2021-11-03 12:50
The Old and New Croton Aqueduct System, looking south from Putnam County. Scientific American, 1887. Source: https://crotonhistory.org/2013/08/31/birds-eye-views-of-the-croton-aqueduct… Read More
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Friend of the Month- November 2013 Each month, the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park staff will nominate one of our many friends as the Friend of the Month. T
2021-09-08 19:51
See why Van Cortlandt Park is where NYC hikes when you join Van Cortlandt Park Alliance for Hike-toberfest on Saturday, October 23rd in the Bronx!
Join us for a guided hike in… Read More
2021-04-02 15:16
Today we are celebrating National Children’s Picture Book Day! Gather your little ones for a fun, easy to do arts and craft project followed by story time brought to you by VCPA… Read More
2021-03-12 17:01
On March 12, 2021, VCPA’s Director of Programs and Operations joined dozens of other park groups and community members to testify on behalf of Van Cortlandt Park at the NYC City Counci… Read More
2020-10-30 17:09
You have the opportunity to be part of our Urban Junior Naturalists program from your own home. Today’s blogpost by Paulina Mohamed-Ocasio, Director of Youth Internships, brings the ac… Read More
2020-10-23 16:14
You have the opportunity to be part of our Urban Junior Naturalists program from your own home. Today’s blogpost by Paulina Mohamed-Ocasio, Director of Youth Internships, brings… Read More
2020-10-16 15:58
You have the opportunity to be part of our Urban Junior Naturalists program from your own home. Today’s blogpost by Paulina Mohamed-Ocasio, Director of Youth Internships, brings the ac… Read More
2020-10-09 17:01
You have the opportunity to be part of our Urban Junior Naturalists program from your own home. Today’s blogpost by Paulina Mohamed-Ocasio, Director of Youth Internships, brings the le… Read More
2020-10-02 16:13
You have the opportunity to be part of our Urban Junior Naturalists program from your own home. Today’s blogpost by Paulina Mohamed-Ocasio, Director of Youth Internships, brings… Read More
2020-09-25 18:42
Lace up your hiking boots and grab some art supplies, today we will be exploring the sites and sounds of nature and how they make us feel. Our Nature & Me themed hike took will take our… Read More
2020-06-26 13:30
For our last week of Bring Nature Home we want to celebrate pollinators! Often small and overlooked, these insects, birds, and other animals are responsible for keeping nature as lush and di… Read More
2020-06-19 13:30
We hope everyone has had a chance to get outside, safely of course, and enjoy the past week. The beautiful weather, sunny skies, birds chirping, and nature blooming around us has been soothi… Read More
2020-06-12 13:30
Exploring animals through movement is a great way to keep kids active while exposing them to science terms and information. Learning about animals through moving their whole bodies will help… Read More
2020-06-08 17:38
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Christina Taylor, Van Cortlandt Park AlliancePhone: 917-887-3102Email: [email protected]
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s VIRTUAL PICNIC IN Y… Read More
2020-06-05 13:30
Have you ever noticed the birds flying overhead or hopping along the ground? I mean really stopped to observe what they were doing and how different they all were? The great thing about bird… Read More
2020-05-29 13:25
Time to get creative with natural materials. This week use your imagination to make some cool painted rocks. It’s super simple and lots of fun.
First collect some rocks. Smooth… Read More
2020-05-22 13:30
Help us celebrate Biodiversity Day with a love letter to your favorite bird, tree, mushroom, or insect on May 22nd. Either get outside (safely) and visit that favorite tree or patch of… Read More
2020-05-15 20:45
Be an earth superhero this week and take simple steps to do your part to improve your local environment.
There are many things even the youngest around us can do to take steps to live… Read More
2020-05-08 13:49
Welcome to May. This week we join with others to celebrate Compost Awareness week in NY with a virtual trip to our compost bins.
Enjoy watching worms in our Wild Wednesday video and… Read More
2020-05-07 12:28
Photo above from the CDC.
Message from Blogpost Author and VCPA Field Scientist, Alex Byrne: “This season within our forests our oak trees produced a significantly large m… Read More
2020-05-01 15:15
Let’s take some time to sit and smell the flowers. And while we are there we can observe what else might like them. Bees, flies, butterflies and even birds are attracted to flowers for… Read More
2020-04-24 12:29
Let’s celebrate vegetables! No seriously, let’s gets our kids excited about veggies, and eating healthy in general.
