The Heminway Dam removal project along the Steele Brook in Watertown, Connecticut, and a less-is-more approach, lets the river decide where it wants to go.

Bird banding at Albany Pine Bush Preserve shows that environmental services photography can be pretty, while helping to gain local support for community-based projects.

One way to restore a salt marsh in Newman, Massachusetts? Replace an undersize culvert to free tidal flow. This impaired salt marsh has a long history of human interference — hay harvesting, farming and channelizing — and this project was a step toward a full restoration.

Tilt-shift lenses come to the rescue when shooting a stream gaging site in a wooded environment.

Where the Kazmar Pond dam was removed in 2018, a meadow bloomed in Waywayanda State Park.

Without the Black Fly Challenge this summer, I may never have discovered the little mountain town of Inlet, New York. But this “gravel grinder” through the Moose River Plains turned me on the quintessential Adirondack village. Put it on the list for next year.

Scenic Aerial Photos, and Why State Parks Matter As a native of New York State and one of seven children living on a college professor's salary, I spent a lot of time in New York's state parks and county parks as a child.  Because you could drive in for free, parks...

Recent Work: Spectacular Spring Weather in the Hudson Valley More beautiful early-morning weather means more early-morning aerial still pictures.  These are some of my favorites from this week's recent work: Tip: You want your rivers and lakes to be a vibrant blue...

Overhead Angles Aerial photography speaks to me.  As a sports photographer, I longed to get up high above the action, and show the overhead view.  Why? Because it tells a broad story.  It gives context to a game or event.  It cleans up backgrounds, simplifies the...

Pave the old Maybrook line, and you’ll get a wonderful, 22-mile connection between Brewster and Hopewell Junction, along the Empire State Trail.