After a 2-year absence, NatureFest returned hoping to bring environmental awareness, demonstrations, music, food, healthy and historical information and most of all - FUN to our park. Given the...
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Learn about our Beavers at Moreau Lake
Beavers are fascinating animals and we have them right here at Moreau Lake State Park - you can see their lodges on a Mud Pond Hike. Please enjoy this article by NYS Parks. Enlightening and...
Monarch Butterfly numbers dwindling
We see them everywhere here in the Northeast but do we see them as much as we used to? The Friend's Green Team has been nurturing all the gardens at the park specifically to...
Hiking with your dog in hot weather
When taking your dog along on hikes, please ensure you bring enough water not only for yourself, but your best friend as well. The hike doesn't need to be very long or with steep ups and downs, it...
Environmental Protection Fund PTNY Grant Awarded
Friends of Moreau Lake State Park receives grant to build an accessible trail that will include a kiosk at the new trailhead and interpretive signs, and link to an accessible fishing...
Fundraising Help Needed for Eagle Scout ADA Fishing Pier Project
An eagle scout candidate from Wilton BSA troop 4024G (Girls), Dana Schmid, has begun a project to benefit Moreau Lake State Park! The project concerns building an overlook on back pond from the...
Grant Cottage to Resume Tours April 30
Located immediately below the summit of Mount McGregor in Saratoga County, the cottage and 43-acre site was recently named a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service.
The cottage...
NYS Polystyrene Foam Ban Effective Jan. 1
Expanded Polystyrene Foam Container and Polystyrene Loose Fill Packaging Ban. In 2020, New York State adopted the nation's strongest statewide ban of expanded polystyrene, single-use foam food and...
Congratulations to Grant Cottage, NYS Historic Preservation Award
Excellence in Environmental Stewardship
The 2021 Environmental Stewardship award goes to Grant Cottage State Historic Site for the installation of a 30kilowatt Hybrid Photovoltaic system. The...
Thank You to all the Anonymous Donors
Throughout the year, we have been so fortunate to have received multiple anonymous donations. We want all of you who have given anonymously to know we sincerely and with heartfelt thanks...