BIG NIGHT: Help us, help amphibians cross the road each spring
If you live by a crossing — sign up to be notified when to avoid driving and squishing critters. Or get involved by volunteering to help amphibians safely cross the road to their woodland pools! WHAT Winnkaee is thrilled to participate each year in the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Amphibian Migration and Road Crossing (AM&RC)... Read More
Tool Workshop at Vlei Marsh
WHERE: Vlei Marsh Preserve, 186 Vlei Road, Rhinebeck WHEN: Saturday, March 14th from 10:00-11:30am Get ready for the season ahead at our Volunteer Tool Prep Workshop! This hands-on session will focus on cleaning, sharpening, and maintaining essential hand tools such as loppers and pruners to keep them safe and efficient, so that you are ready... Read More
Burger Hill reopen for sledding!
1/27/26 Burger Hill is reopened with epic sledding conditions expected for the coming week!
Work Day at Burger Hill
WHERE:Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill, Rhinebeck, NY WHEN: Saturday, April 11, 2026, from 10am-12pm Help us keep Burger Hill a special place for the community to enjoy. Jen Adams, Senior Conservation Biologist & Director of Parks and Ecological Preserves, will lead a spring volunteer day, which will include invasive removal, trail maintenance and hay... Read More
Join Us to Combat Invasive Buckthorn
March 21 from 9:30-11:30 amApril Work Dates: 1, 8, and 15 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. During the month of April, volunteers will have the opportunity to learn about forest regeneration practices occurring on the Clermont property (read more about it here) and lend a hand to help remove invasive buckthorn, a highly invasive shrub, that... Read More
Invasive Species ID Walk at Saw Kill
Kick off Earth Week by Gaining Hands-On Knowledge About Invasive Species and What You Can Do About Them! WHERE:Saw Kill Trails, Red Hook, NY WHEN:Sunday, April 19 from 9:00-10:30am Join us for a guided woods walk focused on hands-on identification of invasive plant species. Winnakee’s naturalists, Jen Adams and Garrett Chisholm, will point out key identification features and... Read More
Native Tree Planting in Clermont
Sunday, May 3rd from 9:30-11:30 This May, join us at our Clermont property for a special native tree planting celebration! After years of hard work removing invasive buckthorn and preparing the land, we’re ready to restore the forest with native species that will support this woodland, and the wildlife within it, for years to come.... Read More
Winnakee on “The Catch Up” podcast
Winnakee joined The Catch Up podcast from The Daily Catch hosted by publisher Walter Mullen and editor Emily Sacker. Senior Program Director Todd Waldron and Senior Director of External Affairs Uri Perrin shared insights into land conservation easements, land donations and the organization’s evolution toward proactive land stewardship strategies today. Take a listen: Winnakee on... Read More
In the news: Daily Catch article
“Beyond Easements: Winnakee Builds a New Model for Active Land Management in the Hudson Valley” On a Saturday morning in August, 15 volunteers gathered in the tall grasses of a recently acquired 140-acre Winnakee Land Trust preserve in the Town of Clermont. Working inside a one-acre deer enclosure, a fenced plot designed to protect saplings... Read More
Bird Walk at Vlei Marsh with Waterman Bird Club
WHEN: Saturday, June 6 at 8:00AM WHERE: Vlei Marsh Preserve, 186 Vlei Road, Rhinebeck REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Capacity is limited. Suggested donation $10 per person, $25 per family. Join us with Dr. Alan Peterson of the Ralph T. Waterman Bird Club for a guided bird walk at Vlei Marsh, an e-Bird Hot Spot! As the second... Read More