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Cobbs Hill
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Wooly bully
The hemlock wooly adelgid is a tiny invasive pest, similar to aphids, that preys on native and ornamental hemlock trees. The bugs kill the trees needle by needle and limb by limb; an unaddressed infestation can mean a slow death. This summer, a crew from the state Department of Environmental Conservation is surveying the state […]
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Flight pattern
Local birders have long known about the birding hotspots near Lake Ontario — wisdom gained through long hours on the lens and guided by intuition. Now those assumptions are backed by hard science. A recent study conducted by the Nature Conservancy of Central and Western New York, Audubon New York, and the New York Natural […]
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Reader Reedback 1.1.03
Breasts, exposed; mental health, supported; rights, threatened
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Reader Feedback 12.4.02
Preventing the war, Cobbs Hill views, the US and violence
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Cobbs Hill diaries
I hit the snooze button on an early spring morning, prop
myself up on one elbow, and dial 974-1616 on the bedside phone: “The time
is… five… forty… nine… A…. M. The local temperature is… forty…
five… degrees.”
As I rise, it’s still dark. I’m on
my way to keep an appointment with Rochester’s hilltop oasis: Cobbs Hill
reservoir.
