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Come birding with Nature Up North!

New York State's Breeding Bird Atlas is in it's final year of surveying, and it only happens every 20 years! Come to the Southville State Forest on Wednesdy, July 10th at 8am. Download the Merlin and ebird apps beforehand to help you identify any birds you find! Don't forget a pair of binoculars, sunscreen, and weather appropriate shoes and clothing.

Ever wanted to get a closer look at some of our local night time friends? You can on our bat paddle!

Separate from our regularly scheduled bi-weekly paddles, this paddle will take place at twilight and beyond to give us the best chance of seeing, and hearing, the bats that soar above our canoes. Why paddle? Bats prefer to hunt over open water, like the little river, because bugs tend to be easier to find! Be sure to bring a headlamp to help you see.

Join Nature Up North to learn more about how community members, that's you, can monitor the waterways near you! Our MOW the Grasse (Monitor Our Water) community science initiative provides an opportunity for hands-on experience with the tools and methods needed to check water quality. We'll walk you through the step-by-step process of checking physical conditions (temperature, flow, and others), chemical conditions (pH, agricultural runoff), and finally biological conditions (macroinvertebrates, and e-coli).

Join us at tonight's campfire for s'mores, flower pressing, and a scavenger hunt to see how many flowers you can find!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's definitely a bird.

Come paddle with Nature Up North as we look to see what birds we can find along the Little River! We'll start at the Little River Boat Launch at 6:30 and discuss some common birds we may see and hear during our paddle. Then we'll paddle upstream (to the right) and look for them!

A helpful app to download ahead of time is Merlin, an app that identifies birds based on the calls that your phone hears. Our event leader, Dan, will use Merlin to play a few common bird calls using this app at the start of the paddle.

Papermaking is a fun arts and craft that we can do almost anywhere! You can use natural materials, recycled paper, flowers, and more to make your own decorated pieces of paper. This Thursday at Wachtmeister Field Station, we’ll host a free event with all materials provided where we make paper with local seeds we’ll find on a trail walk! We’ll hold onto the paper as it dries, and then you can come retrieve it from us this weekend at the Canton or Potsdam farmers markets! Feel free to bring any paper you’d like to recycle as well!

Nature Up North is branching out our canoe programming to the Oswegatchie River! We're planning a float trip from the Heuvelton Boat Launch to Eel Weir State Park on Saturday, July 13th. This float will start at 1pm in Heuvelton and will finish when the river decides to drop us off! (Or at 6pm with some paddle assistance.)

Bats! Bats! Bats!

Spend an evening with Kate Cleary, bat expert from SUNY Potsdam, and Nature Up North as we learn all about North Country bats. Test your knowledge with trivia and do bat-related arts and crafts! There may even be some sweet treats available. You'll have to stop by the Wachtmeister Field Station between 7-9 to find out!

Have you ever wanted to swim in far away places? Test your sense of adventure with our paddle to a destination swimming spot!

This community paddle will start from the Little River Boat Launch across the birdge on Park St. From there, we'll paddle down the Little River to the Grasse River, turn left, and paddle upstream to the sandbanks, a popular swim spot. You can bring your own gear, or we can provide boats, paddles, and life jackets for you!

Join us Thursday, June 27th for our Nature Up North Book Exchange Campfire! At 7:00PM at Wachtmeister, we’ll be hosting one of our usual campfires with an added twist. On top of delicious smores and enjoyable company, we invite you to share your favorite nature book with another visitor! Come share a book with a stranger or just show up and chat, share campfire stories or trail games, and get to know our team. Guests of all ages welcome.