Open Field Society Holiday Party
This year’s Open Field Society Holiday Party will be held at the beautifully restored Greek Revival home of photographer and writer Pieter Estersohn. To learn more about Winnakee’s Open Field Society,
please contact Jenny Pfister, Director of Development,
at (845) 217-0939 or jenny@winnakee.org.
#GIVINGTUESDAY 2025
Last year, Winnakee protected 350 acres of vulnerable land with your help. We are on track to close on another 700 acres this winter! On Giving Tuesday, your support raised Total is $6,639! to help turn these new properties into vibrant conservation areas with opportunities for ecological stewardship. We look forward to community engagement on... Read More
Fall Photo Champions!
This fall, our community captured the beauty of autumn on Winnakee trails — and the results are stunning! We’re so grateful to everyone who participated and shared their love of the trails. Here are the winners: View all entries:
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
THE CANOPY – Winnakee News, Fall 2025
IN THIS ISSUE View FULL EDITION Five Key Ways Winnakee is Impacting Climate Resilience The Understory Blog: Local Land Stewardship is a Global Climate Solution by Todd Waldron Fall Landowner Workshops Offer Ways to Improve Your Land New Trail Building Begins in Hyde Park Fall Photo Contest
Five Key Ways Winnakee is Impacting Climate Resilience
It’s Climate Solutions Week. When it comes to climate change, the challenges we face can feel overwhelming. Winnakee is highlighting how some powerful solutions are already hard at work right here at home, through scalable land protection and restoration. 1. Carbon Storage & Sequestration When Winnakee protects a forest or restores a wetland, it’s not... Read More
Local Land Stewardship is a Global Climate Solution
By Todd Waldron, Senior Program Director I have always loved being in the woods in late September. Growing up, countless early-Autumn weekends were spent with my grandparents on their 45-acre woodlot along the Hudson River (pictured above). They purchased this maple, pine, and birch forest for $800 way back in 1951, and it was a... Read More
In the news: Daily Catch article
“Red Hook Moves Forward with Ambitious New Park Project at Camp Rising Sun; Trails, Picnic Spot and Wildlife Viewing Platform Planned” The wooded hills and wetlands of Camp Rising Sun on Oriole Mills Road will likely soon become one of Red Hook’s most significant new public landscapes as plans cohere for a restored wildlife viewing... Read More
Winnakee Land Trust Welcomes Todd Waldron as Senior Program Director
Winnakee Expands Leadership to Drive Strategic Land Conservation, Forest Management and Landowner Programs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 28, 2025 Rhinebeck, NY – Winnakee Land Trust is proud to announce the appointment of Todd Waldron as our new Senior Program Director, a newly created leadership role that will oversee both our Land Conservation and Land Activation... Read More