Albany Pine Bush Preserve Trailhead #9 Welcome to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Kings Highway The Albany Pine Bush is one of the best remaining examples of an inland pine barrens in the world. Barrens This gently rolling sand-plain is home to a unique variety of rare plants and animals including the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly.

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