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2021
April/May 2021 Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Save the Pine Bush Files an Amicus Brief in the Pyramid Lawsuit – April/May 2021
Clean Air Update from Tom Ellis – April/May 2021
Are the Winds of Change Finally Here? – April/May 2021
THE INTERNET: First uploaded in January, 1996, Save the Pine Bush now has a new, modern website! – April/May 2021
February/March Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Update on Land Conservation Struggles in Our Region, Feb/Mar 2021
Deconstruction Not Demolition, Feb/Mar 2021
Battling Hazardous Waste Incineration, Feb/Mar 2021
Lew Oliver Remembers Rezsin and Ted Adams, Feb/Mar 2021
2020
November/December Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
The Residents and the Pine Bush Win Against Pyramid – Justice Prevails, November/December 2020
September/October Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Rezsin Adams Remembered at the Save the Pine Bush Dinner, November/December 2020
July/August Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Judith Enck Speaks About Cleaning the Air,July/Aug 2020
Bats in the Unprotected Pine Bush of Guilderland: Facing tremendous obstacles, bringing many gifts, July/Aug 2020
Brian Bush: PCBs and the Pine Bush Looking back at a legacy, July/Aug 2020
Regulate Toxins, July/Aug 2020
June/July Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Save the Pine Bush Comments on the DEIS, June/July 2020
BUY LOCAL, GROW LOCAL, June/July 2020
May/June Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Proposed Crossgates Development, May/June 2020
Write to the Town of Guilderland Planning Board about the Proposed Crossgates Development, May/June 2020
COVID-19 and Dunn Landfill, May/June 2020
Save the Pine Bush Loses a Friend, May/June 2020
April/May Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Tree Clear Cut, April/May, 2020
Dunn Landfill, April/May, 2020
Extinction Rebellion Capital Region, April/May, 2020
Buffer is Essential to Protect Pine Bush, April/May, 2020
February/March Newsletter- Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Pyramid Submits the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, February/March, 2020
National Weather Service and the Climate Crisis, February/March, 2020
Save the Pine Bush Loses a Friend, February/March, 2020
Burn Tires vs. Clean Air, February/March, 2020
Please Help the state of New York to Declare a Climate Crisis, February/March, 2020
Updates on the trash problems in Rensselaer, February/March, 2020
2019
December/January Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Merton Simpson — Fighting Environmental Racial Injustice, December/January 2019
Air Pollution in Albany’s South End, December/January 2019
Dunn Landfill — Stinks Up the School; Parents and Residents Protest, December/January 2019
Proposals in the Pine Bush December/January 2019
October/November Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Lou Ismay and the Environmental Forum, October/November 2019
Meeting with DEC Officials The Dunn Dump is Untenable October/November 2019
Doug Bullock, October/November 2019
Two Zero Waste Events with National Expert on Waste Reduction and Recycling: Neil Seldman, October/November 2019
Migratory Bird Watch Hike, October/November 2019
Albany’s Pollinator-Friendly Resolution is Spreading…., October/November 2019
June/July Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
News Articles:
Honoring Lou Ismay at the April SPB Dinner, June/July 2019
Done with the Dunn Dump, June/July 2019
DEC is Derelict its Duty — Not Requiring Preparation of Environmental Impact Statements, June/July 2019
Albany Now a Pollinator-Friendly County, June/July 2019
April/May Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Keith Schue and Ward Stone fire up “Save the Pine Bush” about the Proposed Gas Turbines and the ongoing toxin issues at Sheridan Hollow, April/May 2019
The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster: Public Betrayal, Justice Denied, April/May 2019
Bruce Campbell Gets the Tour, April/May 2019
DEC Should Enforce the Rules, April/May 2019
February/March Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
The Rapp Road Historical Association, Shabuta Mississippi to the Albany Pine Bush,
February/March 2019
Legislation to Protect Pollinators, February/March 2019
DEC’s Top Brass Must Suffer from Anosmia Update on the Dunn Landfill, February/March 2019
Brief History of the Draft Coeymans Clean Air Law — Vote expected in February 2019, February/March 2019
Bethlehem Tomorrow Presents Community Choice Aggregation; A Step Towards a Sustainable Energy Future for Bethlehem Speaker: Bill Reinhardt, February/March 2019
2018
Special Edition – Mark Dunlea Speaks about Climate Change – Asks People to Take Action Now, November 2018
December/January Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Strategy & the Story Behind the Albany County Styrofoam Ban, December 20189/January 2019
Solid Waste Transfer Facility Proposed on the Banks of the Hudson, December 20189/January 2019
Letters to the Editor of the Times Union, December 20189/January 2019
New York Must Commit to 100% Clean Energy by 2030 – a Green New Deal, December 20189/January 2019
October/November Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
The Islands of Radix Center, October/November 2018
Destroying History at The Pine Bush Preserve, October/November 2018
Pollinator-Friendly County Resolution to be introduced in the face of alarming flying insect declines, October/November 2018
Truck Traffic in Rensselaer: Update, October/November 2018
PAUSE/Zero Waste, October/November 2018
September Dinner Announcement- Download printable PDF version
August/September Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
The Potential of Community Choice Aggregation August/September 2018
Our June 23rd Hike in the Pine Bush, August/September 2018
Pine Bush Commission may soon be able to buy land in revolving fund, August/September 2018
Zero Waste Jazzes Up the City of Albany, August/September 2018
April/May Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Neil Gifford Presents A Pine Bush Update, April/May 2018
Steve Downs Tells the Legal History of Save the Pine Bush at
SPB’s 40th Birthday Party —Part 1, April/May 2018
Receiving our Newsletter via Paper or Email, April/May 2018
Anerobic digester and the Albany Landfill, April/May 2018
Landfill truck traffic in Rensselaer affecting quality of life for residents, April/May 2018
December/January Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
SHARE Opposes the Microgrid Fossil Fuel Plant in Sheridan Hollow, Dec 2017/Jan 2018
