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The St. Lawrence Land Trust's 7th Annual State of the Rivers Talk: Restoration of the Grasse River with the Removal of the Hogansburg Dam
Come see Tony David from the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe's Environment Division speak about the restoration of the Grasse River through the removal of the Hogansburg Dam. April 13th 6pm in the Bloomer Auditorium on the St. Lawrence University Campus.
First garter snakes of the year
Saw the first garter snakes of the year this morning by our beaver pond.
Wood Frogs and Chorus Frogs have started
Wood frogs are loud and proud in the vernal pools, even though they're still half covered in ice. Wood frogs started calling two days ago, chorus frogs started with their creaky door trill this morning.
No peepers yet!
Walk In The Park Series: Geology
Join us for the first installment of our annual Walk In The Park series! Starting Sunday, April 10th from 1-2pm Tom VandeWater will lead a walk focused on the geology of the Grasse River and Heritage Park. Tom is a local Earth/Environmental Science teacher at Canton Central School District.
Skunk cabbage is up!
The area around the beaver pond has several spots where skunk cabbage is emerging. Lots of tracks where critters have nibbled it or passed by.
First salamander of the new year
Doing spring clean up in the yard at the Nicandri Nature Center and found our first salamander of the year. Not sure if it is Jefferson or Jefferson/blue spotted hybrid (which we believe we have in the park). Dark slate with barely visible blue. Was cold and we moved him to safe leaf litter from the sidewalk.