Fire on the Ridge: Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership Lecture Series

Join Gabe Chapin, Forest Ecologist with The Nature Conservancy, and Hank Alicandri, Director of the Sam’s Point Area of Minnewaska State Park Preserve, as they discuss the history and natural role of fire in the Shawangunk Mountains ecosystem. Learn about past fire history and ecology in pine barrens and upland oak forests of this region, and how forest fires, both planned and unplanned, continue to shape our landscape today.