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People in Nature
Lake Colby Frozen Solid
Right across from Upstate Medical Center just outside Saranac Lake
Lake Placid from Whiteface
I love to take out of town visitors up Whiteface by car and then walk up the trail to the summit.
Trail Steward Posted on Cascade
The trails stewards do such a great job of answering questions and helping hikers.
Summer float at Ausable Chasm
Floating down Ausable chasm is a Adirondack classic :-) See the little blue boat?
Ash Mapping with North Country Boys and Girls Clubs
The Boys and Girls clubs from Massena and Ogdensburg helped test our pilot app for an Ash tree mapping project aiming to map ash trees that may pose significant risk to human infrastructure if the Emerald Ash Borer beetle where to infect trees in the North Country.
Nature Up North Invades Heritage Park!
Sunny, warm summer day...perfect for exploring the park as part of the 2017 Nature Up North Educators Workshop.
Wonderful Turnout for the Mushroom Workshop!
Claire Burkum brought mushrooms, a wealth of knowledge, and a whole lot of energy to Wachtmeister Field Station for a mushroom workshop this Saturday. 25 people got out in the woods to do some mushroom hunting, and Claire taught about the anatomy of mushrooms, as well as some methods of identifying fungus. There are thousands upon thousands of fungi in the North Country alone, so there are plenty of specimens to practice identifying!
Wildflower Drawing Workshop
The rain clouds parted enough for a beautiful afternoon of wildflower drawing for us at Wachtmeister Field Station in Canton, NY. After leaning how to set up a nature journal and some tips and tricks on wildflower drawing, we all got outside to do our sketching.