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PLANTING SEEDS: Kids Blossom at Farm Camp

When the sun is shining, birds are chirping and the flowers are blooming, I always start questioning my choice to live on a 15th-floor New York City apartment.And I am not alone. I was talking to a...

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AUDIO BLOG: Forging a New Future for West Point Foundry

This commentary by Ned Sullivan reflecting on the recent groundbreaking ceremony for Scenic Hudson's West Point Foundry Preserve was featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in early July 2012: "West Point...

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BACKYARD MATTERS: River's Rebirth Gives New Life to Struggling City

In Yonkers, daylighting the Saw Mill River sets the stage for environmental and business improvements When is a river not a river? When it’s buried beneath pavement.For 80 years that was the sad fate...

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Planting Seeds: Turn Berries into Paint

Summer is all about berry eating in our house. Whether we are buying raspberries or strawberries at the farmers' market or blueberries from a Pick-Your-Own spot down the road, many berries enter our...

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AUDIO BLOG: Our Valley is Becoming a Vital Food Hub

This commentary by Ned Sullivan reflecting on how Scenic Hudson is helping with the Hudson Valley's emergence as a vital food hub was featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in late August 2012:"The Hudson...

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BACKYARD MATTERS: We've All Got a Stake in Keeping Small Family Farms Around

More and more, Americans relish locally grown food. This interest is reflected in the growth of farmers' markets, which experienced a 9.6 percent rise in the last year alone. Today, U.S. consumers have...

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BACKYARD MATTERS: Shedding New Light on Foodsheds

Consider the following statistics:Nearly 80 percent of Americans now live in urban areas.Between 1982 and 2007 the contiguous 48 states lost 23 million acres of agricultural land, with soils best...

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PLANTING SEEDS: Get Paid to Recycle!

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AUDIO BLOG: Rebuilding for Resilience

This commentary by Ned Sullivan talking about how riverfront communities can better prepare for future extreme weather events was featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in late November 2012:"Rebuilding for...

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PLANTING SEEDS: Say No To Plastic Bags!

photo courtesy of Maui Surfer GirlsThis picture doesn’t make you want to spend a day at the beach swimming in the ocean, does it? Ugh. What are we doing to our environment? It is a mess and there are...

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AUDIO BLOG: Protect the Palisades!

This commentary by Ned Sullivan talking about LG Electronics' plan to build an enormous 143-foot office tower that would rise high above the Hudson River Palisades ridgeline was featured on...

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AUDIO BLOG: Remembering Mrs. Davis

This commentary by Ned Sullivan about the remarkable life and legacy of Kathryn Wasserman Davis was featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in May 2013:"Remembering Kathryn Davis"

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AUDIO BLOG: Preparing for Climate Change in the Hudson Valley

This commentary by Ned Sullivan about Scenic Hudson's new online Sea Level Rise visualization tool -- and what individual citizens can do to prepare for global climate change -- was featured on...

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AUDIO BLOG: Scenic Hudson's 50th Anniversary Gala

This commentary by Ned Sullivan about Scenic Hudson's 50th Anniversary Gala Celebration honoring celebrity hotelier André Balazs was featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in July 2013:"50th Anniversary...

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AUDIO BLOG: Conservation and the Economy

This commentary by Ned Sullivan about the economic benefits of parks and open space was featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in early August 2013:"Calculating the Value of Parks and Open Space"

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AUDIO BLOG: Land Save in Hidden Valley

This commentary by Ned Sullivan about a recent land conservation victory in New Baltimore (Greene County) was featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in early September 2013:"Conserving Hidden Valley"

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AUDIO BLOG: Reinventing the Foundry

This commentary by Ned Sullivan about the recent reopening of our West Point Foundry Preserve was featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in late October of 2013:"Reinventing the Foundry"

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AUDIO BLOG: Thankful for Parks and Trails

In this Thanksgiving message—featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in late October of 2013—Ned Sullivan invites people to visit a park over the upcoming holiday weekend and outlines some the many future...

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AUDIO BLOG: Working for Better Transmission Line Proposals

In this commentary—featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in mid January of 2014—Ned Sullivan outlines the issues surrounding the competing proposals for new power transmission lines that will pass through...

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AUDIO BLOG: Better Safe than Sorry when Shipping Crude Oil Down the Hudson

In this commentary—featured on www.midhudsonnews.com in mid February of 2014—Ned Sullivan praises new safety regulations regarding the shipment of crude oil along the Hudson River corridor and calls...

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