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In spring, summer and fall, farmers' markets are a staple of life in communities throughout New York's Hudson River Valley, where I live. But come November, most stow away their tents and tables, v...

The electrifying redemption of America?s revolutionary declaration that all human beings are born equal sets the stage for the renewal of United States leadership in a world that desperately needs ...

We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in. For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of th...

Recently I took a journey to a place of importance in the history of American and international art and in the geography of my soul.
The occasion was a trip to Williamstown, Massachusetts, where a ...

Earlier this summer Rand Wentworth, president of the Land Trust Alliance, noted that the open space protected by land trusts in the United States last year exceeded the acreage lost to development....

Backyard Matters provides ideas and examples of actions you can take to protect your community and the health of the planet.

Last month I wrote about a recent study documenting declining fish populations in the Hudson River, especially American shad. I'm happy to report Gov. Paterson already has earmarked funding to seek...

Built to facilitate transport of coal from the mines of Pennsylvania and West Virginia to the mills of New England, the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge was deemed the longest in the world when it open...

One of the highlights of spring in the Hudson River Valley is the annual shad festival held in Kingston. Hundreds of people gather to celebrate ? and feast on ? a fish that has been one of the regi...

When my brother James and his bride Nancy were on the altar saying their wedding vows, Nancy's brother David was not in attendance with the rest of the family. I wasn't sure why at the time, but a ...