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Love Your Mother 5th Annual Earth Day 7K
The first 50 participants to register will receive a free T-Shirt! (registration form here)
The 5th annual Earth Day 7K is going virtual! Net proceeds will benefit the North Country COVID-19 response!
Nature Up North and the St. Lawrence Land Trust invite you to join us for the 5th annual Earth Day 7K Trail Run & Walk! The virtual race will take place from April 22nd to May 22nd.
How to Participate:
Bufflehead Duck sliding into her DMs
This Bufflehead male was doing his best to attract a mate. I am not sure if she was impressed.
Northern Flickers Flickering
I spotted these flickers on my morning walk. He was doing his best to impress her. (you don't have a category for Northern Flickers for me to select in drop down, so I used woodpecker)
Wood Duck Pair Black Lake
Sitting at the lakes edge like I do each morning I was lucky to see this pretty pair swimming about
Wood Duck on Black Lake
Sitting at the lakes edge with my camera hoping to catch a glimpse, I was not disappointed
Community Water Monitoring
Community Water Monitoring
MOW the Grasse (Monitoring our Water) is a community-based water sampling project on the Grasse River.
North Country Wild
North Country Wild
Many animals share the North Country with us. However, not much research has been done to study wildlife in our region. The team at Nature Up North is working with members of our community to learn more about the animals around us.
Don't miss a decade of Earth Day 7Ks!
Our 10th Annual Earth Day 7K is fast approaching! All proceeds from this event go towards providing free environmental education opportunities to the people of the North Country. Follow this link to find the event page and register today!
https://www.natureupnorth.org/event/10th-annual-earth-day-7k-runwalk
Tree Grafting Workshop
The Village of Canton’s Tree Committee will host a free workshop on tree grafting with instruction by Joel Howie of Canton Apples, Friday March 27, 1:00 p.m. - 3 p.m., at the DPW Barn, 78 Lincoln Street, Canton. All materials, root stock and scions will be provided.
Since ancient times, people have cut and joined together plants of different varieties or species so they would grow as a single plant — a process known as grafting. Grafting was widely used by ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians to propagate desired fruit tree varieties, such as olives and citrus.
Creeper in the knot.
Jen saw this brown creeper making its way up a mostly dying tree on the bank of the Oswegatchie.
It found this small knot hole and tucked in.
Its fairly easy to see given that it is the subject in this picture, but were it not for being spotted while moving up the tree we would no idea it was there.