Our management plan calls for keeping the public on trails around Lake Myosotis and near the Rensselaerville Falls. This generally keeps the public away from most research areas. To date we have had few problems with vandalism or other interference with research sites. The climate of the Helderberg Plateau is essentially continental although influenced by the Hudson River, Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean. Rainfall is higher in spring and fall than in summer, with an annual mean total of 90 cm.
Winds are northerly in winter and northwesterly in summer.