Have you ever wondered what happens in the woods when the sun goes down and the creatures of the night come out? Join us for a night hike where one of our naturalists will guide you through the darkness to shed light on some of the amazing animal and human adaptations to the nighttime. Darkness elevates the importance of our senses outside of sight. Explorers will focus on sensory perception as they become more comfortable in the darkness and enjoy an evening of learning and exploring the night.

This summer Nature Up North will be holding a regular community campfire for family and friends of all ages. We will meet at Wachtmeister Field Station for s'mores, conversation and entertainment from local musicians, artists and storytellers.

This week we will be joined by Matt Bullwinkel. Matt will be entertaining us with some plein air piano by the fire in a variety of styles. The campfire is for friends of all ages. Please join us!

If you can't make it to this fire be sure to join us for more in the future! Keep checking the website for future campfire postings!

While the best survival tool is good preparation, it is good to have a few skills on hand in case you are ever caught in a sticky situation! Join us for a fun afternoon to learn how to plan ahead and prepare, try your hand at fire building, test your compass skills, and learn some other backcountry basics. This event is for all ages and experience levels but is focused on beginner skills.

If you're in the Canton area and need a ride to the event, we will provide transportation from the St. Lawrence University Brewer Bookstore at 10am. Please RSVP if you plan on riding with us!

Join Rick West at Jacques Cartier State park for an evening of raptors and other birds of prey. Rick has worked with birds of prey for over thirty years and has been educating for twenty years. He possess a variety of state and federal raptor licenses and is excited to share some of his knowledge (and birds) with explorers of all ages!

En Plein Air sketching and painting. 2 pm, Sunday, July 7, at Grasse River Heritage Park in Canton.

Come join Adirondack Mountain School painter David Crowell for an afternoon of art out in nature. Practice sketching or painting from life on location. The Grasse River Heritage Park on Coakley's and Falls Islands offers many interesting subjects for art. Bring a sketchbook and pencil or pen, or bring your painting gear. Bug spray is recommended as we will be sitting in one spot for sketching.

Cucumbers in the woods!? Please join us for a nature walk collaboration with a naturalist from Higley Flow to look at some of the tasty treats of the woods. Explorers will adventure out into Higley Flow's trail system that travels through different ecosystems checking out the natural features of one of New York's most beautiful parks. Participants will get an introduction to some of the edible plants in the area while enjoying a short walk on the park grounds.

Join us for a day of creepy crawlers! Small invertebrate larvae are excellent indicators of water quality. We will be searching streams for the larva of dragonflies, mayflies, beetles and water pennies! Using what we find we will be able to draw conclusions about the water in a few different streams. This program is for explorers of all ages and is great for young ones looking to get down and dirty with some cool water bugs!

Have you ever wondered what happens in the woods when the sun goes down and the creatures of the night come out? Join us for our first night hike where one of our naturalists will guide you through the darkness to shed light on some of the amazing animal and human adaptations to darkness. Darkness elevates the importance of our senses outside of sight. Explorers will focus on sensory perception as they become more comfortable in the darkness and enjoy an evening of learning and exploring the night.

Never been able to get past getting that squirmy worm on the hook to go fishing? Join us as we run a beginner fishing clinic to show the ropes and get you out on the water. Once a year New York State opens up their waters for free fishing for NYS residents! We will be joined by resident angler Melissa Schulenberg who will be going over fishing technique and saftey as we try to reel in a big one!

We will meet at St. Lawrence University by E-Lot and the Athletic facilities. (See SLU Parking Map, attached).

A Midsummer's Night Gleam? Join Nature up North for a guided night hike on July 22nd during the full moon and witness the night time beauty of the North Country from the moonlit peak of Azure Mountain!
We will hike up Azure, enjoy the moonlight from the peak's beautiful cliffs and fire tower, and descend at 9:50PM.

Please be aware that any night hike is strenuous even if very short! Azure Mountain is only 2 miles round trip though it is very steep and may be slippery.