Thirty years of advocacy for the Pine Bush

Save the Pine Bush is a volunteer, not-for-profit organization dedicated to saving the Albany Pine Bush and Karner Blue habitat in New York State, a globally rare ecosystem in New York State. We stop developers by suing the government using environmental laws.

The fight for Pine Bush presevation has all the elements of a good novel - except it is real. David vs. Goliath - volunteers vs.
City Hall. Check out our current battles or read about how we got to where we are today.

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Action Alerts!

Attend the United Peace Confernce
July 23-25

Draft New York State Solid Waste Management PlanDeadline for Public Comments:

August 16, 2010

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Meeting on Tuesday, June 15 at 7:00 PM
Town of Colonie

Everyone who cares about the Pine Bush needs to attend!

COLONIE: Several years ago, the Town of Colonie conducted a comprehensive plan for the Town of Colonie. To ensure participation of as many residents of the Town as possible, the Town sent a survey to every resident, and then, over the space of a year or more, the Town held over 50 public meetings, asking residents for their input on the Comprehensive Plan. Read more . . .

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Vegetarian/Vegan Lasagna Dinner

Next Lasagna Dinner,
Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 6:00 p.m.

Neil Gifford

will speak Creating and Managing
a Viable Albany
Pine Bush Preserve

Everyone is invited to attend!

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Dinners/Hikes Trips

Save the Pine Bush July Flower Walk

Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.

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Hotel Update:
Oral Arguements were heard in the NY Court of Appeals - We won Standing & Lost on the Merits
Click here to read Amicus briefs

Read attorney Steve Downs' commentary about the hotel case here.Read more about the Hotel Case here.

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Read the NYS Landfill Study: incidences of cancer in residents living near 38 Landfills

Read about Save the Pine Bush's 30th Anniversary
in the Times Union:

Nature preservers
For 30 years, Save the Pine Bush has
fought for ancient barrens

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Listen to Karina Franke on WRPI,
interviewed by Mark Dunlea onAugust 7, 2008

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Election results are in. Alas, our favorite butterfly, the
Karner Blue, lost to be the NYS Butterfly