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Love Your Mother 5th Annual Earth Day 7K
The first 50 participants to register will receive a free T-Shirt! (registration form here)
The 5th annual Earth Day 7K is going virtual! Net proceeds will benefit the North Country COVID-19 response!
Nature Up North and the St. Lawrence Land Trust invite you to join us for the 5th annual Earth Day 7K Trail Run & Walk! The virtual race will take place from April 22nd to May 22nd.
How to Participate:
Crow overlooking the landscape
I saw this American Crow while on a walk on the Saddlemire Trail today. It was perched on this dead tree watching over the area. I had my binoculars with me, so I lined up my phone camera with the binocular lens to get this picture. Did you know that crows can remember faces? They're pretty cool birds!
First Frog
On a walk in the yard between the river and wetlands, this Bullfrog was sitting motionless.
The first frog we have seen in 2025, we later heard some spring peepers as well.
Spring events coming soon, headlined by our 9th Annual Earth Day 7k!
What better way to welcome spring back to the North Country than to walk or run on a local trail? Register for our annual 7k today by heading to our events page! All proceeds from this event support free environmental education for members of the North Country community,
North Country Sustainability Day and Green Living Fair
For more information on this event, check out their web page by following this link.
This event is free and open to the public and the academic community. It will include an exhibit & fair, workshops, posters and keynote speaker. The exhibits feature tabling by community organizations, renewable energy and environmentally oriented businesses, topical posters created by area students, outdoor learning activities, an informational display of electric vehicles.
North Country Wild Showcase - Part 2!
Spend a morning in beautiful Heritage Park in downtown Canton learning about Nature Up North's North Country Wild (NOCO Wild) community science program!
The NOCO Wild program has the goal of studying the ways in which animals move throughout St. Lawrence County and how they behave in different habitats. We're hoping to enlist community members from across the North Country to help us answer these questions by having them take game cameras home and put them on their properties, recording the animals that are there.
North Country Wild Showcase - Part 1!
Spend a morning in beautiful Heritage Park in downtown Canton learning about Nature Up North's North Country Wild (NOCO Wild) community science program!
The NOCO Wild program has the goal of studying the ways in which animals move throughout St. Lawrence County and how they behave in different habitats. We're hoping to enlist community members from across the North Country to help us answer these questions by having them take game cameras home and put them on their properties, recording the animals that are there.
2025 NORTH COUNTRY KIDS' EXPO
Hosted by: St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce
The North Country Kid's Expo is a day of fun for families with play zones, demonstrations, vendors, and special interactive entertainment! Experts and representatives will be available to share resources and information on area opportunities for families, from health care, to after school activities, to regional attractions. Learn about family services while kids spend the day playing with a variety of activities including games, crafts, story times, fun photo opportunities, special appearances throughout the day and more!
Tracking Tracks with Adventurous Girl Scouts
The North Country has been blessed (or cursed depending how you look at it) by a blanket of white gold this winter. Several winter storms accumulating several feet of standing snow shows that Punxsutawney Phil might not be that unreliable of a winter predictor after all. Phil and his hibernating friends tend to stay indoors during the winter, but if you take a walk out on a trail this time of year you’ll still see signs of lots of animal activity.