Mianus River Gorge

02/11/2026

Please join us for a public workshop later this month (2/25) at the Katonah Library.

We are almost finished with our tick distribution study and are putting on this event to share our results and get input from the community on our next steps.

You will also get a chance to learn more about tick ecology and tick-borne diseases, and what land trusts like the Gorge are doing to help keep us safe while in the woods.

Thanks to our partners, Nature.Health.Global and the Mohonk Preserve, and to the Land Trust Alliance.

12/01/2025

Reminder:
Our Preserve and Trails are NOW closed until April 1st.
See you in the Spring!

06/11/2025

Volunteers needed for tick research!

Summer’s here – and so are the ticks!
We’re launching a new community-led pilot project to better understand where ticks occur —and we want you to help shape it. This is more than just a tick sampling event: we’re inviting local residents, park users, and volunteers to co-design and carry out the first phase of a research project that explores how deer, vegetation and land management affect where ticks show up. Come share your knowledge, learn about tick ecology, and work alongside scientists and land trust staff to build a locally grounded approach to tick research and surveillance. Whether you’re a nature lover, a public health advocate, or just curious—your input and involvement are essential. Let’s tackle this challenge together, from the ground up.

We value your participation and input! Please join Director of Research & Education Chris Nagy, Ph.D., and our partners at Mianus River Gorge Preserve for a two-part project.

The first session is for community planning on Saturday, June 21, at 9:30 a.m. The second session is for sampling (basically dragging a white sheet over the ground to see how many ticks we can collect) on Saturday, June 28, at 9:30 a.m. We hope you can come to both sessions.

This project is a partnership among Mianus River Gorge, Nature Health Global, and Mohonk Preserve.

RSVP to [email protected]

03/24/2025

Introducing Bedford Fields Notes, a new educational series on the natural world in Bedford, New York. The three 2025 programs will feature world-class experts, including iNaturalist’s Scott Loarie (top right), Waterkeeper Alliance’s Mark Yaggi (bottom left), and renowned landscape architect Kate Orff (bottom right). Moderated by CBS Sunday Morning’s David Pogue (top left), each night will be a fascinating learning experience at Historical Hall in Bedford Village (6-8pm). Tickets are available now for Wildlife (April 24), Water (May 21), and Land (June 11) – visit BedfordFieldNotes.org for more info.



The series is presented by Mianus River Gorge, in partnership with the Bedford Historical Society, Bedford Garden Club, and Rusticus Garden Club.

08/13/2024

We have goats this week!!! Stop by to check them out and drop off a small donation to support them.

12/19/2023

Year-End Matching Donation Challenge

Mianus River Gorge has received a year-end matching donation challenge that makes your gift twice as impactful. Every dollar we receive through December 31st will be matched up to $25,000!

Please make a donation today! If you’ve already given, thank you very much. If you are able to give another gift to help us get this much-needed $25,000 match, we’d be very grateful.

https://mianus.org/donate/

Your gift will help support MRG’s preserves, stewardship, and award-winning research and education programs. See below for photos of MRG in action!

Click below to see some recent updates on a few of our other projects.

https://mianus.org/wp-content/uploads/Mianus-Minutes-2023-Fall-FINAL.pdf

12/06/2023

10/13/2023

Ecology Research Opportunity for Students: MRG WTP Application Period, 2023 -

Hello Educators, The Mianus River Gorge is currently accepting applications from the Class of 2026 for our Wildlife Technician Program (WTP). Beginning in 10th grade, the WTP provides an opportunity for high school students to design, implement, and evaluate multi-year studies in the field of ecol...

10/10/2023

In the time it takes to watch this video, we will have lost almost three football fields of natural lands to roads, houses, and poorly planned development. Mianus River Gorge and land trusts across the country are working hard to conserve our open spaces, but we need your help to keep . Learn how you can get involved: GainingGroundUSA.org

05/11/2023

*ALERT* The Mianus River Gorge Preserve is temporarily closed this morning, Thursday, May 11 for hazardous tree removal near the parking lot entrance. Normal operations should be back up by 11am.

05/01/2023

MRG's Budd Veverka contributed to a paper on the ecology of a potential biocontrol for the destructive hemlock wooly adelgid.

We are excited to share our recently published research looking at the winter survival and dormancy of the silver flies (specifically Leucotaraxis argenticollis). For this project we Lab reared flies and sent their puparia (where the larvae turn into adults) to collaborators all over the east coast. This research shows that L. argenticollis can survive winters on the east coast and emerge the following spring in time to feed on HWA eggs. While this was a controlled experiment it provides evidence that these flies will be able to survive and reproduce on the east coast! The highest levels of survival were measured in New York, and they were even able to survive cold Adirondack winters.

Check it out here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1gzhq3kk-aTRCX

01/20/2023

Budd Veverka attended the New York State Hemlock Initiative Meeting this week. Our participation in these meetings keep us on the leading edge of hemlock woolly adelgid research and management. MRG is looking forward to a great year of working with our partners to save our hemlock!