What's Your Nature?
Become a Nature Up North explorer to share your encounters with wild things and wild places in New York's North Country. Post your wildlife sightings, landscape shots, photos from your outings, and even your organization's events!
Community Milkweed Planting
Come join St. Lawrence University Fellowship students at the SLU Permaculture Garden. Join us in the teaching circle, which is home to the new butterfly garden! It is being filled with pollinator friendly flowers and being utilized for Monarch research. There will be milkweed planting and refreshments provided. Come learn more about monarch butterflies and milkweed! Where: The Permaculture Garden.
Leaf Litter Critters
When you walk through the woods, there could be a plethora of tiny animals right under your feet. The leaf litter that lines the forest floor is teeming with cool creatures that often go unnoticed. Countless types of invertebrates including ants, beetles, spiders, slugs, centipedes and even salamanders call the forest floor home.
Community Paddle: Turtles, Trees and Terrain
Join us to cool down and unwind after a long, hot summer day with an evening paddle. We will spend some time exploring the Little River, learning about the surrounding forest, and soaking in fun facts on turtles! Boats, paddles, and adult life jackets are provided, but please provide your own life jacket for youth and children! All youth under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult.
Lampson Falls Letterboxing Finale
Rescheduled for Saturday, July 1st at 1:30pm!!
Insect Inns: Building Hotels for Bugs!
Bees, flies, beetles, moths, and more are busy bugs right about now - flying around, pollinating, and performing a host of ecosystem services! One popular way to invite these beneficial critters to your backyard is through what we’re calling “insect inns” but are also called bug hotels, insect hotels, and more. Join us Saturday, June 17th from 3:00 - 4:30 pm to learn a bit about the insects that these “hotels” can attract and why they’re important, the do’s and don’ts of building one, and then use the materials we provide to build your own “insect inn” to take home!
Summer Solstice Campfire
June 21st is the summer solstice - the official first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Come celebrate with us at a campfire the very next day on June 22nd! We'll start with a short walk on the Kip Trail, talk a bit about why the solstices and seasons happen and enjoy the Kip tract's forested wetland on a summer evening. Then we'll head back to the campfire to indulge in s'mores and a sun that won't set until nearly 9:00pm!