A Personal Note from an Open Field Society Member
By Michael Sasse Our moving to Dutchess County and our involvement with Winnakee are closely connected. When closing on our property, we noted the office of a small, local land trust located in the same office building as our lawyer. Winnakee: That was the organization responsible for the glory of Burger Hill, a place we... Read More
THE CANOPY – Winnakee News, Spring 2026
IN THIS ISSUE View FULL EDITION Winnakee awarded $90,000 Grant from The Open Space Institute to Advance Appalachian Landscapes Conservation Winnakee Land Trust and New York Forest Owners Association Launch The Woodland Stewards Collaborative The Understory Blog: A Personal Note from an Open Field Society Member by Michael Sasse From the Forests: Monitoring Pests and Pathogens... Read More
Pulling for the Planet: Join Us to Combat Invasive Buckthorn and See a Forest Regeneration Project in Action
Saturday, September 12 from 10am-12pm Kick off Sustainable Hudson Valley Climate Solutions Week with Winnakee! Join us on our Clermont property to learn how forest regeneration and invasive species management work together as real, hands-on climate solutions. Healthy forests are one of our best defenses against climate change. They store carbon, support biodiversity, and buffer... 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
#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:
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
20th Annual Tour of Historic Barns and Working Farms
Explore the past, enjoy the present, celebrate beautiful viewsheds and historic barns SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2026 10:30am – 12:30: Welcome registration and guide booklet pick up, coffee and donuts at Wilderstein Historic Site 10:30am-3:30pm: Barns Open and Self-guided Tour of Historic Barns 3:30-5:30pm: Barn Reception in Red Hook, NY For two decades, families, architecture aficionados, history buffs... Read More