by Eric Hamilton | Apr 4, 2026 | Mohawk Towpath, Nature along the Byway, stewardship
Over the past few years the Friends of the Mohawk Towpath Byway volunteers have partnered with River Keeper volunteers to sample Mohawk River water to monitor the water quality of the Mohawk as it flows through the Byway corridor. This stretch of waterway has a water...
by Eric Hamilton | Jul 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Riverview Road is closed at the bridge over I-87 Northway. Located in the Town of Halfmoon this is an important connector between the hamlets of Crescent and Vischer Ferry and the Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve on the Mohawk Towpath Byway. What happened? A...
by Eric Hamilton | May 21, 2022 | Nature along the Byway, stewardship
Over crowded vegetation has become a problem around the main entrance to the Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve. It is so thick that observation of the open marsh lands is impossible: impossible to see and even more challenging to interpret. The first stop on...
by Eric Hamilton | Mar 7, 2020 | Byway Administration, Recreation, stewardship, Telling the Byway Stories, Uncategorized
As the snow and ice retreats we are starting to plan our activities and projects for the coming year. We have a limited budget but several low cost projects include… The foot bridge on the 1825 towpath trail just west of the Water Authority Access Road in the...
