Now that spring has finally arrived, it may be tempting to trundle off to the nursery and load your car up with pots of black eyed susans, bee balm, and echinacea to beautify your garden and create a happy home for your local pollinators. But you will be much more successful if you consider the area surrounding your yard first and make decisions that enhance the health of the local whole ecosystem.
The city plans to undertake a tree replacement project soon at the Hon. Karen B. Johnson Library in Schenectady. Trees on Liberty Street will be replaced and…