Dear Buckingham Pond Conservancy Members and Friends —
Save the Date: Annual Meeting 2026
BPC hosts our annual members meeting typically in late March or early April. While we have not yet identified a time or location, please check back here and on our Facebook for updates.
2025 Accomplishments
Phase 2 of the North Shoreline Improvements
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Invasive Species Removal
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Update the Tree Tags QR Code Links
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Advocacy
Poison Ivy
Trash
Vegetation Trimming
Cleanups and Volunteer Opportunities
Spring Cleanup
Inaugural Fall Stewardship Day
Tulip Planting
Are you interested in getting involved or helping out?
Communications Help Needed
We desperately need someone to help us keep our membership up to date more regularly. If you like to write, and know how to post to Facebook, you can help! We promise it is not a huge amount of work. If you can join us one meeting a month and make a few posts from time to time it would make a huge difference. Please get in touch at [email protected].
Volunteers Always Welcome
If you’d like to help out on our many projects, please join us at the monthly board meeting on the 4th Monday of each month at the Pine Hills Library or virtually. The Conservancy is 100% all volunteer organization – the more people who are willing to help, the more we can accomplish!
Donations Welcome, Too!
If you’d like to help out financially, memberships run with our Fiscal Year (April 1 to March 30). You can join or renew online. Additional donations are always welcome. Membership and other contributions can also be made by mail to Buckingham Pond Conservancy, PO Box 8352, Albany NY 12208 or on our website under SUPPORT.
With the holiday season upon us, we want to extend our heartfelt wishes for a happy and healthy new year. Thank you for your continued support of the Buckingham Pond Conservancy.
Sincerely,
Grace Bennett
President
Guard Rail
We are thrilled that the City has installed a guard rail to protect the new playground, and more importantly the children playing on it. This was part of the formal agreement we made with the City when we donated the funds to support the playground.
Path Improvements
As you know, whenever there is a significant rainfall, the stone dust on the path washes off the path and into the pond. This has been a problem for a very long time and is especially problematic at the Euclid entrance on the South side of the pond, and where the path turns into the park off of Raft’s way. We are actively working with the city and advocating for improvements to the way the path is constructed and maintained. We have heard from many of you about this issue. Please know we’re doing our best to help the City find a permanent solution to this problem and reduce the amount of stone dust that washes into the pond.
Are you interested in getting involved or helping out?
Save the Date: Ice Skating Party
BPC will host our annual ice skating party sometime in late January or early February (1/27/19; 2/3/19; or 2/10/19). This event is dependent on the condition of the ice which is why we don’t pin down a specific date until we’re closer to the event. Fingers crossed for favorable conditions!
Communications Help Needed
We desperately need someone to help us keep our membership up to date more regularly. If you like to write, and know how to post to Facebook, you can help! We promise it is not a huge amount of work. If you can join us one meeting a month and make a few posts from time to time it would make a huge difference. Please get in touch at [email protected].Volunteers Always Welcome
If you’d like to help out on our many projects, please join us at the monthly board meeting. The next meeting is Monday 12/10 at the Bach Library branch at 7:30 PM. The Conservancy is 100% all volunteer organization – the more people who are willing to help, the more we can accomplish!
Donations Welcome, Too!
If you’d like to help out financially, memberships run with our Fiscal Year (April 1 to March 30). You can join or renew online. Additional donations are always welcome. Membership and other contributions can also be made by mail to Buckingham Pond Conservancy, PO Box 8352, Albany NY 12208.
With the holiday season upon us, we want to extend our heartfelt wishes for a happy and healthy new year. Thank you for your continued support of the Buckingham Pond Conservancy.
Sincerely,
Felton McLaughlin
President