Albany Pine Bush Preserve

06/15/2026

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will be conducting a prescribed fire on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. We will start at 12:30pm and will be finished by dark. We will be located near the intersection of Pitch Pine Road and High Dune Drive in the City of Albany. Trailheads 4, 5 and 6 will be closed until 6/17/2026

Sign up for our Prescribed Fire Alerts if you would like to be notified by email when we conduct prescribed fires.

We cannot provide a specific schedule for prescribed fires in a given area due to the unpredictability of weather and fuel conditions. If you would like to be notified the morning of a prescribed fire, please subscribe below. We will be happy to add you to our email notifications list. You can un...

06/15/2026

This NE-MW Regional Workshop provides a forum for all wildland fire management partners to share region-wide, science-based, fire ecology information oriented toward expanding and maintaining the use of prescribed fire across all landscapes, areas, and fire-dependent ecosystems.

Get information on registration, field trip proposals, and sponsorship opportunities for the July 21-23, 2026 Northeast-Midwest Prescribed Fire Science and Management Workshop. This event will once again be a blended learning excursion with online presentations and field trips. Full details at https://www.northeasternwildfire.net/resilient-landscapes/ne-mw-regional-prescribed-fire-workshop/

06/08/2026

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will be conducting a prescribed fire on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. We will start at 12pm and will be finished by dark. We will be located at the intersection of Kings Road and Old State Road in the town of Guilderland. Trailhead #12 will be closed until 6/10/2026

Sign up for our Prescribed Fire Alerts if you would like to be notified by email when we conduct prescribed fires.

We cannot provide a specific schedule for prescribed fires in a given area due to the unpredictability of weather and fuel conditions. If you would like to be notified the morning of a prescribed fire, please subscribe below. We will be happy to add you to our email notifications list. You can un...

06/07/2026

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will be conducting a prescribed fire on Monday, June 8, 2026. We will start at 12pm and will be finished by dark. We will be located at the end Madison Avenue Extension past the intersection with Point of Woods Drive in the City of Albany. Trailhead #7 will be closed until 6/9/2026

Sign up for our Prescribed Fire Alerts if you would like to be notified by email when we conduct prescribed fires.

We cannot provide a specific schedule for prescribed fires in a given area due to the unpredictability of weather and fuel conditions. If you would like to be notified the morning of a prescribed fire, please subscribe below. We will be happy to add you to our email notifications list. You can un...

06/05/2026

Spittlebugs!

If you've hiked through the Albany Pine Bush Preserve recently you may have spotted these without realizing.

Want to learn more about what they are and what they do? Join our free Spittlebug program tomorrow, Saturday June 6th, at 11am to hike and spot these interesting creatures.

Attendance is free, registration required.

06/04/2026

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will be conducting a prescribed fire on Friday, June 5, 2026. We will start at 9am and will be finished by dark. We will be located near the intersection of Old State Road and New Karner Road in the City of Albany.

Sign up for our Prescribed Fire Alerts if you would like to be notified by email when we conduct prescribed fires.

We cannot provide a specific schedule for prescribed fires in a given area due to the unpredictability of weather and fuel conditions. If you would like to be notified the morning of a prescribed fire, please subscribe below. We will be happy to add you to our email notifications list. You can un...

06/02/2026

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will be conducting a prescribed fire on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. We will start at 10am and will be finished by dark. We will be located near the intersection of Washington Ave Extension and New Karner Road in the City of Albany. Trailheads 4, 5, and 6 will be closed until 6/4/2026.

Sign up for our Prescribed Fire Alerts if you would like to be notified by email when we conduct prescribed fires.

We cannot provide a specific schedule for prescribed fires in a given area due to the unpredictability of weather and fuel conditions. If you would like to be notified the morning of a prescribed fire, please subscribe below. We will be happy to add you to our email notifications list. You can un...

06/01/2026

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will be conducting a prescribed fire on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. We will start at 10:30am and will be finished by dark. We will be located near the intersection of Willow Street and Tera Court in the Town of Guilderland. Trailheads #7 & #8 will be closed until 6/3/2026.

Sign up for our Prescribed Fire Alerts if you would like to be notified by email when we conduct prescribed fires.

We cannot provide a specific schedule for prescribed fires in a given area due to the unpredictability of weather and fuel conditions. If you would like to be notified the morning of a prescribed fire, please subscribe below. We will be happy to add you to our email notifications list. You can un...