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A new study co-authored by biologist Jonathan Myers in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis provides key insights into how and why tree populations migrate in response to climate change. The research was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ....
Jan. 13, 2021 Putnam County Land Trust has accepted the donation of 31 acres on Joe s Hill Road in the Town of Southeast. Subscribe The property is 90% woodland and consists of mature maple-beech and oak-hickory trees, many of which are two to three feet in diameter (estimated to be 100 to 150 years old). Plant communities are Red Maple Swamp, Oak-Hickory Forest and Maple-Beech forest. There are also rock outcroppings which make the preserve interesting to walk and explore. Joe s Hill, 847-foot in elevation, is .5 miles to the south. This property s land slopes westward to the reservoir from a peak elevation of 670 feet near the road along the eastern boundary to a low point of 430 feet at the wetlands and reservoir at the western boundary. This wetland along the western boundary is part of New York State DEC wetland BR-31. A wetland just east of the property feeds a stream that runs across the property s southern section, emptying into the East Branch Reservoir. ....