Did you know that it takes about three bites of food before… Read More
2020-04-19 15:32
Here at VCPA, we think that nature is cool. We might be a little biased but we think nature in Van Cortlandt Park (VCP) is super cool. In honor of the 50th Earth Day, we want to… Read More
2020-04-17 14:28
With only 5 days to go until Earth Day 2020 there is so much happening in nature all around us, in fact so many areas of nature are benefiting from less noise, air, and water pollutio… Read More
2020-04-15 13:47
Do you ever wonder where your trash goes when you throw it out? The short answer is, it really depends on where you throw it. As we approach Earth Day 2020 there is a growing issue with one… Read More
2020-04-10 16:11
I once had a spring stuck inside
Through my window I stared open-eyed
To the birds and bees
And the flowers and trees
And it wasn’t so bad from inside.
As winter turns to spring… Read More
2020-04-03 19:08
The Van Cortlandt Park Alliance has spent the last few years focusing on the wetlands in Van Cortlandt Park. Did you know that more than half of the freshwater wetlands left in the Br… Read More
2020-03-31 15:07
We may not be out working in our beloved Van Cortlandt Park, but we are hard at work maintaining our programs and finding new ways to continue bringing the park to the thousands of Ne… Read More
2020-03-26 19:33
As spring sets in not being able to get outside can be difficult right now. The Van Cortlandt Park Alliance wants you to brighten up your space, bring some spring inside, and tie scie… Read More
2020-03-25 16:04
As we enter into the second week of “NYS on PAUSE”, New York’s parks have become a refuge from isolation and large crowds. Recent spikes in the usage of Van Cortland… Read More
2020-03-23 16:18
All of us at the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance know how important the Park is to you. If you come to the Park, please observe the following rules. They are in place to protect everyone… Read More
2020-03-21 15:47
Bring a little nature inside! As we welcome spring and we cope with an unprecedented situation where we are all indoors, the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance would like to offer a few fun… Read More
2020-02-14 15:00
The staff at Van Cortlandt Park Alliance loves working in Van Cortlandt Park. As we celebrate Valentine’s Day, we wanted to share with you some of the many reasons we love… Read More
2020-01-09 21:16
Urban Eco-Teens Leadership Intern, Esther had the opportunity recently to attend the COP25, an annual climate change conference in Madrid. Esther, a sophomore at Bronxdale High School… Read More
2019-05-31 14:34
By Alex Byrne
One our sites that nicely demonstrates the native understory vegetation that was generated after the removal of invasives and small scale soil/root disturbance.
A part of the m… Read More
2019-05-21 18:38
A New Day for Van Cortlandt Park
Merger of Friends of Van Cortlandt Park and Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy to create single park stewardship organization
New Beginnings Picnic to be held o… Read More
2019-03-09 18:24
At 4:40pm on a Friday afternoon there were still plenty of people in attendance at the City Council Budget Hearing for NYC Parks on March 9th. Just an hour earlier, there were almost no seat… Read More
2019-01-10 19:51
Note from the ED: Sara Kempton, Director of the Programs for the Friends, is the biggest fan of swans on the Friends’ staff while the others are really not because of the ecological im… Read More
2018-12-12 20:06
For Immediate ReleaseDecember 12th, 2018Van Cortlandt House Museum Landscape Plan
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park (FVCP) and the Van Cortlandt House Museum (VCHM) are pleased to share with… Read More
2018-11-09 15:18
For Immediate Release
November 9th, 2018
“White Supremacist” Flyers Found in Van Cortlandt Park
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park (FVCP) condemns the “white supremacist&rd&hell…Read More
2018-11-08 16:16
A massive Oriental Bittersweet vine climbing up a big Tuliptree in Van Cortlandt Park. Our staff got to this vine before it took down the tree.
Below are the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park &l&hell…Read More
2018-10-09 16:39
For Immediate Release
October 9th, 2018
Completion of a New Entrance at West 261st Street and the VCP Master Plan 2034
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park (FVCP) is pleased to announce the com… Read More
2018-08-31 15:23
Canopy Gap in the Northwest Woods near the Yonkers border in Van Cortlandt Park that the Friends are working on this year.