Geothermal Power is Possible in the City, Dec 2017/Jan 2018
The City is Selling 363 Acres of Land in Coeymans, Dec 2017/Jan 2018
Updates in Brief — Trucks, Zero-Waste Tulipfest and a Leaking Landfill, Dec 2017/Jan 2018
Richard Kavanaugh, Dec 2017/Jan 2018
October/November Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
How Can We Reverse the Tide of Trump’s Plan to Eliminate the U.S. EPA? Part Two, Oct/Nov2017
SHARE — Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy Forms, Oct/Nov2017
Residents Object to Polluting Trucks, Oct/Nov2017
The Wild Bees of the Pine Bush, Oct/Nov2017
August/September Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Judith Enck Speaks – How Can We Reverse the Tide of Trump’s Plan to Eliminate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency? —
Part I, August/September 2017
Solid Waste Issues in the City of Albany, the Town of Colonie and the Proposed Changes in the NYS Solid Waste Regulations, August/September 2017
Thank you, Peter!, August/September 2017
Landfill Committee forming!, August/September 2017
June/July Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Do We Really Need to “Streamline” the Environmental Protections of SEQRA?, June/July 2017
200,000 marched in DC Heat Report back — Circle Up, June/July 2017
Candidates Night August 16 Save the Pine Bush Dinner, June/July 2017
Save the Pine Bush Volunteers Win Victory for Open Records, June/July 2017
The Future of Solid Waste in Albany Everyone Needs to Join the Discussion! , June/July 2017
May/June Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Is the Earth Running a Fever? Meteorological Forecaster Hugh Johnson Speaks, May/June 2017
Albany County Legislature Rejects Banning Polystyrene Foam, May/June 2017
Initial Public Comments Delivered in Albany on March 31st at the Public Hearing on SEQRA,May/June 2017
Proposed changes in SEQRA Why Now?, May/June 2017
March/April Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
There would be no Pine Bush Today without Save the Pine Bush and Rezsin Adams, March/April 2017
Kim Fraczek Speaks about the Sane Energy Project and Mapping Pipelines, March/April 2017
Step up and Advocate for the Styrofoam Ban in Albany County!, March/April 2017
PAUSE Corrects the Record on the Bank Protest,March/April 2017
Proclamation — Monday, February 13, 2017 to be: “Rezsin Adams Day”, March/April 2017
January/February Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Climate Change and Hell and High Waters, Jan/Feb 2017
Albany County & Banning Styrofoam, Jan/Feb 2017
People of Albany United for Safe Energy — PAUSE Year in Review, Jan/Feb 2017
Ecosystem Commonalities and the Albany Pine Bush, Jan/Feb 2017
Call-In Week to Governor Cuomo – Coming Up January 23-27, 2017, Jan/Feb 2017
2016
November/December 2016 Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Climate Change and Arthropod-borne Diseases, Nov/Dec 2016
Overview of Climate Crisis and NY Renews, Nov/Dec 2016
Landfill Expansion Proposal in the Town of Colonie, Nov/Dec 2016
Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission Releases 2017 Draft Management Plan Update, Nov/Dec 2016
Bad air a problem in the South End, Nov/Dec 2016
October Dinner Announcement – Download printable PDF version
Peter Henner, Oct 2016
Sept/Oct 2016 Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Judith Enck Meets with Ezra Prentice Residents Sept/Oct 2016
Neil Gifford – Good News about the Pine Bush Sept/Oct 2016
August/Sept 2016 Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Environmental Injustice at Ezra Prentice Apartments and
Community Health Study Aug/Sept 2016
Save the Pine Bush — Addressing Climate Change Aug/Sept 2016
What is Bethlehem Ecodefense? Aug/Sept 2016
Wind Energy Aug/Sept 2016
Albany Solid Waste Problem Still Not Addressed Openly Aug/Sept 2016
Tour Sustainable Materials Management Facilities Aug/Sept 2016
May/June 2016 Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Hydroelectric Power from Canada: Bad for the People of Labrador; Bad for Climate Change, May/June 2016
Dan McCoy Speaks at Save the Pine Bush, May/June 2016
Pipeline News, May/June 2016
March/April 2016 Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
40 Karner Road Clean Up – Saturday April 16 at 9 AM
Former Albany County Legislator Tim Nichols: Politics & Tobacco, March/April 2016
Are Cuomo’s Oil Spill Trailers a Fix for Spilled Oil?, March/April 2016
Henry Diamond, First DEC Commissioner, Dies, March/April 2016
January/February 2016 Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
Ward Stone Speaks, January/February 2016
Don Reeb— The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, January/February 2016
A thorn in the Pine Bush, January/February 2016
2015
November/December Newsletter – Download printable PDF version
December Dinner Announcement – Download printable PDF version
October Dinner Announcement – Download printable PDF version
September/October 2015- Download printable PDF version
Bakken Crude Oil Rail Shipments in Decline, But Surplus Tank Cars a Problem, September/October 2015
Say ‘No’ to proposed pipeline, September/October 2015
Crossing paths: Area farmers fear risks from 2 gas pipeline proposals,September/October 2015
Hi again, Karner blue, September/October 2015
June/July 2015- Download printable PDF version
Neil Gifford Brings Good News, June/July 2015
Anaerobic Digestion and Composting of Organics, June/July 2015
The Unforeseen Consequences of Tobacco, June/July 2015
Save the Pine Bush loses a friend Peter J.R. Buttner, June/July 2015
4 Simple Ways to Teach Your Kids About Recycling at Home, June/July 2015
Lupine Photo, June/July 2015
May/June 2015- Download printable PDF version
City of Albany Office of Energy and Sustainability Visits Save the Pine Bush, May/June 2015
May 20 SPB Program to Feature Anaerobic Digestion and Composting of Organics, May/June 2015
New York state going dark to save birds, May/June 2015
Karner blue to get habitat in Saratoga Spa State Park, May/June 2015
2014
October/November, 2014 – Download printable PDF version
Why is the Green Party challenging the Governor? Theresa Portelli Speaks to SPB, October/November, 2014
Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy Speaks about the Environment and Legislation, October/November, 2014
Sally’s Recycling Corner: Top Things to RecycleOctober/November, 2014
History Uncovered Cartographer John Wolcott pinpoints the location of an important 1614 Dutch trading post,October/November, 2014
John Wolcott Day,October/November, 2014
Bomb Train Rally, October/November, 2014
August/September, 2014 – Download printable PDF version
Pine Bush Gets National Status, August/September, 2014
