Black Rock Forest Tag Benefit

Summer 2024

June 25, 2024

 Blossoming Futures: Building a Classroom Garden at Black Rock Forest Black Rock Forest staff measuring our garden dimensions outside the...

Summer 2024

Spring 2024

April 3, 2024

 Chickadees & Memory: Research at Black Rock Forest  Dmitriy Aronov, PhD setting up a nest box in Black Rock Forest....

Spring 2024

Winter 2024

January 19, 2024

Executive Director Report Newburgh Enlarged School District students walking in the rain as part of their tree identification class at...

Winter 2024

Searching for Gray Ghosts

October 11, 2022

Anna Soccorsi, a recent Columbia University master’s degree recipient, chats with Black Rock Forest’s Dr. Scott LaPoint about her journey...

Searching for Gray Ghosts

Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

August 16, 2022

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: SEARCH YOUR CAR FOR THESE INSECTS BEFORE LEAVING BRF AND IMMEDIATELY SQUISH IF YOU FIND THEM!!!!!! The...

Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

The Bearmore Archeology Dig

November 18, 2021

On Thursday, October 28th fourth grade students from Mrs. Cleeves and Mrs. Pananero’s classes visited Black Rock Forest to uncover the history of those who...

The Bearmore Archeology Dig

Beech Leaf Disease

November 8, 2021

Our American beech trees need your help. In early October, Executive Director Bill Schuster identified a stand of beech trees along Peck’s...

Beech Leaf Disease

The Last Stand, an Opera

October 28, 2021

Last month, field recorded sounds of wind, rain, birds and humans from Black Rock Forest, could be heard throughout the...

The Last Stand, an Opera

The Aronov Lab

September 13, 2021

Congratulations to the Aronov lab for their recent publication in Science titled “Neural representations of space in the hippocampus of...

The Aronov Lab

Summer Research Spotlight

August 18, 2021

Summer Research Intern Spotlight: Kat Burgstahler is a senior at Pomona College in Claremont California, where she majors in Biology...

Summer Research Spotlight

Northern Red Salamander

April 26, 2021

This Northern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton r. ruber) was found by a Forest crew member while cleaning drainages along the road....

Northern Red Salamander

Herbivory

March 26, 2021

As we enter the final stretch of winter, food sources throughout the Forest begin to dwindle. Plants like this mountain...

Herbivory