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!
Lisbon Beach August 2018
My family and I are fully enjoying this beautiful summer and the great outdoors. We have been camping at Lisbon Beach on and off throughout late June into mid August. I am trying to identify plants with my young children and nephews and hopefully foster and inspire a love of nature in them all.
Geologic Features of the North Country
Join John Bursnall, Geology professor at St. Lawrence University, for a unique trip that will explore the fascinating geology of the area between Canton and Gouverneur. Meet John at the Main Entrance of Indian Creek Nature Center to begin a journey that will include visiting several rock outcroppings and road cuts along State Routes 11, 58, and a few others. John will explain the formations and participants will get close-up looks at some unique and beautiful rocks. This trip will be longer than others in the past to allow for exploring spots that are rarely visited.
Nature Up North visits St. Lawrence - Lewis BOCES Tech Camp!
The Nature Up North team was delighted to be able to present at the annual Tech Camp presented by the Model Schools team.
Blossom in December
The brown skeleton of an Aster is reborn through December frost...
Blue Bead Lily (Clintonia borealis)
A favorite native lily that gets it's name from the blue berry that follows the flower. Very common in the Adirondack park. The berries are not edible, just pretty.
The first snow
A blackberry cane (Rubus spp.) in full fall color stands brightly against the first dusting of snow of the season.
Viburnum trilobum (Highbush Cranberry)
A portrait of one of our native Adoxaceae family shrubs. The berries of viburnum trilobum are edible, yet sour, and mainly enjoyed by wildlife. Nearly identical to its European cousin Viburnum opulus, the sole distinction between the two species being the petiolar glands. On the native trilobum species the petiolar glands are convex (or bulging outwards) while the non-native european opulus species has concave (sunken) petiolar glands.
Hunting Chaga Mushroom
Exploring the fall woods, I stumbled upon a treasure... chaga (Inonotus obliquus) on yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) !