Public Advocate Dominick Calsolaro, August/September, 2014
Michael McLaughlin, Director of Research for Albany County Executive Dan McCoy Speaks to SPB, August/September, 2014
Editorial: A toast to the Pine Bush, August/September, 2014
May/June, 2014 – Download printable PDF version
Chris Amato Speaks About the Oil Trains May/June, 2014
Earth Day Update from NYPIRG and Environmental Advocates, May/June, 2014
Size of the Albany County Legislature, May/June, 2014
March/April, 2014 – Download printable PDF version
April Dinner-Hike Notice, 2014 – Download printable PDF version
Don Reeb Speaks to Save the Pine Bush, Mar/Apr, 2014
The Trans Pacific Partnership Explained by Sue DuBois, Mar/Apr, 2014
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy, Styrofoam Ban and Protection of the Pine Bush, Mar/Apr, 2014
Sally’s Recycling Corner:Tires, Mar/Apr, 2014
January/February, 2014 – Download printable PDF version
February Dinner-Hike Notice, 2014 – Download printable PDF version
Mayor Kathy Sheehan Speaks to Save the Pine Bush, Jan/Feb, 2014
The Crude Oil Threat to New York State: The Capital Region as the Focus of Oil-by-Rail, Jan/Feb, 2014
Sally’s Recycling Corner:Things that can be recycled: 14 unique items, Jan/Feb, 2014
September/October 2013 – Download printable PDF version
The Importance of the Tivoli Preserve, September/October, 2013
Historic Rapp Road Community,September/October, 2013
Local Food Waste Update,September/October, 2013
The road to justice is paved with truth,September/October, 2013
May/June 2013 – Download printable PDF version
Historic Rapp Road Community— An Update, May/June2013
Horizontality and Consensus: Group Decision Making for a True Democracy, May/June2013
SPB Tours Historic Power Station in Karner, May/June2013
Earth Day SPB Dinner, May/June2013
Letter to the Editor, May/June2013
Puerto Rico protects premier turtle nesting site, May/June2013
March/April 2013 – Download printable PDF version
Save the Pine Bush Loses A Very Dear Friend, Louise Burch, March/April 2013
Assemblywoman Pat Fahy and Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk After the Election: Doing the Peoples’ Work, March/April 2013
My Cry, a poem by Grace Nichols, March/April 2013
Forward the Climate — Protest in Washington, DC, March/April 2013
1 Rapp Road, Extension Development, March/April 2013
Sally’s Recycling Corner, from WomansDay.Com, March/April 2013
January/February 2013 – Download printable PDF version
Lou Ismay and the Environmental Forum, January/February 2013
Save the Pine Bush Turns 35 in February, January/February 2013
Sally’s Recycling Corner How To Get Guests to Recycle at Your Holiday Party, January/February 2013
Composting Food Waste in the City of Troy, January/February 2013
2012
November Dinner Announcement – Download printable PDF version
October/November – Download printable PDF version
Lyme Disease: A Growing Epidemic, October/November 2012
Final Karner Blue Habitat Along Wood Road in Clifton Park Approved for Clearing, Grading as “Shovel Ready”, October/November 2012
Composting of Food Waste in Charleston, South Carolina, October/November 2012
Press Release from Sierra Club and Save the Pine Bush, October/November 2012
Proposed Land Bank in Albany County, October/November 2012
August/September – Download printable PDF version
Coeymens Debates Importing Garbage, August/September, 2012
Waste-to-Energy Plant for Bethlehem?,August/September, 2012
The Way We Were, August/September, 2012
Public gets say on Wood Road DCG project in Clifton Park, August/September, 2012
Guess what: Study finds herbicides are bad for amphibians, August/September, 2012
May/June – Download printable PDF version
Jerry Jennings Blinked, May/June, 2012
Neil Gifford of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission Speaks, May/June, 2012
Ward Stone is a Hero, May/June, 2012
How and why did the City of Albany destroy so much of the Albany Pine Bush?, May/June, 2012
Save the Pine Bush GIS Class, May/June, 2012
March/April – Download printable PDF version
Equinox – Earth Day – Every Day, March/April, 2012
Run Away Climate:
Steven Leibo, PhD Speaks About Climate Change at Save the Pine Bush Dinner, March/April, 2012
Southern Life, Northern City:
The History of Albany’s Rapp Road Community, March/April, 2012
Here’s 10 quick tips for reusing coffee grounds, March/April, 2012
Bonding for Landfill “Restoration”, March/April, 2012
January/February – Download printable PDF version
Archaeology in the Pine Bush, January/February 2012
Save the Pine Bush GIS Class, January/February 2012
Late Fall Hike Report, January/February 2012
Pesticide FOILS in process January/February 2012
Sally’s Recycling Corner — New Year Green Resolutions, January/February 2012
Mark Your Calendars! January/February 2012
Schenectady Pine Bush sees Preservation boost, January/February 2012
July/August – Download printable PDF version
The Farnsworth Middle School Pine Bush Project, July/August 2011
Fishers in the Pine Bush!, July/August 2011
Pine Bush fires cut tick threat, from the Times Union, July/August 2011
Sally’s Recycling corner, Where Can I Find a Trustworthy E-cycler? July/August 2011
May/June 2011 – Download printable PDF version
Habitat Restoration and Mitigation Project: How it Fits in to the Preserve Goals for Restoration -Neil Gifford Gives Save the Pine Bush Dinner Talk in March, 2011, May/June 2011
No Frack-ing Way, May/June 2011
Researching the Unpreserved Lands, May/June 2011
Electronics Recycling a Huge Success, May/June 2011
Sally’s Recycling corner, May/June 2011
March/April, 2011 – Download printable PDF version
Dr. George Robinson Sheds Light on Landfills, their Possibilities and Problems Post-closure, March/April, 2011
Ad Hoc Albany Committee To Uphold Environmental Law, March/April, 2011
Organic “Waste” Composting: A Random Local Update Courtesy of Mother Nature, I spent my “snow day” talking trash, March/April, 2011
Pine Bush Parcels Project, March/April, 2011
Sally’s Recycling Corner, March/April, 2011
January/February 2011 – Download printable PDF version
What’s afoot at the Preserve?!, January/February 2011
Update on Albany’s Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP), January/February 2011
Rethink Plans for Disposal Facility, January/February 2011
Sally’s Recycling corner from the NY Time The Dump, January/February 2011
Download Save the Pine Bush’s Comments on Albany’s Solid Waste Plan
November/December – Download printable PDF version
Draft Solid Waste Management Plan Needs Closer Look & Changes, November/December 2010
Environmentalists Honor Ward Stone, November/December 2010
Plant linked to Lyme risk, November/December 2010
Researcher: Coyote is Part Wolf, November/December 2010
