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2009
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
2008
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 Bush Goes to the Appellate Division Over Butterflies in Clifton Park
Looking Forward – Save the Pine Bush 30th Anniversary, February 20, 2008
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!
2007
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
Save the Pine Bush Wins Second Round – Win on Hotel Case Upheld by Supreme Court
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
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
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
2006
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
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
July/August 2006
Its not a Garbage Problem — Its an Economic Problem, Commissioner Bruce speaks to Save the Pine Bush
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
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
2005
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)
2004
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
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
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
2003
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
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
Speak Out for Pine Bush Preservation – Public Hearing, Monday, July 14 at 7:30 PM, Schenectady City Hall
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
City Plans More Destruction of the Pine Bush
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
2002
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
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
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
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
Public Hearing in Guilderland – Housing Development Seeks to Destroy 100 acres of Pine Bush
2001
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
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
Write to Bishop Howard Hubbard – Karner Blue in Serious Trouble
Planning Boards – A Comparison
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
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
2000
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
Camera Study of Pine Bush Meat-eaters
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
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
