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!
Pride Outside Hike - Clear Pond Birding!
Join us for a hike and some virtual birding fun with Nature Up North and Potsdam Pride at Clear Pond, south of Parishville. Download the Merlin app (you'll need to make an account and then download the US Northeast bird pack) to participate in birding, or just come and hike with us! Bring water, breathable comfy clothes for the summer heat, and your longest rainbow socks to keep those ticks away. (Other long socks might work, too.) We'll meet at the trailhead at 1pm.
Remote Monitoring with Drones
See how drones can be used to monitor plants and animals in the air and underwater.
Watching Wildlife with Cameras
Learn about using trail cams to study area wildlife, including information on Nature Up North's multi-year Zooniverse project!
Remote Monitoring with Drones
Learn how drones can be used to detect and monitor plants and animals in the air and underwater. This event will take place at the Upper and Lower Lakes, Grasse River Fishing Access on Rt. 68 between, just outside of Canton.
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.