There are many ways you can help the conservation efforts of the New York Highlands Network.
Learn more and get involved with conservation efforts in your town:
Philipstown
• Philipstown Comprehensive Plan update
• Climate Smart Community Philipstown (Task Force)
• Philipstown Clean Water Initiative
Putnam Valley
• Putnam Valley Natural Resources Inventory
Cornwall
• Cornwall / Blooming Grove Natural Heritage Project – Open Space Inventory (attend November 19th presentation to learn more)
• Cornwall Natural Resources Inventory
Other Local Initiatives
• Putnam County Climate Smart Community and other Climate Smart Communities in New York
• Kent truck stop (read more in the Town Board minutes and agenda)
• Harlem Valley Appalachian Trail Community / Warwick Appalachian Trail Community
• Putnam Highlands Audubon Society’s Breeding Bird Count and Christmas Bird Count
You can also contribute to scientific research by getting involved in these community science projects:
• iNaturalist and Seek: mobile apps for identifying and recording flora and fauna sightings
• eBird: mobile app for recording bird sightings
• Audubon Christmas Bird Count
• Great Backyard Bird Count (February 14-17, 2020)
• Hummingbirds at Home
• Monitoring and Managing Ash (MaMa)
• Globe at Night
• North American Butterfly Count
Additional national community science initiatives are listed on the Community Greenways Collaborative website.