Great spangled fritillary butterfly on common milkweed: photo from Huyck Preserve
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Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station
The Preserve, a not-for-profit organization, has been connecting people with nature since 1931. Covering 2000 acres, including a lake, a pond, and a marsh, the Preserve offers a variety of recreational, educational, and research programs. Trails are open year-round, dawn to dusk. More information and maps at Huyck Preserve. |
Huyck Preserve Visitors Center, 5052 Delaware Turnpike, Rensselaerville, NY 12147
Phone: 518-797-3440 Email: info@huyckpreserve.org www.huyckpreserve.org
Phone: 518-797-3440 Email: info@huyckpreserve.org www.huyckpreserve.org
Hilltown History
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The Huyck Family
F.C. Huyck was an early entrepreneur in Rensselaerville. His son, Edmund Niles Huyck, continued the family tradition of philanthropic endeavors in the village. E.N.'s widow, Jessie Van Antwerp Huyck, honored his love of the fields and forests of Rensselaerville by founding the Preserve. More history here. Photo from Huyck Preserve. |
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