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The Wild Animal Park

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The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
The Wild Animal Park
Phone:
+1 315-510-3347

Hours:
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
WednesdayClosed
ThursdayClosed
Friday7:45pm - 8pm
SaturdayClosed


The Albany Pine Bush, referred to locally as the Pine Bush, is one of the largest of the 20 inland pine barrens in the world. It is centrally located in New York's Capital District within Albany and Schenectady counties, between the cities of Albany and Schenectady. The Albany Pine Bush was formed thousands of years ago, following the drainage of Glacial Lake Albany.The Albany Pine Bush is the sole remaining undeveloped portion of a pine barrens that once covered over 40 square miles , and is one of the best remaining examples of an inland pine barrens ecosystem in the world. By 2008 it included all parcels of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve , the properties that connect these protected parcels, and some of the surrounding areas that abut the preserve. The 135-acre Woodlawn Preserve and surrounding areas in Schenectady County are the western sections of the Pine Bush, separated geographically by other properties from the Albany Pine Bush Preserve in Albany County.Historically regarded as a barren, desolate and dangerous to cross, the Pine Bush has come to be seen as a historical, cultural, and environmental asset to the Capital District and Hudson Valley regions of New York. It is home to the Karner blue butterfly, an endangered species first identified by author Vladimir Nabokov in 1944 using a type specimen from the Pine Bush.
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