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2024 Newsletters 🦋


News Articles from September 2024 Newsletter

Getting Together Again by Lynne Jackson – September 2024 Newsletter

Driver(s) Needed (to get people to Sept 2024 Pine Bush Dinner) – September 2024 Newsletter

Rapp Road Historical Association’s Walking Tour – Saturday, October 5 at 11:00 – September 2024 Newsletter

How is the Pine Bush? The Commission Gives an Update by Tom Ellis – September 2024 Newsletter

Pine Bush Being Eaten Away Bit by Bit by Lynne Jackson – September 2024 Newsletter

The Plastic Crisis: Turning Off the Tap with David Sayer – September 2024 Newsletter

Guilderland Coalition for Responsible Growth Meeting in Person! – September 2024 Newsletter

Suit filed over multi-million dollar Guilderland property deal gone awry – September 2024 Newsletter


News Articles from May / June 2024 Newsletter

Save the Pine Bush Zoom Meeting – May / June 2024 Newsletter

May Evening Hike – May / June 2024 Newsletter

Proposed Developments in the Pine Bush in the Town of Colonie – May / June 2024 Newsletter

New York is Not Disposable • In-Person Rally & Advocacy Day – May / June 2024 Newsletter

City of Albany Landfill to Close in January, 2027 – May / June 2024 Newsletter

John Wolcott — Historian, Founder of Save the Pine Bush, Dies – May / June 2024 Newsletter

Environmental News – May / June 2024 Newsletter

Good News Sources – May / June 2024 Newsletter


2023 Newsletters 🦋


News Articles from April / May 2023 Newsletter

The Costco Public Hearing & Climate Change by Lynne Jackson – April / May 2023 Newsletter

Ward Stone — NYS Wildlife Pathologist Worked for the People by Lew Oliver – April / May 2023 Newsletter

Ward Stone was employed by the state but he worked for the people, animals, and environment by Tom Ellis – April / May 2023 Newsletter

February/March 2023 Newsletter

Save the Pine Bush Turns 45 Years Old! – February/March 2023 Newsletter

Amanda Dillon: Science in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve – February/March 2023 Newsletter

Efforts to Close the Dunn Dump Continue: All Trucks Enroute to the Dump Violate Traffic Laws – February/March 2023 Newsletter

30×30 – Let’s Buy All of the Remaining Pine Bush! – February/March 2023 Newsletter

Pine Bush Preserve adds 15 acres – February/March 2023 Newsletter

Visiting the Legislature – February/March 2023 Newsletter

Proposed Development in Colonie – February/March 2023 Newsletter

Ward Stone, longtime DEC wildlife pathologist, dies at 84 – February/March 2023 Newsletter

Save the Pine Bush Planning Board Agenda Tracker – February/March 2023 Newsletter


2022 Newsletters 🦋


November/December 2022 Newsletter

Save the Pine Bush Lost Good Friends – Mark Plaat, One of the Founders of Save the Pine Bush – November/December 2022 Newsletter

Save the Pine Bush Lost Good Friends – Jim Travers, Save the Pine Bush Volunteer – November/December 2022 Newsletter

A Wild Idea: How the Environmental Movement Tamed the Adirondacks – by Tom Ellis – November/December 2022 Newsletter

The Dunn Dump Should be Closed! – by Tom Ellis – November/December 2022 Newsletter

Tracy Frirsch’s PFAS Resolution – November/December 2022 Newsletter

June/July 2022 Newsletter

What is Full Protection, Partial Protection and who is the Pine Bush? – By Lynne Jackson – June / July 2022 Newsletter

Practical Steps We Can Take to Save Our Climate – By Tom Ellis – June / July 2022 Newsletter

Close Waste Connections Dunn Construction and Demolition Debris Dump! – By Tom Ellis – June / July 2022 Newsletter

April/May 2022 Newsletter

Save the Pine Bush Appeal Heard in the NYS Appellate Division, Third Department by Lynne Jackson – April/May 2022 Newsletter

Efforts Continue in 2022 to Rein in Two Local Polluters by Tom Ellis – April/May 2022 Newsletter

Save the Pine Bush Update and the War on Terror by Tom Ellis – April/May 2022 Newsletter

Wanted Dead or Alive: Karner Blues — My Pine Bush History Report by Olvia Rose – April/May 2022 Newsletter

February/March 2022 Newsletter

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Save the Pine Bush Files Appeal by Lynne Jackson – February/March 2022

Save the Pine Bush Loses a Friend – Lou Ismay by Tom Ellis – February/March 2022

A Solar Farm in the Pine Bush? Balancing conflicting environmental needs. by Lynne Jackson – February/March 2022

The Damaging Health Effects of the Dunn Dump by Tom Ellis – February/March 2022

Lasagna Dinners by Lynne Jackson – February/March 2022


2021 Newsletters 🦋


October/November 2021 Newsletter

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Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic Defends the Pine Bush by Tom Ellis – October/November 2021

Build It And They Will Come: Cousin of Karner Blue Returns To Albany by Laura Ferran, Founder of (SEBS) South End Butterfly Sanctuary, Albany NY – October/November 2021

Proposed Developments to Watch by Lynne Jackson – October/November 2021

What Really Happens to the Dunn Dump Complaints? by Tom Ellis – October/November 2021


June/July 2021 Newsletter

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The Pine Bush & the Pandemic – April 2021 Save the Pine Bush Lecture by Long time Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission (APBPC) Conservation Director Neil Gifford – June/July 2021

The International Energy Agency Issues a Landmark Statement About Fossil Fuels, Bill McKibben – June/July 2021

Waste Management Pulls Out of Seeking to Dump in Albany’s South End Community – Dominick Calsolaro – June/July 2021

Experts call for mandatory recycling of products containing rare metals, from The Guardian – June/July 2021

Fire Burns House of Save the Pine Bush Founder John Wolcott – June/July 2021

Lafarge Can’t Burn Tires! – June/July 2021


April/May 2021 Newsletter

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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 2021 Newsletter

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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 Newsletters 🦋


November/December 2020 Newsletter

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The Residents and the Pine Bush Win Against Pyramid – Justice Prevails, November/December 2020


September/October 2020 Newsletter

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Rezsin Adams Remembered at the Save the Pine Bush Dinner, November/December 2020


July/August 2020 Newsletter

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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 2020 Newsletter

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Save the Pine Bush Comments on the DEIS, June/July 2020

BUY LOCAL, GROW LOCAL, June/July 2020


May/June 2020 Newsletter

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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 2020 Newsletter

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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 2020 Newsletter

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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