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Local Climate Vigils Expand to Potsdam
Our next Monthly Climate Action Vigil is this Friday, December 6th, from 4-5 in Canton. It is cold, so wear warm clothes!
At our November vigil, we were joined by candidate for U.S. Congress, Tedra Cobb. Tedra has since garnered national attention to her campaign and raised over 1 million dollars. Tedra also spoke on the SLU campus on November 13th to more than 50 students about the Climate Crisis.
Youth Climate Summit
Nature Up North 2020 Calendars for Sale
Nature Up North calendars are on sale at local businesses through early 2020! 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 seasonal wildlife behavior local to the North Country region.
Needle ice and hoar frost
The trails at the nature center were covered with needle ice this morning. It crunched underfoot over whole miles of trail and you could see it everywhere. Have never seen so much! There was also hoar frost on leaves close to the ground and hanging from trees. Made for a very cool walk!
Gothics North Face - 2019 November 23
Gothics always inspires. It challenges hikers and climbers of nearly any level and draws me back at least a couple times per year. The north face shown in this video once intimidated me when I saw it from the Orebed Trail, now it's an annual retreat. I feel only relaxation and freedom once I start moving upward.
Snow at Higley Flow
Lots of snow at Higley Flow! Always nice to feel so far from campus with just a short drive, and the trails were in great shape. Caught a glimpse of the sunset too.
North Country Voices: Canton Farmer's Market
The Canton Village Green is home to the Canton Farmer’s Market from May – October each year. I interviewed a few of the vendors to see how they got started and to learn how the season went. After all, who better to learn from when it comes to the state of our environment?
Valeria Maldonado
Val is a junior studying Psychology and Environmental Studies at St. Lawrence University. She is from Ponce, Puerto Rico and enjoys spending time relaxing at the beach, paddle boarding and taking pictures of the world around her! After interning with us this summer, Val decided to stay on to help with communications and graphic design.
Lydia Dwyer
Originally from Syracuse, Lydia is a senior at St. Lawrence University studying Biology & Spanish. When not attending school, Lydia enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, swimming, and learning about the environment. After enjoying serving as a summer naturalist intern with Nature Up North, Lydia is continuing to write for the Just Our Nature blog as an intern this fall.
Erika Barthelmess
Nature Up North is the brainchild of Dr. Erika Barthelmess who is a vertebrate ecologist and conservation biologist. Erika works as an Associate Professor of Biology at St. Lawrence University. She earned her B.A. in Biology at Earlham College, her Ph.D.in Systematics and Ecology at the University of Kansas, and conducted post-doctoral research at Vanderbilt University before arriving at St.
Abby Schlickenmayer
Abby discovered her love for nature growing up in a small town in southern California just outside of Joshua Tree Nation park and now takes every opportunity to get outside. Abby discovered her love for nature growing up in a small town in southern California just outside of Joshua Tree Nation park and now takes every opportunity to get outside. Abby discovered her love for nature growing up in a small town in southern California just outside of Joshua Tree Nation park and now takes every opportunity to get outside.