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Posted by Erika Barthelmess,
North Country explorer from Canton, NY
North Country explorer from Canton, NY
July 30, 2019 —
Today begins the 6th annual teacher workshop at Nature Up North, one of my favorite events of the year. We took a stroll through Heritage Park in Canton this morning to grab pictures for the "encounters" feature of the website (if you're reading this, you found an encounter!).
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Mike ponders ways to integrate the outdoors in his teaching
Trees melding together
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