in our region.