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Out There: Slug Life

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin July 4, 2025July 8, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Exploring “Forest Euphoria”

From left, Steve Rappaport, Anthony Macchiarola, Kyle Bardwell and Michael Curtis search for birds at Boscobel on May 17. Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Bird Count

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin May 30, 2025June 13, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Putting numbers on the board at Birdathon

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Out There: The Silent Majority

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

More people care about climate than you think

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Out There: Sacred Ground

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EPA head calls climate change a ‘religion’

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Out There: Bird Flu — What’s Next?

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin March 7, 2025March 8, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

And what do you need to do about it?

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Out There: Plastics on the Brain

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 21, 2025February 21, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The plastics problem is getting worse

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Out There: Justice for All

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Protecting the past, and future, of environmental justice

The newly cleared-away outlook over Fishkill Bay Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Time to Focus

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Choosing a motto for 2025

“Dawn,” a sculpture by Arlene Shechet, on display at the Storm King Art Center Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Reflection Deficit Disorder

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 27, 2024December 27, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Will we ever process the pandemic?

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Out There: The Fire This Time

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 15, 2024November 15, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

The climate crisis is also a narrative crisis

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Out There: Invasive Language

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin October 18, 2024October 18, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Changing the narrative about invasive species

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Out There: Rest Stop

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin September 20, 2024September 20, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

To feed or not to feed?

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Out There: River of Life

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin August 23, 2024November 6, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

The Great Hudson River Fish Count comes to Little Stony Point

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Out There: The Fabulous Fahnestock Returns

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin August 9, 2024August 9, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Runners — and hikers — will toe the line Aug. 17

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Out There: Spot the Pest

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Researching the spotted lanternfly

A snapping turtle in a happier place
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Out There: Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road?

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

How to safely move a snapping turtle

Winter clouds seen from the south summit of Mount Beacon Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Old Man Yells at Cloud

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Missing a once-in-a-generation celestial event (twice)

The Beacon Monument today
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Out There: Hiding in Plain Sight

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin April 26, 2024April 29, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

One of Beacon’s most historic sites is also one of its least visited

A photo of the 2024 eclipse, taken at the Adirondack Sky Center in Tupper Lake by Cold Spring resident Aaron Freimark
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Out There: Cloudy, With a Chance of Awe

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin April 12, 2024May 24, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

We traveled 300 miles for the totality, but the weather had other ideas

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Out There: Strange Light

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

The season in-between winter and spring

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Out There: Pond Rock

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Discovering secret symphonies below the surface

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Out There: My Top 5 Days of 2023

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 29, 2023February 16, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

A new year-end tradition

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Out There: Vanishing Point

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

The disorientation of late autumn

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Out There: The Rainy Season

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Planning events in a climate crisis

Cory Tiger of the Hudson Highlands Land Trust discusses habitat linkage at the edge of Fahnestock State Park. Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Following the Forest

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

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