Hollyhock Hollow Sanctuary

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Hollyhock Hollow Sanctuary (often referred to as Hollyhock Preserve) is a 135-acre nature preserve located at 46 Rarick Road in Selkirk, New York, managed by the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy (MHLC).

Key Features & Activities

  • Trail System: Over three and a half miles of mild, interconnected hiking trails optimal for walking, jogging, and cross-country skiing.
  • Onesquethaw Creek: Offers serene water views, limestone geologies, and a place to dip your feet on warm days.
  • Historic Quarry: Trails wind past a historic limestone quarry, which provided stone used to build the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • Wildlife & Birding: Deemed a birdwatcher’s paradise with rich botanical diversity, active reptile populations, and wild brown trout.

Rules & Guidelines

  • Fishing: Permitted as catch-and-release only. Anglers must use barbless hooks, no live bait, and anyone over 16 requires a valid NYS freshwater license.
  • Dogs: Permitted on leash.
  • Parking: Free on-site parking lot off Rarick Road.

Popular Trail Loops

  • White Loop (1.9 miles): The primary outer trail loop weaving through deciduous forest. It is mostly flat and  family-friendly.
  • Blue, Purple, and Red Loop: Connects the woods to the creek bed and passes the old mining structures.

Opinion | Iran Is Trolling Us and We’re Not Doing Anything About It – The New York Times

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Opinion | Iran Is Trolling Us and We’re Not Doing Anything About It – The New York Times

Since the Iran war began, Iranian officials and pro-Iran influencers have used A.I.-generated content like this — clever, highly shareable, fluent in pop culture references (Lego, Marvel, Forrest Gump) — to ridicule the United States or present Iran sympathetically.

The strategy has been effective in its reach. In the first 50 days of the conflict, official Iranian accounts on X earned roughly 900 million views and 22 million likes — more than 30 times their previous 50-day totals for likes, according to a recent analysis. During the same period, shares of content on these accounts rose from 4.3 million to 76 million. Many other Lego-style videos have gone viral, too, garnering tens of thousands of likes and millions of views on Instagram, TikTok and X.