Recycling ‘Tiny Trash’ — Cigarette Butts, November/December 2010
September/October – Download printable PDF version
We Want Ward in Our Backyard, September/October 2010
Town of Colonie is in the Process of Revoking Protection of the Pine Bush! September/October 2010
The Wonderful Wildlife Pathology Unit, September/October 2010
Time for the City of Albany to Enforce the Pesticide Ordinance, September/October 2010
July/August – Download printable PDF version
Ward Stone, Environmental Hero, Speaks, July/August 2010
The Great Pesticide Hunt – How Grace Nichols Discovered
the City Violated Their Own Pesticide Ordinance, July/August 2010
Nighthawks, July/August 2010
United National Antiwar Conference to be Held in Albany – Why Save the Pine Bush Supporters Need to Attend,July/August 2010
Action Alerts! Draft New York State Solid Waste Management Plan -Deadline for Public Comments: August 16, 2010, July/August 2010
Speak Out on Pesticides – Please Come to City Hall on July 14 at 6pm, July/August 2010
May/June – Download printable PDF version
Turnabout defeats Albany landfill vote again – Last-minute changed vote leaves the expansion of Albany’s landfill uncertain, May/June 2010
New Yorkers for Zero Waste Platform 2010, May/June 2010
Town of Colonie Planning Board, May/June 2010
Comments on the Solid Waste Management Plan by Mike Kernan, May/June 2010
Sally’s Recycling Corner, May/June 2010
March/April – Download printable PDF version
Storm Over the Mountains – John Wolcott advocates for preserving Thacher Park, March/April 2010
Composting on a Large Scale, Is large-scale composting better for humans and the environment than incineration for disposing of organics?, March/April 2010
Zero Waste or Waste Authority?, Update on the City of Albany’s Solid Waste Management Plan, March/April 2010
NYS Climate Action Council, March/April 2010
January/February – Download printable PDF version
Regional Solid Waste Authority – Inevitable or will Citizens have a say?, January/February 2010
New York State Solid Waste Management Plan, January/February 2010
Reduction, Reuse and Recycling Conference, January/February 2010
Yesterday’s News, January/February 2010
Amicus Brief, January/February 2010
Sally’s Recycling Corner, January/February 2010
October/November 2009 – Download printable PDF version
Bringing Back Sustainable Karner Blue Populations, October/November, 2009
September Biogas Talk, October/November, 2009
Buckmoth Monitoring, October/November, 2009
Neither a Borrower or a Lender Be, October/November, 2009
Pesticide Reductions Won at Albany Common Council – We can fight City Hall and Win!, October/November, 2009
Sally’s Recycling Corner: Recycling Mystery: Medication, October/November, 2009
September 2009 – Download printable PDF version
Candidates for Albany City-Wide Races Speak to SPB, September, 2009
August/September 2009 – Download printable PDF version
Butterfly Populations Decimated in Albany Preserve, August/September, 2009
Save the Pine Bush To Argue Standing In The Court Of Appeals, August/September, 2009
Save the Pine Bush July Composting Presentation, August/September, 2009
Sign Anti-Pesticide Petition!, August/September, 2009
Sally’s Recycling Corner, August/September, 2009
June/July 2009 – Download printable PDF version
Ward Stone Speaks – Rachel Carson Day Speech: “Let the Preserve be a Preserve!”, Jun/Jul 09
Sally’s Recycling Corner, Jun/Jul 09
Sally’s Worm Bin, Jun/Jul 09
The Orange Leachate of Rapp Road, Jun/Jul 09
Updates – Village of Colonie Meeting and the Hotel, Jun/Jul 09
March/April 2009 – Download printable PDF version
Solid Waste Management Plan Steering Committee, Mar/Apr 09
Bert Writes to the Army Corps, Mar/Apr 09
Trader’s Hill Found – Part Two of “Looking For Trader’s Hill”, (Read Part One), Mar/Apr 09
January/February 2009 – Download printable PDF version
Marriott Hotel Poised to Destroy only Known Upstate Colony of Rare Worm Snake, Jan/Feb 09
DEC’s Dump Hearing December 3, 2008, Jan/Feb 09
Looking For Trader’s Hill A Sand Hill Lost and Forgotten in a Sea of Sand Hills, Jan/Feb 09
Waiting for Mercy, the movie about Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain, Jan/Feb 09
Sally’s Recycling Corner, Jan/Feb 09
November/December 2008 – Download printable PDF version
DEC sets Public Hearing on
Landfill in the Pine Bush, Nov/Dec 08
The Hotel Is Back Now, it is all up to the Common Council, Nov/Dec 08
Hotel Eligible for
Tax Incentive, Nov/Dec 08
Genetic Tests on Ticks
May Reveal Secrets of
Lyme Disease, Nov/Dec 08
Making a Living as a Trash Picker The Landfill in Guatemala City, Nov/Dec 08
Zeroing Out Waste Conference, Nov/Dec 08
September/October 2008 – Download printable PDF version
Rare Worm Snake found on Proposed Hotel Site. Its time for the City to do the right thing, Sept/Oct 08
The Solution to the Garbage Problem, Sept/Oct 08
Surveys seek to define status of night birds, from the Assoicated Press, Sept/Oct 08
Careful In The Pine Bush, from the Times Union, Sept/Oct 08
A Note from the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission Newsletter, Sept/Oct 08
Sad News— Update on Yassin Aref’s Appeal, Sept/Oct 08
July/August 2008 – Download printable PDF version
Court Room Door Slammed Shut on Save the Pine Bush, SPB Loses Clifton Park Case, Jul/Aug 08
Son of Mountains Virtual Book Signing, Jul/Aug 08
In the Shade of a Tree, In honor of the virtual book signing, Yassin Aref wrote this special essay for Save the Pine Bush, Jul/Aug 08
Oral Argument in Hotel Case Heard in Appellate Division, Jul/Aug 08
May/June 2008 – Download printable PDF version
Earth Week Celebration, May/June, 08
Save the Pine Bush Loses in Clifton Park, No one can advocate for the Karner Blue, May/June, 08
We Need the Environmental Access to Justice Act, Write to Your NYS Senator — We Must Change the Standing Rules for SEQRA! May/June, 08
Sally’s Recycling Corner, May/June 08
Please Complete the Survey!, May/June, 08
March/April 2008
Save the Pine BushTurns 30
Save the Pine Bush Goes to the Appellate Division Over Butterflies in Clifton Park
Looking Forward – Save the Pine Bush 30th Anniversary, February 20, 2008
A Tribute To Lew Oliver
January/February 2008
Karine Franke – Vote for the Karner Blue for New York State Butterfly
Stop the Hotel! – Ask the Governor and the Mayor To Do the Right Thing
City Can’t Decide! – More about the Hotel Case
Celebrate Save the Pine Bush’s 30 Years of Advocacy for the Pine bush!
Sally’s Recycling Corner
October/November 2007
The Hotel is Back and Badder than Ever! Some Common Council Members Support Save the Pine Bush
What is Missing? Why is the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Hotel Incomplete?
