Kathleen LoGiudice, leader. In this Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club sanctuary, we’ll walk through woods and wetlands and over dunes where there is a variety of flowers as well as ferns, mosses, giant trees, and of course [...]
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Join ECOS on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in Schenectady’s Central Park for a nature-based playgroup hosted by Play, Create & Explore. This child-led program offers a rotating slate of activities, including sensory play, process art, [...] |
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Here’s a fun and different program that lets kids get out of school and enjoy the outdoors after the bell rings. We’ll meet in the parks and wildlife preserves around Schenectady, at 4:30 p.m. on [...] |
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Join us at 1231 Keyes Avenue in Schenectady to hear more about our efforts to protect pollinators and promote healthy yard care practices, and learn how you can help educate people about the importance of [...] |
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Tom Phillips, leader. Trails pass through hemlock and hardwood forests, along streams and ponds with impressive beaver dams. Pace depends on energy levels and quantity of ephemerals. Directions: The forest is on Rt. 2 between [...] |
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Connecting Tots to Nature returns with the warm weather! Join ECOS on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in Schenectady’s Central Park for a nature-based playgroup hosted by Play, Create & Explore. This child-led program offers a [...] |
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ECOS, the Kelly Adirondack Center, UCALL and the Union College Biology Club will sponsor "Tiny Aquatic Creatures and Their Role in a Lake’s Ecosystem" with Prof. Emeritus Peter Tobiessen. As you paddle over your favorite [...] |
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Here’s a fun and different program that lets kids get out of school and enjoy the outdoors after the bell rings. We’ll meet in the parks and wildlife preserves around Schenectady, at 4:30 p.m. on [...] |
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We'll bird the Schenectady Pine Barrens (aka the Woodlawn Preserve), meeting at the trailhead at the end of Gifford Road, Schenectady. This is peak spring migration! For this, walk we will look for spring migration [...] |
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Elizabeth Collins, leader. An easy and leisurely walk, with detailed observation of the many spring ephemerals. If mosquitoes have hatched, use bug repellent. Directions: Following Balltown Road over Rexford Bridge, turn east at Stewarts onto [...] |
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Connecting Tots to Nature returns with the warm weather! Join ECOS on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in Schenectady’s Central Park for a nature-based playgroup hosted by Play, Create & Explore. This child-led program offers a [...] |
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ECOS has been doing guided walks at preserves and in school yards for half a century, and it's time we bring them to our own front door. This spring we inaugurate Nature Walks at the [...] |
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Here’s a fun and different program that lets kids get out of school and enjoy the outdoors after the bell rings. We’ll meet in the parks and wildlife preserves around Schenectady, at 4:30 p.m. on [...] |
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Join Schenectady ReTree to remove burning bush and plant native species for restoration of the woods in Schenectady's Central Park. ReTree Schenectady is working in collaboration with the City of Schenectady, Capital Region PRISM, Schoharie [...] |
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Old Gick (on Route 50) is part of the Wilton Sand Plains, a unique and rare habitat in the Northeast. We will wander among Lupines and Lady Slippers as we walk the trails through open [...] |
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Steve Jones, leader. A new addition to our walks! ECOS’s Natural Areas of Saratoga guide says “spring wildflowers carpet the ground” within a rich understory. The park is fairly small and mostly level, so expect [...] |
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Connecting Tots to Nature returns with the warm weather! Join ECOS on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in Schenectady’s Central Park for a nature-based playgroup hosted by Play, Create & Explore. This child-led program offers a [...]
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The Adirondack Kelly Center in Niskayuna hosts Professor Stephanie Curley for "Tick, Tick, Lyme: The explosive danger of ticks, and what we’re doing to solve it" on Wednesday, May 20, starting at 5:30 p.m. This [...] |
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Given the biodiversity crises we are facing, we all want to know what we can do to help. Join ECOS board member Margaret Blohm as she explores how by simply incorporating native plants into our [...] |
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Join Thacher Park for a regularly scheduled group volunteer day! Projects rotate between trail work, invasive species management, and miscellaneous natural habitat objectives; there’s always something new and exciting to work on. Dress for a [...]
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Here’s a fun and different program that lets kids get out of school and enjoy the outdoors after the bell rings. We’ll meet in the parks and wildlife preserves around Schenectady, at 4:30 p.m. on [...] |
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Susan Toohey, leader. An average-paced walk through a small picnic area and up a brief incline along a fast-running stream and waterfall with wetland. Possibly muddy. Directions: Take Rt. 85 (Town of New Scotland) to [...] |
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Connecting Tots to Nature returns with the warm weather! Join ECOS on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in Schenectady’s Central Park for a nature-based playgroup hosted by Play, Create & Explore. This child-led program offers a [...] |
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Join Thacher Park for a regularly scheduled group volunteer day! Projects rotate between trail work, invasive species management, and miscellaneous natural habitat objectives; there’s always something new and exciting to work on. Dress for a [...]
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Here’s a fun and different program that lets kids get out of school and enjoy the outdoors after the bell rings. We’ll meet in the parks and wildlife preserves around Schenectady, at 4:30 p.m. on [...] |
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The Schoharie River Center presents the fourth annual Mayfly Film Festival, an inspiring & urgent program of diverse films that are focused on the environment and our relationship with it. Featuring documentaries, narratives, animations, and [...] |
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