January Speaker
Millie Gittinger – long time ECOS member, an avid traveler throughout her life, will share a visual journey of her amazing journey of the Appalachian Trail. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86161393230
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Speaker Series – November
Roy Thornton – how and why capped landfills can make excellent habitat for grassland birds and pollinators. Why are Nancy and Roy Thornton involved in this issue? They saw bobolinks displaying at the Niskayuna landfill […]
Connecting Children to Nature
This program is for children ages 6 – 12 (with children under 10 accompanied by a caregiver) and is held in Central Park, Schenectady. The event features a hike where we will look for and […]
Connecting Children to Nature
ECOS is introducing a new program this fall “Connecting Children to Nature”. This program is for children ages 6-12 (children under 10 must be accompanied by a caregiver), and will be led by Rebekka Henriksen. […]
Tuesday Morning Nature Walks – Mohawk State Park
OCT. 12 Mohawk State Park. Leader: Ed Kautz. A beautiful hardwood and hemlock forest where the trails are hilly; we’ll follow the edge of a steep ravine formed by a stream that drains from Blatnick […]
Tuesday Morning Nature Walks – Thatcher Park
OCT. 5 Nature Center Trails at Thacher Park. Leader: Nancy Engel. Enjoy fall foliage and late blooming wildflowers on trails through fields and forest. We’ll also visit the native plant gardens at the Nature Center […]
Tuesday Morning Nature Walks – Strawberry Fields
SEPT. 28 Strawberry Fields. Leader: Nancy Slack. Strawberry Fields is a wonderful preserve with fringed gentians, lobelias, and a large variety of asters and goldenrods as well as ponds for water birds. Directions: From Scotia […]
Tuesday Morning Nature Walks – Pine Hollow Arboretum
SEPT. 21 Pine Hollow Arboretum. Leader: Sigrin Newell. Explore various plant regions from Europe to Asia to America in a mix of woods, meadows, and ponds right here in Delmar. Easy hiking, mostly level, though […]
Tuesday Morning Nature Walks – Vischers Ferry Preserve
SEPT. 14 Vischers Ferry Preserve. Leader: Elizabeth Collins. An easy walk with mostly level terrain and autumn foliage and waterfowl along the old canals. Many vines and shrubs will have their autumn fruit forming. Directions: […]
This walk, 9/7/21 – has been cancelled
Has been cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience.