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Want to learn more about the habitats in neighboring Columbia County? Join Conrad Vispo and Claudia Knab-Vispo of the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program for a discussion of their latest book, From Hudson to the Taconics: an Ecological and Cultural Field Guide to the Habitats in Columbia County, NY. 

They will explore the ecological and cultural fabric of a diverse Hudson Valley landscape, describing many of the ecological communities in the county, past and present uses of the land, and aspects of people’s interactions with the natural world. Informed by decades of original research by the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program and Hudsonia Ltd., it provides readers with the tools to recognize and get to know more than 34 distinct habitats, and includes—

• Information on how to identify and distinguish each habitat in the landscape

• Maps of public areas where habitats can be experienced

• What to look for, including lists of associated wild plants and animals

• Stewardship ideas and considerations

• Habitat history in the context of human history

• Perspectives from people interacting with the habitats

• Interactive suggestions for engaging with different habitats

From the Hudson to the Taconics is for anyone who inhabits, visits, or loves this landscape. Casual readers, naturalists, biologists, educators, policy makers, and land managers alike will find in it ample resources to deepen a personal relationship with this land and an understanding of the wild plants and animals who share it.