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April 2020
Little Explorers: Vernal Pool Exploration – STAY TUNED FOR VIDEO
We are offering this program via digital recording! Check back soon for more details!
Find out more »Birding with the Alan Devoe Bird Club – CANCELLED
Due to health and safety concerns, this event has been cancelled.
Find out more »Vernal Pools Walk – DIGITAL
Who lives in the temporary pools that form each spring? Join us to find out!
Find out more »Fifty Years of Earth Day! – STAY TUNED
Due to health and safety concerns, this event will be rescheduled.
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Where The Wild Books Are: Farming While Black – Meeting Via Zoom
This event will be offered via Zoom meeting! Click the link below for more details on how to join.
Find out more »May 2020
Little Explorers: Nests & Dens
Join us for Little Explorers, a monthly day program that happens on the first Friday of every month for kids age 2-6! We’ll meet at one of our Conservation Areas, read a story, then go for a short hike and explore nature together.
Find out more »Butterfly Course: Session 1 – NOTE NEW DATE
In this first of five sessions of the Butterfly Course presented by Farmscape Ecology Program and the Columbia Land Conservancy, there will be an indoor presentation on the butterflies of Columbia County. Specific topics covered will include local butterfly diversity, ecology, phenology, and conservation. This presentation will set the stage for the four outdoor sessions offered later in the year. The presentation will be in Harlemville, NY. To register for this event, email Dylan Cipkowski at dacipkowski@gmail.com or call 518.672.7994.…
Find out more »Birding with the Alan Devoe Bird Club
The hunt for spring migratory birds continues!
Find out more »Spring Flower Walk
Please join ecologists from the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program for a leisurely walk to observe the spring flora in the floodplain forest of the Agawamuck Creek and along the forested slopes of Phudd Hill. Learn how to identify some of our common and not-so-common spring ephemerals, observe their insect visitors, and hear their lore. Participation is free, but space is limited. Please register with Claudia (fep@hawthornevalleyfarm.org or 518-672-7994). Plan to stay a while after the walk to watch the…
Find out more »Wild Foods Walk
Join the Columbia Land Conservancy and Mallory O’Donnell, a wild food enthusiast and avid gatherer and gardener, for a walk around Old Ox Farm as we learn, explore, identify, and collect a number of overlooked edible, sustainable food.
Find out more »Spring Flower Walk
Please join ecologists from the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program for a leisurely walk along the shore of a woodland stream and experience the spring flora. Learn how to identify some of our common and not-so-common spring ephemerals, observe their insect visitors, and hear their lore. Participation is free, but space is limited. Please register with Claudia (fep@hawthornevalleyfarm.org or 518-672-7994).
Find out more »Spring Nature Journaling
Learn the art of keeping a nature journal at this quarterly program that will last through all of 2020!
Find out more »Butterfly Course: Session 2
In this session of the Butterfly Course presented by Farmscape Ecology Program and the Columbia Land Conservancy, we will venture outdoors to explore butterflies of Columbia County. Specific topics covered will include local butterfly diversity, ecology, phenology, and conservation. This presentation will set the stage for the four outdoor sessions offered later in the year. The presentation will be in Harlemville, NY. To register for this event, email Dylan Cipkowski at dacipkowski@gmail.com or call 518-672-7994. We encourage you commit to…
Find out more »Birding with the Alan Devoe Bird Club
Practice your birding skills with the Alan Devoe Bird Club!
Find out more »Spring Flower Walk
Please join ecologists from the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program for a leisurely walk through the variety of forest types of this hilly Conservation Area. Learn to see the patterns of which spring flowers grow in which forest habitats. Learn how to identify these short-lived wildflowers, observe their insect visitors, and hear their lore. Participation is free, but space is limited. Please register with Claudia (fep@hawthornevalleyfarm.org or 518-672-7994).
Find out more »June 2020
Little Explorers: Clouds and the Weather
Join us for Little Explorers, a monthly day program that happens on the first Friday of every month for kids age 2-6! We’ll meet at one of our Conservation Areas, read a story, then go for a short hike and explore nature together.
Find out more »Birding with the Alan Devoe Bird Club
Practice your birding skills with the Alan Devoe Bird Club!
Find out more »Birding with the Alan Devoe Bird Club
Practice your birding skills with the Alan Devoe Bird Club!
Find out more »July 2020
Summer Nature Journaling
Learn the art of keeping a nature journal at this quarterly program that will last through all of 2020!
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