Our 8th annual cardboard sled race is fast approaching!

Join Nature Up North for a cardboard sled-building workshop at the Wachtmeister Field Station. At this workshop, you will learn how to build your own cardboard sled for the race, and we'll have all the materials you'll need! Cardboard, duct tape, plastic bags, glue, and paint are all allowed materials. If you have a box, a color, or plastic bags you want to use, you can bring those with you too.

Our 8th annual cardboard sled race is fast approaching!

Join Nature Up North for a cardboard sled-building workshop at the Wachtmeister Field Station. At this workshop, you will learn how to build your own cardboard sled for the race, and we'll have all the materials you'll need! Cardboard, duct tape, plastic bags, glue, and paint are all allowed materials. If you have a box, a color, or plastic bags you want to use, you can bring those with you too.

Nature Up North is excited to announce the 8th Annual Winterfest Cardboard Sled Races!

Travel and Parking Update:

We’re so excited to invite you to a creative afternoon with The LIGHT House, Close the Loop, and Nature Up North where art, sustainability, and community come together!

Wait… but what is cyanotypeeee?? 👀
Cyanotype is a magical photographic printing process that uses sunlight to make stunning blue-and-white prints! 💙☀️ And don’t worry, even though winter’s stealing our sunlight, our friends from Close the Loop are bringing sun lamps so the magic still happens.

Join Nature Up North Environmental Education Intern Josie Dittman for a walk to Lampson Falls about local moss and lichen! These organisms are much more important than they may first appear, and help form the base of the larger ecosystems we so often get to enjoy.

Starting at 2pm, we'll set a leisurely pace to Lampson Falls while discussing the difference between moss and lichen, where we expect to find them growing, and the roles that each play in our broader ecosystem..

Come to the Indian Creek Nature Center for a birding session focused on the birds we expect to see all winter long, and a quick craft at the end!

Led by Nature Up North Environmental Education Intern Emma Rubin, this birding walk will last about an hour along a nature trail (TBD) at Indian Creek Nature Center. After our walk, we'll gather at the pavilion to create suet bird feeders to bring home and help each of our backyard birds find the food they need to prepare for winter.

Come to the Wachtmeister Field Station for Echoes of the Canton Fair, a history of the agricultural fair held at the now defunct Canton fairgrounds located on Riverside Drive. Led by Canton Historian Casey Denis and St. Lawrence County Historian Nancy LaFaver, this "Fireside Chat" comes with s'mores!

Join us on Friday, July 25th at 4:00 PM at the Sandstone Trail head in Hannawa Falls for Sandstone: From the Sea to the Street, an engaging evening of storytelling, science, and discovery. Together, we’ll explore the incredible journey of Potsdam Sandstone, from its origins beneath ancient Cambrian seas to the streets and buildings of the North Country. 🪨

Through a small exploration walk, local history, and close-up looks at real rock samples, you’ll gain a deeper appreciation for the landscapes around us and the stories embedded in stone. This free program is open to all! 🧱🔍

Come explore the micro-ecology of our local water bodies! Meet Marina at the Wachmister Field Sation from 10 am to noon on July 5th for a water sampling adventure. We will learn how to take water samples and then look through microscopes at the zooplankton swimming around! This activity is great for all ages and mobility levels. Come explore, sample, and learn with Marina! Stay tuned for possible location changes.