Proposed Housing Development in Guilderland Woodsfield Estate
The Pine Bush Makes the Grade – Sierra Club Included the Pine Bush in America’s Wild Legacy – 52 Places: A Sierra Club Report
The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Discovery Center, an Opinion, by Lynne Jackson
New Feature: Sally’s Recycling Corner
A Field Guide to the Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
August/September 2007
The Goal is to Phase Out Landfills
Val Washinton Speaks to Save the Pine Bush
Town of Clifton Park Ignores Pleas for Butterflies
Transforming our world, One butterfly at a a time, reprinted from the Altamont Enterprise
News from Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission – The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission Requests written public comments on Management Plan
Hot line, methane, recycling answers needed, written by DOMINICK CALSOLARO
News from our SCRAP Friends
Save the Pine Bush Wins Second Round – Win on Hotel Case Upheld by Supreme Court
We Have the Power
June/July 2007
Stop the Landfill Expansion — Get Involved!
The Pine Bush Discovery Center Opens, Why Does the Discovery Center Look Like a Bank?
News from Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission
New York State’s Most Successful Predators – Coyotes & Fishers
We Want the Bigger Better Bottle Bill!
The Dump Expansion is for Who?
Albany places in dirty dozen, City’s decision to expand dump into preserve lands it on environmental group’s list of polluters
May 2007
At life’s end, what’s a proper burial for a bulb?
Mercury in energy-efficient fluorescents poses a recycling problem
April/May, 2007
Save the Pine Bush Wins the Hotel Case
Massive Opposition to Proposed Landfill Expansion
Action Guide to Citizens who can’t stand the smell or who think the Pine Bush is no place for a dump
Save the Pine Bush T-Shrits No Dump in the Pine Bush!
Proposed Landfill Expansion a Collision of Factors, State Needs to Take Action — An Opinion
Step It Up – National Day of Climate Action, Albany, NY
Nanotech Watch
February/March, 2007
Expansion of the Landfill in the Pine Bush — The Battle Begins!
January 2007
Clty to fund study of pine barrens. Goal is Saving Woodlawn area
December 2006/January 2007
What Part of the Pine Bush Does the City Want for Allied Waste?
Take the Bus and Leave the Car at Home
Save the Pine Bush Barred from Court
Waste-To-Energy – A Very, Very, Expensive Solution to Garbage
October/November 2006
Garbage or the Pine Bush? City of Albany Proposes to take Pine Bush for its third landfill expansion proposal
Assemblyman John McEneny Speaks about the Landfill
What Can People Do With Their Garbage? Debbie Jackson Speaks about Reduce, Reuse and Recycling
Save the Pine Bush Sues the Town of Clifton Park over Development Approval – Karner Blue Habitat Threatened
September
Save the Pine Bush Wins a Round
Wins Standing in Lawsuit Against the
City over the Hotel
August
First step in landfill expansion approved — Pine Bush panel OKs digging of test wells, but McEneny blocks state bill to add acreage – Printed in the Times Union
July/August 2006
Its not a Garbage Problem — Its an Economic Problem, Commissioner Bruce speaks to Save the Pine Bush
City of Albany Attempts to Sneak Legislation Past the Public Removing Land from the Pine Bush Preserve
Letter to the Editor – Bigger Better Bottle Bill
The Albany Common Council –The Debate and the Vote
The Albany Common Council –Editorial Comment by Lynne Jackson
May/June 2006
Save the Pine Bush Sues City of Albany Over Rezoning of Land
No Magic Bullet: Solving the Garbage Problem
A Plan for Planning
Environmental Study Requires Restoration of Karner Blue Habitat in Clifton Park
March/April 2006
Integrating the Landfill into the Pine Bushor What do you do with a Landfill?
Waste-to-Energy – One Solution to the Garbage Issue
Petition Filed With State Dec Seeks Ruling On 1994 – Protection Agreement For Karner Blue In Clifton Park
Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire – Mayor Jennings’ Landfill Plan Death Knell to the Pine Bush Preserve
January/February 2006
Common Council votes to Suppress Public Comment
Metroland Local Heros Issue — Features one Save the Pine Bush Volunteer, Lynne Jackson
Common Council Ignores Pine Bush Preserve Commission
Massive Empire Zone in Clifton Park’s Wood Road Corridor Set for Review
November/December 05
Albany wants to Dedicate a
Dump to the Preserve
The Nature Conservancy Objects to
Landfill Proposal in the Pine Bush — Writes letter to City and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Environmental Report
Omits Essential Letter
Another Missing Letter — Save the Pine Bush Comments on Residence Inn FEIS
Turkey vultures in pitch pine trees — Really Cool Photos by Sandra Camp
September Dinner Notice
Plan would double landfill’s life
Pine Bush burn feeds Karner blue
September Press Conference & News Reports
Save the Pine Bush Asks the Albany Common Council for Justice – Mayor Jennings Tricks the City Over the Landfill in the Pine Bush
Daily Gazette Editorial – September 9, 2005
WAMC News Story about the Landfill Expansion in the Pine Bush
August/September 05
Shawn Morris
Speaks to Save the Pine Bush
Town of Colonie to Adopt Comprehensive Plan
Albany Pine Bush Nature Cache:
Participation Encourages Public Land Stewardship
Albany Has Chosen Bad Site for Dump
April/May 05 Newsletter
Residence Inn Hotel Proposal is Back! – Attend the Public Hearing, Monday, April 18, 7 pm, Albany City Hall
Woodsfield Estate Proposal is Back! – Attend the Public Hearing, Wednesday, April 13, 7:30 pm, Guilderland Town Hall
How fares the Karner Blue? Part Two
February/March 05 Newsletter
January 05 Dinner Notice
Taking Lyme Fight to the Field (Reprinted from the NY Times)
Butterfly outmuscles rivals in mascot race – Pine Bush Elementary gives Karner blue a 4-year term in close vote (Reprinted from the Times Union)
December 04/January 05 Newsletter
Roads in the Pine Bush – John Poorman Speaks about the CDTC
October 04 Dinner Notice
Crossgates Hotel Proposal in the Pine Bush – Scoping Document
You Can Help Save the Pine Bush in The Town of Colonie Write Letters — Attend a Hearing
September/October 04 Newsletter
David Soares, Candidate for Albany County District Attorney
Crossgates Wants to Build a Hotel in the Pine Bush, Will they never go away?
