September 2025 In this issue: MRG and Fordham’s Calder Center partner on 10-week deer study This summer, Chris Nagy mentored an undergraduate student from Fordham University as part of the Louis Calder Center’s Summer Undergraduate Research (CSUR) program. Claire Renault, a sophomore at Fordham, spent the summer testing a new method of measuring the abundance […]
Mianus River Gorge welcomed a group of summer interns who helped with an array of projects and initiatives. At the same time, through a variety of research and land management projects, interns were trained in the skills they will need to pursue a successful career in the environmental sciences. Megan Chun is a senior at […]
Forested areas have the highest densities of black-legged ticks due to the favorable microclimate & high abundance of white-tailed deer, which serve as the reproductive host and which disperse ticks across the landscape. Visitors to forested areas face an increased risk of exposure to these black-legged ticks. However, the risk of exposure can vary considerably […]
The Mianus River Gorge office is located across the road from the entrance to the 961-acre Mianus River Gorge Preserve here in Bedford. In 1979, MRG built a residence for the then caretaker Jim Gibb. At that time Mr. Gibb was the only employee with a volunteer Board of Trustees. After the hire of the […]
Part of MRG’s mission is to share our conservation ethic and expertise with the community. Executive Director Rod Christie presented “Protecting the Mianus River Watershed Through Conservation, Research, and Education,” sponsored by the Old Greenwich Garden Club and Perrot Memorial Library. Rod led several walks for The Nature Conservancy staff from their Washington, DC, headquarters. […]
Chris Nagy of Mianus River Gorge and Simon Skolnik of Bedford Conservation Board presented, “Preserving Wildlife Corridors: A New Strategy for Protecting Bedford’s Open Space.” Click here for the full article in The Recorder.
19 students from the city spent the day at Mianus River Gorge helping with a trail project and hearing from staff about careers in the natural sciences. Here’s a note from Christodora’s City Programs Manager with a link to a blog post his co-worker put together. Hi Chris and Budd, I would like to extend […]
Little is known about flying squirrels within the Mianus River Gorge. MRG’s Budd Veverka, who studied southern flying squirrels in Kentucky, and high school science research student Daisy are using field research to determine if there is a remnant population of northern flying squirrels remaining in the old-growth conifer forests of the Mianus River Gorge. […]
In the earliest days of the Mianus River Gorge, the founders were fascinated with the flora and fauna they found here. They contacted biologists, botanists and other professionals to help them catalog the biodiversity of the Mianus River Gorge. Beginning in the mid 1950s, Dr. Henry A. Gleason, Head Curator Emeritus of the New York […]
Good news! Fresh growth on the ancient hemlock trees indicates that, after two rounds of spraying for hemlock woolly adelgid, MRG’s treatment strategy is working. The health of these hemlocks is vital. Hemlocks help keep the Mianus River–a drinking water supply– clean and cool for the people and wildlife that depend on it. Today, we […]