ECOS: The Environmental Clearinghouse
May 9, 2025

Connecting Kids to Nature

Central Park Schenectady 500 Iroquois Way, Schenectady

We’re excited to be piloting a new program for older children. ‘Connecting Kids to Nature’ will run the second Friday of the month, April 11, May 9 and June 13 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 [...]

Second Sunday Bird Walk: Peak Spring Migration Woodlawn Preserve

Woodlawn Preserve 441 Gifford Road, Schenectady, NY, United States

Peak Spring Migration! Join bird walk leader John Loz for a Spring Migration bird walk at this habitat known as the Schenectady Pine Barrens. For this walk we will look for spring migration songbirds, wading [...]

Spring Walk: Vale Park and Cemetery, Schenectady

Vale Urban Farm

This walk will focus on trees, wildflowers, ferns, and mushrooms (if we find any!). Vale Cemetery is an historic "rural" cemetery that opened in 1857 with the planting of over 1,000 trees. Today, it is [...]

Connecting Tots to Nature

Central Park Schenectady 500 Iroquois Way, Schenectady

Beginning April 2 and running through June 18, ‘Connecting Tots to Nature’ meets every Wednesday from 10:00-10:45 a.m. in Schenectady's Central Park. We meet under the trees next to the playground, across from the future [...]

Zoom Speaker Series: Don’t Get Ticked!

Avoiding Lyme and other tick-borne diseases requires avoiding a tick bite! Join the New York State Integrated Pest Program's Joellen Lampman as she talks about the different ticks in our area and their biology, the diseases [...]