Albany County

Albany County (/ΛˆΙ”ΛlbΙ™niː/ awl-bΙ™-nee) is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England (James VII of Scotland). As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204.[1] As originally established, Albany County had an indefinite amount of land, but has only 530 square miles (1,400 km2) as of March 3, 1888. The county seat is Albany, the state capital.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_County,_New_York

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Ice

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It was truly a winter wonderland hiking last week at the Holt Preserve, especially as one reached the higher elevations.

Saturday February 8, 2020 — Holt Preserve

Landfill Lechate Wells

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These three wells (shallow, middle, deep) are about 100 feet for the landfill, to monitor how much pollution is leaking from the landfill. Officially most of the pollution comes from the GAL or Greater Albany Landfill, built prior to liners being required for landfills, but all liner systems fail -- sometimes before the garbage is degraded enough to have less leachate and methane to leak into surrounding lands.

Saturday February 26, 2011 — Albany Pine Bush

Cutting My Own Path

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For part of my ski route, I followed Shultes Road which is a seasonal use only road. Nobody had hiked, or skied on this road since the last snow last weekend. It was tough going for a while, but it was still good to be the first one there.

Saturday March 9, 2019 — Partridge Run Game Management Area