One of the intriguing questions of modern ecology is what set of pr… Read More
2018-06-26 17:43
Students created this model showing a daylighted river in the Van Cortlandt Park, next to the highway, and then going into an underground (separate) tunnel around 230th street. The water the… Read More
2018-06-21 16:55
Happy Summer Solstice. We hope you will be spending some of your summer in Van Cortlandt Park and to help you plan what to do- here are 25 Things to Do in Van Cortlandt Park during the… Read More
2018-06-01 16:44
Written By Alex Byrne
Tim Wheeler, a graduate student from the University of Rouen in Normandy, France, out in the field in Van Cortlandt Park.
With over 1,100 acres of park land Van Cortlan… Read More
2018-04-05 22:27
Tree Plantings Ceremony for Friends of Van Cortlandt Park’s FoundersMonday April 16th at 1pmVan Cortlandt House Museum
FVCP Founder Felicity Nitz speaking at our 25th Anniversary Gala… Read More
2018-03-28 12:16
The pedestrian side of the bridge along the John Kieran trail which is currently closed due to safety reasons.
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park’s Executive Director gave the following tes… Read More
2018-03-22 19:59
Editor’s note: In honor of World Water Day (March 22nd annually) today’s Natural Selections post is focused on Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) who call Tibbetts Brook and V… Read More
2018-01-29 20:29
Editor’s note: We would like to introduce you to our newest blogpost series- Natural Selections of Van Cortlandt Park. This series will focus on the creatures that call Van Cortl… Read More
2017-12-15 18:50
The Buggy Down Bronx:
Mapping Ant Diversity Across Van Cortlandt Parkby: Alex Byrne
Early experimental design for examining nutrient use in ant communities. This picture shows a preference f… Read More
2017-12-08 20:11
We are proud to introduce our intern for this school year, Jasmin Jimenez. Ms. Jimenez started working with the Friends in October assisting with educational programs, trail work and Tibbett… Read More
2017-08-30 17:15
The Grand Central Stones after the cleaning was completed. This fall, we will be adding signage and doing some clean up around the stones to finish the project.
As we continue to celebrate o… Read More
2017-08-22 12:22
For Immediate Release August 22nd, 2017
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park’s
25th Anniversary Celebration: Honoring Our FoundersSunday October 15th, 20176:00- 9:00 pm
Join us as we cel… Read More
2017-06-21 15:08
Happy First Day of Summer! Here are 25 Things to Do in Van Cortlandt Park This Summer (in no particular order). Get out and explore VCP this Summer! Photo by Asa Aarons.
1.) Take a Ro… Read More
2017-05-23 18:44
Each year our Spring Garden Interns spend time planning what will grow in our garden for the season and develop a planting chart. Below are 25 plants Brendan, Vanessa, Blessing and Alexia de… Read More
2017-05-23 18:16
For Immediate Release
May 23rd, 2017
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park to hold VIP Reception & NY Philharmonic Concert
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park present A VIP Reception & New Yor… Read More
2017-04-21 15:42
Trash booms, like this one at the northern edge of the Park, placed across Tibbetts Brook help reduce the amount of trash that moves into the lake ecosystem.
As we get ready to celebrate ano… Read More
2017-04-20 14:23
For Immediate Release
April 20, 2017
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park Launches First Annual Discovery Hunt
“Are you ready, get set, discover!”
So ends the just issued call by the Fr… Read More
2017-04-10 13:08
For Immediate Release
April 10th, 2017
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park Welcomes New Board Members
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park is pleased to announce that over the last few months four ne… Read More
2017-03-13 13:47
Councilman Andrew Cohen introducing Councilman Mark Levine to discuss the Daylighting of Tibbetts Brook.
On the evening of Tuesday March 7th 2017, the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park (FVCP) ho… Read More
2017-03-07 17:43
Three of our influential women in Van Cortlandt Park with FVCP Board Member Tom Carey from left to right: Board Member Teresa Grant Stoeth, Executive Director Christina Taylor and Bronx Park… Read More
2017-02-02 17:59
Volunteers helping the Friends identify various species of macroinvertebrates for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s WAVE program. Photo by Stan McCleave.
