Stewardship Issues
August 6, 2021
The Mohawk Towpath National Scenic Byway is Planning a roadside cleanup on portions of the scenic route between Waterford and Cohoes west to Schenectady. The Love […]
March 14, 2020
"How's the water?" The answer is, "Pretty darn good!" with some major exception. This coming summer a crew of volunteers from the Friends of the Mohawk Towpath Byway will be helping to take a snapshot every month of the water quality in the Mohawk between Schenectady and Cohoes and Waterford. If you would like to help with this effort to see "how's the water" please contact us at admin(at)mohawktowpath(dot)org.
March 31, 2018
What’s a scenic byway? …a road less traveled? “…a road or track not following a main route; a minor road or path.” Spring time is as […]
June 6, 2017
One of the truly unique opportunities along the Mohawk Towpath Byway is a stewardship walk in one of the municipal parkland along the Byway. Periodically Jennifer Viggianni, […]
April 8, 2017
The Erie Canal, the waterway west, the Mohawk River it has many labels and means something different to everyone we talk to. We, each and all […]
March 8, 2017
The Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway Coalition has purchased several new “reach sticks” just in time for the spring cleanup along the Byway. These will be in […]
June 14, 2016
Before the 1800s Cohoes was a farming community along the fertile lowlands where the fingers of the Mohawk River joined the Hudson. The Erie Canal was built […]
January 3, 2016
Gateways to our communities should make a statement that the traveler has arrived, further, that this place is special and unique. Most of us enter our […]
December 19, 2015
As part of the stewardship of the corridor of our Mohawk Towpath Byway we need to continually update the Scenic Conservation Action Plan that we adopted several […]