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!

Nature Up North 2024 Calendars for Sale!

Nature Up North 2024 Calendars for Sale!

By The Nature Up North Team

Proceeds from calendar sales benefit Nature Up North's community outreach initiatives. Each year, Nature Up North reaches hundreds of local residents through guided hikes, paddles, workshops, and K-12 programs. Thanks for your support!

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We hope you’ll support our programs and locally-owned businesses by buying a Nature Up North calendar this year. Proceeds from calendar sales directly benefit the community by helping us provide free environmental programming throughout the year. Learn more about Nature Up North and our mission here. Nature Up North calendars are on sale at local businesses through early 2024! These printed calendars feature our favorite photos shared by community members as Encounters on natureupnorth.org in the past year. Calendars also include Nature Notes highlighting the phenological changes and happenings of flora, fauna, and more local to the North Country region.

If you haven't, try posting your North Country nature photos as Encounters. Your photos could be included in next year’s calendar! Thanks to everyone who submitted photos to the contest this year for reminding us what a beautiful place we live in.

Get your calendar at one of our participating local businesses:

Nature’s Storehouse, Canton

TAUNY Folkstore, Canton

St. Lawrence University Brewer Bookstore, Canton

Potsdam Food Co-op, Potsdam

Joseph’s Jewelry and Gifts, Massena

The Ogdensburg History Museum, Ogdensburg

Sevey's Point, Childwold

Otto's Abode, Wanakena

2024 Calendar Photo Contributors by Month

January: Lori P. (Cold and Beautiful, Potsdam)

February: Lori P.  (Shadowed Owl, Massena)

March: Nancy Badlam (Backyard Blue Jay, Massena)

April: Jennifer Sigmon (Great Blue Heron in tree, Heuvelton)

May: Lori P. (Early morning groundhog, Massena)

June: Jennifer Sigmon (Curious Stroat, Morristown)

July: Julie Madlin (Close Encounter, Ogdensburg)

August: Patrick Chase (Sunset atop Mt. Azure, St. Regis Falls)

September: Julia Hahne (Spiky caterpillar, Canton)

October: Bill Hill (Autumn at Moose Pond, Saranac Lake)

November: Nela Chestojanova (Hike on Azure mountain, St. Regis Falls)

December: Lori P. (Meeting at the feeder, Massena)

By The Nature Up North Team
Canton, NY

Nature Up North is a community-based organization based at St. Lawrence University whose mission is to foster a deeper sense of appreciation for, and connection to, the North Country environment and in doing so to create a bioregionally literate community that is committed to protecting the wild things and wild places that define this place we call home.