Today i… Read More
2017-01-18 21:01
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park (FVCP) is pleased to announce that we will be celebrating our 25th Anniversary in 2017. Founded in 1992, the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park is an independent… Read More
2016-12-12 20:09
Felicity Wasser our December 2016 Friend of the Month is a true friend to Van Cortlandt Park.
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are proud to announce that our December Friend of the Month is… Read More
2016-11-21 15:02
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are happy to announce our November 2016 Friend of the Month- Nilka Martell. Nilka is an active volunteer and advocate for not only Van Cortlandt Park… Read More
2016-10-11 20:00
Our October 2016 Friend of the Month- Benigno Veraz- getting ready to help with our weekly water quality monitoring.
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are happy to announce our October 2016… Read More
2016-09-14 14:40
Braeden Cohen, our September 2016 Friend of the Month, at the Friends’ Garden & Compost Site in Van Cortlandt Park.
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are happy to announce our Sept… Read More
2016-09-06 14:53
For Immediate Release
September 6th, 2016
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park Part of National Campaign from Michelob ULTRA and the American Hiking Society to restore trails this fall
A portion of… Read More
2016-08-16 01:15
For Immediate Release
Pipe discharging into Tibbetts Brook in Yonkers on a dry weather day. Photo taken August 9th, 2016.
August 16th, 2016
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park Reports Illicit Disc… Read More
2016-06-03 14:21
For Immediate Release
June 3rd, 2016
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park Reaction on Recent Shooting in Park
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park deplores the violence that erupted in the park on May… Read More
2016-06-03 14:21
For Immediate Release
June 3rd, 2016
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park Reaction on Recent Shooting in Park
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park deplores the violence that erupted in the park on May… Read More
2016-05-24 20:33
For Immediate Release
May 24th, 2016
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are happy to announce that Van Cortlandt Park has been selected as one of 8 NYC Parks for the new Parks Without Borders… Read More
2016-05-12 19:14
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park began conducting weekly water quality monitoring at 6 different locations within Tibbetts Brook and Van Cortlandt Lake at the end of December 2015. This wor… Read More
2016-05-03 15:47
For Immediate Release
May 3rd, 2016
On a dry day, 4 to 5 million gallons of water from Tibbetts Brook flows into the Broadway Sewer system. When it rains, it can be up to 4 times as mu… Read More
2016-04-04 13:19
John Abbatangelo our April 2016 Friend of the Month out in Van Cortlandt Park collecting samples.
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are happy to announce our April 2016 Friend of the Month… Read More
2016-03-24 19:13
Press Release
For Immediate Release
March 24th, 2016
Response to Jogger Assault in Van Cortlandt Park
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park is deeply disturbed by the police report th… Read More
2016-02-29 15:56
Parker Gambino giving a lesson on insect identification at the 2015 BioBlitz in Van Cortlandt Park. Photo by Stanley McCleave.
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are happy to announce t… Read More
2015-11-05 21:45
Council Member Andrew Cohen speaks at a Memorial Grove ceremony honoring Bronx Veterans who served in World War II and Korea.
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are happy to announce that Cou… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are happy to announce our January 2016 Friend of the Month: Ray Pultinas. Ray is the Sustainability Coordinator and an English teacher at Dewitt Clinton Hig… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Mike Zamm, Director of Environmental Education for Grow NYC and our December 2015 Friend of the Month, is assisting the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park with our Wetland Stewardship for a Healt… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are happy to announce our December 2015 Friend of the Month- Mike Zamm. Mike is GrowNYC‘s Director of Environmental Education who has over 45 years of… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Only two months into our Wetlands Stewardship for a Healthier Bronx Program and we are already seeing a great amount of support and participation. For those of you who do not know, it is a p… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park recently added another new staff member- Marisol Diaz is our new part-time Program Assistant. Ms Diaz, a Peruvian native, is currently a post-baccalau… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Hana Turner is our April 2014 Friend of the Month. Although, Hana is a relatively new volunteer with the Friends she has dedicated many hours to volunteering with us over the last year… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park would like to welcome our newest staff person- John Butler. John will be working with us through the end of the year as our Trails Project Manager- a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are offering two separate internships for youth this summer. Below is more information on each program and how to apply. Both are competitive pr… Read More
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