New York Bigfoot Society

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!!!! We hope you have an amazing day!

Mushrooms 🍄

What’s up footer nation! 🦶
There’s a lot of new research that suggest that mycelium is like the phone lines of our soul webs. Helping trees 🌳 communicate and helping control growth and the ecosystem. Super interesting as we learn more about this symbiosis between trees and mushrooms 🍄 🌳

Hello. I'm the Mycelium.
You only see my mushrooms—but I’m everywhere.

What I do:
Connect plant roots
Transfer nutrients
Send warning signals

Why it matters:
Plants don’t survive alone—they survive through networks.

What destroys me:
Tilling soil.

What to do:
Leave soil undisturbed.
Use mulch.
Let the system function.

What’s up footer nation!! 🦶
We just want to THANK EVERYONE for following our journey and research 🔬 in this subject! I know we have been quiet lately as life just has been busy, but don’t worry as the research is continuing! Thanks again everyone and welcome to our new followers!! As always keep it sqautchy and we will see you out on the trail! 🥾

Nature
What’s up footer nation!! Understanding how our forest operates is so vital to being able to save our future forest areas

Trees have long been seen as loners that compete for water, nutrients and sunlight, with winners shading out the losers and sucking them dry. But is that really what's happening? Research shows that trees of the same species are communal, and will often form alliances with trees of other species. Forest trees have evolved to live in cooperative, interdependent relationships, maintained by communication and a collective intelligence similar to an insect colony.

See why scientists say the real action is taking place underground: https://bit.ly/4ts1VyV

📸: Deborah Lee Soltesz / Coconino National Forest / Flickr

We have mentioned this before that hemlocks are essential for our ecosystems as they provide many benefits to both humans and wildlife. Here’s a article about hemlock woolly Adelgid and what they are doing to combat this invasive bug

https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/environment/invasive-species/hemlock-invasive-species/?fbclid=IwdGRleAQ3NF1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeicQh3thwEYxGVXkt_-0YFNiLPMY13HYSqX1NLPdsKVLSHqExmK8eS28_4ug_aem_o5MZDpL5avhOf9mbtpRMNw

Can cutting trees save Adirondack hemlocks from tiny killer insect? At SUNY ESF's Pack Forest, researchers are thinning hemlock stands before a devastating invasive insect arrives.

Happy Sunday funday footer nation!
Those quiet back roads can be spooky and make one think many things 🤔

If you’ve ever driven a back road in upstate New York after midnight… you already know the feeling.
Your headlights show just enough road to keep going…
and just enough woods to make you think twice.
One minute it’s quiet farmland…
next minute it’s deer in the road, fog rolling in, and a curve you didn’t see coming.
Somewhere out there… something always feels just outside the light.
Maybe it’s nothing.
Maybe it’s just the woods being the woods.
Either way — you don’t stop long enough to find out. 😅
Welcome to upstate New York after dark. 🌲
Where the roads are quiet, the nights feel deeper…
and you always keep driving.

This is very problematic. Unfortunately with our management wildlife will encounter many problems along with humans. Most people who just enjoy nature don’t fully understand or appreciate what hunters and trappers do for them. They save life’s, they save wildlife from potentially devastating diseases and control the numbers. All very important management needs.

Birds 🐦

What’s up footer nation!!! Migratory birds are on the move! The next few weeks we will see a large number of birds moving through!! Make sure to check out Cornell university bird radar! It’s so cool to watch

Good morning footer nation!!
Food sources are starting to emerge!!! Keep your eyes peeled and see what may be happening in our forest 🌳

Signs of spring alert! Fiddleheads are the frizzy furls of a young fern preparing to unroll into a fresh frond. Most species of ferns go through this brief stage, which gets its name from its resemblance to the coiled end of a string instrument.

In folklore, ferns are often described as possessing magical qualities because of their “invisible” reproduction. Having been around for 300+ million years (well before the dinosaurs!), this ancient group of plants preceded flowering species and instead reproduces with spores. These spores can be spotted on the underside of the fern’s fronds after the fiddlehead unfurls.

Special note: many of NY’s native ferns are protected species and should never be taken from the wild unless you have the permission of the landowner. Please admire only with your eyes. While some species of fiddleheads are edible, not all species can be safely consumed. Pro tip: NEVER ingest any wild plant that has not been safely identified by an expert first.

Check out the comments for more info on New York State’s protected plants 👇

Happy Monday footer nation!
Lots going on here which we are super excited about!! And will chat about soon!
I enjoy Joe Rogans podcast on the Sasquatch subject. Check out this one as it’s goes over a lot of different topics 🦶

I Thought Bigfoot Was Fake Until I Heard This Theory... | Joe Rogan & Luke Grims For years, many people believed Bigfoot was nothing more than a myth. But some theories make the mystery far more intriguing.In this clip, Joe Rogan talks wi...