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!
Watching Wildlife With Cameras
Learn about using trail cams, time-lapse cameras, camera bird feeders, and more to watch and monitor nature on your property.
Spring Work Day at Indian Creek Nature Center
Join Board members and volunteers for a workday to clean up from winter and prepare for the season ahead. Please come help with trail maintenance and other projects. All levels of experience welcome! Gloves and boots recommended. Tools provided.
Spring Bird Walk on World Migratory Bird Day
Come and join Dr. Susan Willson, bird ecologist and SLU Assoc. Professor, and Eileen Wheeler, birder and ICNC Board member to celebrate the return of numerous species of migrant birds to the North Country. We’ll look for migrant birds (and residents) in forest and wetland habitat, as well as from the observatory deck. Binoculars are available to borrow. Be prepared for bugs and perhaps a little mud!
Oswegatchie River Water Chestnut Hand Pull
Make a difference in your community by joining a volunteer effort to remove water chestnut from the Oswegatchie River near the Village of Heuvelton on Friday, July 11th, from 9:45 AM to 3:00 PM. z
This event is open to all, and no experience is needed! Registration is required, and we encourage you to sign up early to secure your spot. This is a great opportunity to enjoy time on the water while contributing to the health of our environment.
April Showers Bring May (Black) Flies
As we move from winter to spring and spring to summer, everyone's “favorite” insects are blackflies. So, where have they been for the past few months? Why do we even need flies in our world? Wouldn’t we be better off without them? We wouldn't be.
Community Paddle - Hopping Tunes: The Music of Toads and Frogs
Join Nature Up North for our final community paddle of the summer!
In this paddle, learn to identify some common frog and toad calls, or croaks, as we paddle along the Little River. While we go, we'll try to spot these critters along the shoreline. Some common calls we'll be listening for are spring peepers, bullfrogs. and American Toads.
Community Paddle - Little River Aquatic Plants
Come join Nature Up North for the last paddle in July! We will be investigating the aquatic plants that border the Little River. This will be a great chance to get on the water and enjoy a leisurely early evening paddle.
Our paddles are free and come with equipment provided. All you need are clothes you don't mind getting wet! We launch from the Little River Boat Launch on outer Park St. in Canton at 6:30 with the goal of returning by 8pm. Each outing comes with a theme for us to investigate while out on the water.
Community Paddle - Oxbow Lakes and River Dynamics
Join us on Saturday, July 12th for a peaceful paddle down the Little River as we explore how rivers shape the land around them! We’ll follow the bends of the river and learn how meanders form, how oxbow lakes are created, and why rivers are always on the move. Perfect for curious paddlers of all experience levels. We’ll be going with the flow and learning as we go! 🛶
Free and open to all. Canoes provided. Meet us at 6:30 pm at the Park Street boat launch. 💧🚣
Community Paddle - Learn to Canoe!
Join Nature Up North for our first community paddle of the year!
Our paddles are free and come with equipment provided. All you need are clothes you don't mind getting wet! We launch from the Little River Boat Launch on outer Park St. in Canton at 6:30 with the goal of returning by 8pm. Each outing comes with a theme for us to investigate while out on the water.
Community Campfire - Night Sky Talk with Dave Prosper!
Join Nature Up North for a community campfire! This campfire will be put on with a collaboration from Potsdam Pride. They've asked a local community member, Dave Prosper, to lead participants on a night sky talk!