Ward Stone Speaks about the Most Important Environmental Problems of Our Time
News from the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission
July/August 04 Newsletter
Charette a Charade – DOT Throws a Bone to the Pine Bush While Helping Big Business Get Bigger
Moratoriums
Being Green Isn’t Good Enough Anymore
James Hoard Kunstler Speaks
June 04 Dinner Notice
Clear-cutting: (Believe it or Not ) Can Sometimes Be Good for the Pine Bush
Suburban Life Linked To Obesity
May/June 04 Newsletter
An Albany County Environmental Mystery
From the Top: The Environmental Picture of the
Capital District, From the People Who Really Know
Buy High Point, Don’t Let It be Sold Out
Make Your Voice Heard!!!
Hearings Set for the Albany Corridor Study by the NYS Thruway
Roads are Killing the Pine Bush
February/March 04 Newsletter
Save the Pine Bush Sues Crossgates Maul and Asks the City to Deny Crossgates Hotel Proposal
Who Owns Life?
Canadian Farmer Sued by Monsanto
From the Newsletter of
The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission
Forty Acres of Pine Bush Slated for Destruction
in the Town of Colonie
Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission Wants Your Opinion And Save the Pine Bush Would Like You to Tell Them!
Save the Pine Bush X-Country Ski Update
December 03/January 04 Newsletter
Crossgates Casts a Dark Shadow
Over the Pine Bush
Scenic Hudson Visits SPB
Mary Ann Johnson Speaks About Sprawl
Invasive Species in the Pine Bush
Steve Rice Studies the Black Locust
Guilderlandt
Final Recovery Plan Issued
Garage Sale Sucess!
A Big Thnk You to Volunteers
October/November Newsletter
Subdivision Proposed for Full Protection Area
Woodlawn and the Western Pine Bush: Next Steps — Volunteer Now to Protect this land!
SEMETECH North Is Now at The State University at Albany
Discovery Center in the Pine Bush, The New Director, Mike Venuti, Speaks to Save the Pine Bush
Tupperware Party, Wednesday, October 29, 7:00-9:00 pm
Crossword Puzzle – Try your hand at our first Save the Pine Bush Crossword puzzle!
July/August Newsletter
Sprawl Costs Money
Speak Out for Pine Bush Preservation – Public Hearing, Monday, July 14 at 7:30 PM, Schenectady City Hall
Pyramid Wants More
The Honorable Jack McEneny Reports on the Legislature
Lyme Disease Warning for Pets and their Humans
June Dinner Notice
City of Schenectady Considers Selling Pine Bush for Development
May/June Newsletter
Does Sprawl Promote Lyme Disease?
City Owned Land Up for Grabs, Pine Bush in Schenectady threatened by development
Earth Day Update, Five Speakers Tell Us the State of the Earth at April’s Dinner
Notes from the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission
March/April Newsletter
Save the Pine Bush is 25!
City Plans More Destruction of the Pine Bush
Crossgates is a Bad Neighbor
Avila Keeps Advertising
A Comfy White Quilt for Karner Blues, Reprinted from the Times Union, Tuesday, February 18, 2003
January/February Newsletter
The Federal Karner Blue Butterfly Recovery Plan
The Patroon Creek and the Pine Bush
The Karner Blue Loses Another Battle — Senior Housing Gets Approved &another nail appears in the coffin of the Karner Blue
Volunteers Protest Construction of Avila House
The Pine Bush and Bombs — A Correction
The Pine Bush and Bombs Part II
Houses Proposed in Colonie
December 02 Dinner/Hike Notice
Pursuing Quality in the Capital Region – – CDTC & CDRPC Issue a Draft Report
Early Reference to the Pine Bush Discovered in the Dutch Records of Beverwyck
$321,000 GRANT TO AID KARNER BLUE HABITATS
October/November 02
New Plan for the Preserve – 2002 Management Plan Revealed
State Recognizes The Promised Land – Re-printed from the Altamont Enterprise, 9/19/02
Open Space Plan Released – The Pine Bush is Top Priority in Region 4
In Flurry of Motion, Lessons Take Wing – Guilderland Farnsworth Middle School students raise, track butterflies – Reprinted from the Times Union, 9/14/02
Odyssey to a Butterfly Festival
August/September 02
SPB Files Appeal – – An Appeal Against the Avila Approval
Guilderland Approves Another Pine Bush Development
Preserve Not Feeling the Burn
The News comes to the Pine Bush – Dina Cappiello Speaks
Margallen Fichter Passed Away -The Pine Bush Loses a Friend
September 02
September Events of other organizations
Books for Butterflies
Too Little Burning Done
May/June 02
Save the Pine Bush Wins A Round – TNC Buys 19 Acres
Where Vinyl Golf Dome Proposed
Save the Pine Bush – Loses Teresian House Case
From a key observer of life: a plea to save biodiversity
Woodsfields Estates – Houses that Should Not Be Built
Books for Butterflies
February/March 02
Save the Pine Bush Wins – SEFCU To Move Away
Carnivores in the Pine – Bush Roland Kays Explains Which, Where & Who Cares
Unhealthy Choice – Reprinted from Metroland, January 31, 2002, by Kathryn Schulz
Notes from the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission Newsletter, January 2002
Books for Butterflies
Holiday Party
Public Hearing in Guilderland – Housing Development Seeks to Destroy 100 acres of Pine Bush
December 01/January 02
Save the Pine Bush Sues Over Senior Housing in the Pine Bush – Proposed Project to be built behind Teresian House
Our Favorite Butterfly – The Karner Blue in 2001
News from the Pine Bush Commission – Notes from the Albany Pine Preserve Commission October Newsletter
Sprawl Kills – Sedentary lifestyle can mean obesity and a shorter life in a land without sidewalks.
October/November 01
Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission Proposes a New Plan – Mark October 18 to Attend Hearing
Greening Your World
Write to Bishop Howard Hubbard – Karner Blue in Serious Trouble
Planning Boards – A Comparison
Ward Stone Receives EPA Award
Albany Pine Bush Sketches – Still Time to See
the Beautiful Oils of the – Albany Pine Bush – Show until the October 31
Helena English Passed Away – The Pine Bush Loses a Friend
September 01
Lyme Disease Update
August/September 01
Roman Catholic Diocese Proposes, Senior Housing in the Pine Bush , Karner Blue in Serious Trouble
Candidates Night – Remember to Vote! Lasagna & Politics
SUNYA Destroys Pine Bush for Sprawl
John Wolcott, Honored by the New York State Assembly, Wants to see More Preservation
Save the Pine Bush Makes it to New Hampshire
Albany Pine Bush Sketches – A Collection of 22 oil paintings of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, August 5 to October 31
Dr. Robert Raymond Passed Away The Pine Bush Loses a Friend
July 01
John Wolcott announces that he will give his share of the Bush Taxe Rebate to Save the Pine Bush
UAlbany Plan Adds to Sprawl — Reprinted from the Times Union Sunday, July 8, 2001
May/June 01
After 12-Year Battle, the Pine Bush Losses — The Court Decision Could have been Worse
We Are Always Running After a Moving Bulldozer — Helen Desfosses Speaks
Environmental Justice, Pollution, Sprawl and a New and Better Albany — Aaron Mair Talks About Albany
Just In Time For Spring! Plant Native Pine Bush Species In Your Back Yard!
