Our YouTube Teacher Resouces playlist has a variety of videos about the Albany Pine Bush to view and share. The collection includes short clips on inland pine barrens species, read-aloud stories, videos about Pine Bush research and more. We invite you to utilize these videos to enhance learning about the natural world around us!
Click here to visit the playlist.
For a list of research papers that reference the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, check out this PDF.
Are you a group leader looking for educational activities to do with kids along the trails of the Pine Bush Preserve? Our self-guided activities are here for you to use. Check out this scavenger hunt developed for Tiger Cub Scouts!
Before heading out on the trail, please review the rules and regulations of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve and suggestions for staying safe on the trails.
We hope you enjoy your visit to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve!
At this level you will receive:
- Monthly Friends of the Pine Bush Community Newsletter
- 10% off in the Discovery Center Gift Shop
- and a Pine Bush bumper sticker.
Because of the benefits that you will receive, this fee is not tax deductible.
JOIN AT THIS LEVEL
At this level you will receive:
- Monthly Friends of the Pine Bush Community Newsletter
- 10% off in the Discovery Center Gift Shop
- Pine Bush bumper sticker
- and a Pine Bush patch.
Because of the benefits that you will receive, this fee is not tax deductible.
JOIN AT THIS LEVEL
At this level you will receive:
- Monthly Friends of the Pine Bush Community Newsletter
- 10% off in the Discovery Center Gift Shop
- Pine Bush bumper sticker
- and a Pine Bush pint glass or mug.
Because of the benefits that you will receive, this fee is not tax deductible.
JOIN AT THIS LEVEL
- Be a part of a local scientific community through our monthly Lecture Series and Citizen Science opportunities.
- Join us for social events like the Pine Bush Perspectives Photo Exhibit Opening, Smokey Bear Day, Lupine Festival and our annual meeting.
- Take part in fascinating programs designed to inform and delight yearround.
Volunteer with us! No experience required!
- Friends are needed to assist with information tables throughout the Capital District.
- Assist with a variety of special events.
- Help our Friends with conservation projects including trail maintenance, Earth Day and National Trails Day.
- You could even help us write a grant proposal to fund a unique project.
- Protect property through a partnership with Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy. The Land Protection Fund makes this possible.
- Help children from schools and community organizations travel to educational programs at the Discovery Center through the Ticket to Ride bus transportation project.
- Make funding possible for specialized projects in the preserve that include acquiring bird banding equipment, and sponsoring internships and training.
Rather mail a form and check in? Download a printable form. Thank you!
For more information contact us!
518.690.2764
The Friends of the Pine Bush Community, Inc., works cooperatively with the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission to support activities that further conservation & educational purposes in and for the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. A copy of the latest annual report of The Friends may be obtained, upon request, by contacting The Friends at 195 New Karner Rd., Albany, NY 12205, or from the New York State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10271. The Friends of the Pine Bush Community, Inc., is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN #51-0560246.
Try a crossowrd puzzle with an ecology theme!
Try your hand at a Pine Bush plants and animals crossword puzzle!
Learn how to animate a drawing of the Karner blue butterfly!
Create this Wild turkey caller craft and make turkey sounds!
Find inspiration in the words of Rachel Carson and use your senses to explore the big and the small, the living and non-living and the seasonal surprises around you.
Check out the videos that our staff have posted about the Pine Bush!