KINGSTON, N.Y. – A “Saving the Shawangunks” interactive story map created by the Open Space Institute is now available to view at bit.ly/36FG7Fx. The story map, which harnesses the power of maps, ...

It’s a distraction mechanism. My knees are clacking, my mouth has gone dry, and it’s all I can do to muffle the screams inside my head. But here I am, buckled into a harness and clipped by a carabiner ...

ALBANY — Bills sponsored by state Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, D-Kingston, that would expand both the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway and the Hudson River Valley Greenway have been passed by both ...

A group of Ulster County landowners seeking to protect over 71 acres of land from development in the northern Shawangunk Mountains has sold the parcel to two local nature conservancies to permanently ...

While upstate has reached peak in many places, according to Empire State Development's weekly forecast, in Dutchess County, there's 15 percent color change with green leaves continuing to dominate.

We followed our own shadows on the path beneath the cliffs, marveling at the drama around us. Fields of boulders appeared to be frozen mid-tumble. Trees grew from cracks in the rock. In the softening ...

MARBLETOWN — State forest rangers and State Police last Friday found the body of a hiker in the Mohonk Mountain Preserve area who had been missing for the previous week and is believed to have died in ...

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