Our Friends, the Oak Openings Region Preservation Alliance — Protecting the Ohio Oak Openings
I love fly fishing! (Drinking Water in Guilderland) — by Dr. Peter Buttner
December 00/January 01
Save the Pine Bush Loses First Round on Landfill – Clean Water takes a Dive to Garbage
Touhey Builds While Save the Pine Bush Goes to Court
Common Council Approves an Office Complex at 365 Washington Avenue Extension – Council Member Carol Wallace Makes Eloquent Plea for the Pine Bush Preservation
Willie Janeway Comes to Visit
Camera Study of Pine Bush Meat-eaters
More on the West Nile Virus
Arbor Hill Environmental Justice Asks for a Cleaner Patroon Creek
October/November 00
Ward Stone and the West Nile Virus
Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission Begins an Updated Plan for Pine Bush Preservation
Monarch Butterfly Conservation Crisis
Black Locust Have Some Good Uses!
August/September 00
SPB Sues City & DEC Over Illegal Landfill in the Pine Bush
Exploring Bus Service to the Pine Bush
Jerry Mueller brings Lasagna to Nicaragua – The Pine Bush as Example for the World
May/June 00
The Pine Bush Wins! – State Buys Site of Proposed Office Complex
Ken Runion Visits Save the Pine Bush
Making Good in Their Own Hometown – EPA Honors Aaron Mair and Farnsworth Middle School
Save the Pine Bush Loses a Round – Judge Teresi Rules in Favor of Charlie Touhey
Zero Cut – End the Logging on our National Forests
No Butterfly Releases – Throw Rice, Not Butterflies at Weddings
Action Alert! Guilderland Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing, Tuesday, May 23 at 7:00
March/April 00
The 1914 Pine Bush Preserve – What became of it?
Emergency Appeal and the Landfill
Vultures at the Rapp Road Landfill in 1999
More Land is Purchased
Governor Promises 600 Acres for the Pine Bush Preserve
Save the Pine Bush Co-Sponsors Regional Growth Patterns of the Capital District – A Presentation by Todd Fabozzi of the Geographical Information System for the Capital District Regional Planning Commission
1999 December 1999, January 2000
Garbage in the Pine Bush – City Proposes Landfill Expansion
SPB Files Most Unpopular Suit Yet – Sues the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission
The Thruway Authority Comes Across Royally
Thank You to All Who Responded to the Emergency Appeal
1st Annual Pine Bush Walk-a-Thon a Sucess!
October/November, 1999
Save the Pine Bush Sues City – Back in Court with Charlie Touhey
Pushing and Pulling West: Pending Extensions of the Boundaries of the Pine Bush Preserve
Michael Breslin Speaks
July/August, 1999
Save the Pine Bush Sues Albany Common Council Over Illegal Office Complex
The Portland Plan – A Better Way To Grow
Well, How About Here? Can We Plan the Capital District?
Pyramid Goes To Court Sprawl Malls Need Lawyers, Too
Gotta Watch’em Like Hawks – Can’t Trust Nobody
Mayor Jennings’ Bankrupt Pine Bush Policy And Loss of Words Exposed
How Well is the Pine Bush Doing?
Fire? What Fire? Pine Bush Better Than Ever
April/May, 1999
Action Alert! Call your Common Council Member – Ask to Vote No on Touhey
Council Sacrifices Pine Bush – Nitido, Hershberg Win
The Deer Crisis – No Easy Answers
The Devil In Skaneateles – Wealthy Developer Deplores Development
Guilderland Holds Steady – History In The Making?
Letters to the Editor
February/March, 1999
Drumlin Fields – Its Not Over ’til Its Over (There is still time to call your Council Member!)
Action Alert! Oppose Drumlin Fields Office Complex: Five Minutes to Help Save the Pine Bush – No matter where you live, please, call a Common Council Member about Drumlin Fields
Our Friends Visit – FORCE Is Here To Stay
Crossgates Follies – The Government Plays Catch-Up
Sprawl Raises Taxes – The Myth Of The Expanding Tax Base
485B – Promoting Destruction of the Pine Bush through Tax Deductions!
December, 1998/January, 1999
Willow Street Again, SPB Sues over Sewers Built in the Preserve, DEC Caves in to Developer
Spadefoot Toads and Hognose Snakes – Neil Gifford Has Great Pictures
Democracy Survives -Just Barely Once Again
Jennings Makes A Dump – Plans To Defile Pine Bush
Crossgates Warning: Stay Away For The Holidays
Action Alert! Oppose Drumlin Fields Office Complex: Five Minutes to Help Save the Pine Bush – No matter where you live, please, call an Alderman about Drumlin Fields
January, 1998
Developer Takes Preserve to Build Water Lines – Save the Pine Bush Sues the Albany Pine Bush Management Commission & Others
Captain Planet Comes to the Pine Bush
Emergency Appeal
Creek’s Bend Cohousing – Another Perspective
They Have Their Niche – Memo From The PB Commission
Touhey’s Obsession And Other News
March/April, 1998
Proposals for Paving the Pine Bush Come Fast and Furiously -Guilderland, Albany consider destroying Full Protection Areas
Judge Cobb Grants Injunction – State Defends Pine Bush
Divided Highways
New Light on an Old Road – Part I
Devil Eats Developer – Massive Coverup Alleged
GE Brings Dead Things To Life – Breathe Those PCBs
Surprise! They Can’t Build There -YMCA May Move
Lew Oliver Recovering
June/July, 1998
News Flash!! Black Bear Encounter in the Pine Bush
Location Is Everything – Kunstler Offers Solutions
Crossgates Shouldn’t Expand- But Who Will Stop Them?
