October 16, 2023

Preserve Management: Mowing Treatments

Various trails and trailheads throughout the preserve will temporarily be CLOSED while habitat restoration mowing is taking place. Mowing is starting on Monday, October 16, and will continue over the next several months on 250 acres of pine barrens habitat. Please check the trail map for exact trail closure locations and enjoy other trails in the preserve while these areas are closed.

If you have any questions or concerns about this management work, please contact Stewardship Director, Joel Hecht at 518-456-0655 or jhecht@albanypinebush.org 

March 28, 2023

Prescribed Fire Notifications

We cannot provide a specific schedule for prescribed fires in a given area due to the unpredictability of weather and fuel conditions. If you would like to be notified the morning of a prescribed fire, please subscribe below.
 

October 12, 2020

Hunting, Fishing & Trapping

Hunting, fishing and trapping are recreational activities that are carefully regulated in the preserve and across NYS.

April 03, 2019

Tick Awareness

Please be aware that ticks, including deer ticks (also known as black-legged ticks), are present in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve as well as other natural areas in our region.