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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:
Fall Colors at Tooley Pond
Enjoyed the vibrant fall foliage this morning after a pleasant hike up the Tooley Pond Mountain trail!
Young Bandit
While out on our dock on Black Lake, I saw this young bandit following his family through the wetland plants. He paused for a moment so I could snap his photo before he continued on his way.
Ruby Throated Hummingbird (Schizochromism dilute pigmentation)
This white hummingbird appeared in my garden the evening of 7/22 and hung around through 8/2. She became a regular at my feeders and I enjoyed watching her sip from various feeders and flowers along our property. I originally thought that she was leucistic due to her normal eye color. I have since learned from a ornithologist that specializes in pigment mutations that she is actually has a condition called schizochromism dilute. The presence of brown/tan pigment is the difference between her condition and albinism or leucism.
Sustainability Day and Green Living Fair
This event is free and open to the public and the academic community. It will include an exhibit and fair, workshops, posters, and keynote speaker. The exhibits feature tabling by community organizations, renewable energy and environmentally oriented businesses, topical posters created by area students, outdoor learning activities, an informational display of electric vehicles.
St. Lawrence Land Trust Annual Tooley Pond Road Waterfalls Walk
Visit the spectacular waterfalls of Tooley Pond Road. Dr. Tom Langen and the St. Lawrence Land Trust will lead a family friendly tour of waterfalls on Tooley Pond Road, October 3, just in time for the heart of the fall foliage. Participants should meet at the ADK Park sign on the western end of the Tooley Pond Rd. at 8:30 a.m. (about 1.5 miles up the road from Degrasse). The tour should be 2.5 hours total. We will explore 4 different waterfalls along the road, weather and conditions permitting.
Laurentian Weekend Hike 2026
Join Nature Up North staff on a beginner hike at Hart's Falls Preserve starting at 9am. We'll begin by walking through the preserve's lovely open field and talking about some native plant species before venturing into the woods and heading to a stunning waterfall. Here, we'll discuss the geology of the county and how geology, hydrology, and time work together to create unique landscape features!
Spotted Salamander at Cranberry Lake
Found my first Spotted Salamander while searching logs for amphibians this summer!
Walk on the golf course
I was walking on the golf course with some of my friends at sunset, and we saw many frogs around!