Action Alert! Touhey Gets A Boost – Politicians Defy Voters
Write To Your Alderman to Oppose the Touhey Office Complex
New Light on an Old Road – Part II
Another Action Alert! Please call/write to Oppose these Guilderland and Albany Developments
The Emperor’s New Plan – The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission’s acquisition plan
August/September, 1998
Save the Pine Bush Forces Developer to Remove Water Lines from Pine Bush Preserve – Victory for the Pine Bush!!!
War On Crossgates – The Community Fights Back
Residents Organize! – How to get involved to Stop Crossgates
Crossgates Information – How the Media Covers the Maul
Jack Fights Back- McEneny Debates A Letter
No Credit Given – A Letter From the Commission
Best of Metroland – Rezsin wins a “Best of” Award
Interview with Helen Caldicott
October/November, 1998
The Proposed Albany City Charter: For Better or For Worse – Read why community leaders believet the proposed Albany City Charter should be voted down.
Politics and Garbage – That Sweet Smell
FORCE Fights Pyramid – Guilderland Citizens Organize
A Proposal – For Guilderland Officials
Black Bear Encounter in the Pine Bush
Peter Vallone For Governor – A Superb Environmentalist
December, 1998/January, 1999
Willow Street Again, SPB Sues over Sewers Built in the Preserve, DEC Caves in to Developer
Spadefoot Toads and Hognose Snakes – Neil Gifford Has Great Pictures
Democracy Survives -Just Barely Once Again
Jennings Makes A Dump – Plans To Defile Pine Bush
Crossgates Warning: Stay Away For The Holidays
Action Alert! Oppose Drumlin Fields Office Complex: Five Minutes to Help Save the Pine Bush – No matter where you live, please, call an Alderman about Drumlin Fields
1997
February/March, 1997
Victory In Colonie SPB Stops GEIS
Driving Backwards – Transportation Committee Shuns The Future
The Advantages of An Unpoisoned Lawn
Home From Nowhere – Book Review
Remember The Elections? Be Thankful We Still Have Them
Snake Ridge in Pine Bush, Spring 1997 (Blueberry Hill East) – Photos from the Pine Bush Hike
April/May, 1997
SPB and Town Agree – Colonie Signs Settlement
Meat Will Kill You…Just More Good News
Letters To SPB – Honorable Keith St. John Writes
An Exposé by John Wolcott:
The 1996 Clean Water, Clean Air Bond Act
What It Is, What It Isn’t, And What Some Of It Might Be
Albany Pine Bush Devil?!? Must Be April Fools
Revolution, Treason and Hypnotism -Guilderland Comes of Age
July, 1997
DEC reintroduces box turtles in Albany Pine Bush Experiment
August/September, 1997
The Two Month Debate- Jennings and McEneny In A Death-Grip
Land Crunch in the Pine Bush
Is There a ‘Y’ in Guilderland?
October, 1997
Candidates Night at SPB – Common Council Presidential Candidates Speak to Save the Pine Bush
November, 1997
Victory in Colonie! Vinyl Golf Driving Range Proposal Withdrawn
Montreal Eco-tourism
The Rome Sand Plains
Guilderland CandidatesNight At SPB
Let Your Voice Be Heard! – Don’t Let Them Take Land from Preserve!
December, 1997
Albany Area Coalition for Light Rail
Creek’s Bend Cohousing
1996
January/February Newsletter 1996
Save the Pine Bush Action Alert!
SPB Needs Your Help to Fight Road
City Strangles Downtown Growth
Lasagna Makes You Smarter
Rao Disaster-End Of The Legal Road
March/April Newsletter 1996
Coyotes in the Moonlight – Response to the Commission’s Final Implementation Guidelines
SPB meets with Bill Aylward
Love Of Money The Root Of All…?
Murdered By Pyramid: It Could Happen Here
May/June Newsletter 1996
Earth Day Lasagna-Wasserman Headlines Gathering Of Activists
They Don’t Ever Quit – But Neither Do We
Late Breaking News
July/August, 1996 Newsletter
Albany Common Council Denies Dunes Residents Chance to be Heard
A Brief Historical Note on the Six Mile Waterworks (Rensselaer Lake)
McEneny Tables Water Slide for Pine Bush on Six Mile Waterworks
Teacher Wins Toyota Tapestry Grant
Town of Colonie – Will It or Won’t It Destroy Its Pine Bush?
Membership Reminder
September, 1996 Newsletter
Show Down Over Roundup – Should Pesticides be used in the Pine Bush????
Save the Pine Bush Joins with Residents of the Dunes to Win Big – Charlie Touhey Cannot Build His Office Buildings
October/November, 1996 Newsletter
Breslin Calls For Preservation
SPB Enjoys Another Victory – Adventure Park Parcel Added to the Preserve
Save the Pine Bush Sues the Town of Colonie
John Wolcott Versus The Dump – Skewering An Inane Document
“Farmers” Sue Albany Pine Bush Management Commission
December 96, January 97 Newsletter
New York to Buy Pineland Tract From L.I. Scouts
The Karner Blue vs Crossgates Mall – Secret Meetings and SEQRA Violations
The Karner Blue and the Wishing Wells
Save the Pine Bush Sues the Town of Colonie
November, 1996 SPB Dinner Speakers
Now We’ve Got A Bond Act – Jeff Jones of Environmental Advocates
Bethlehem Pickled – Formaldahyde And Corruption
Poor Folks Don’t Mind A Garbage Dump In North Albany
Charlie’s At It Again! – Touhey proposes housing units in the Pine Bush
1995
1994
January, 1994
The Most Important Thing You Can Do Today to Save the Pine Bush
February/March, 1994
10 Minutes & 29¢ The Most Important Thing You Can Do Today to Save the Pine Bush
Everybody Wants One -Preservation Plan Makes Waves
1993
1992
January/February
Butterflies-Not Bulldozers – Keeping the Karner Blue in Clifton Park
March/April
Letter-Writing Made a Difference – Your Letters Needed to Help the Karner Blue Butterfly
July/August
1984
1983
Hamlet of Guilderland AKA Hamiltonville Glasshouse Doesburgh 1983
1982
1981
PB Kidney Foundation HIkeathon oct 1981 View from Strawberry Hill toward High Point
Shaker Farm Site (1981) – Now International Truck Dealership Near Washington Ave. Walmart
Lynne Jackson and Linda Champagne Walking in Pine Bush in October 1981
1980
Kidney Foundation Hike 1980 – Golden Grass with Hikers
1977
Snowmobiles, Skiers, Winter Recreation in Albany Pine Bush Winter 1976-1977 including the Pine Bush Ski Club