Nature Up North and TAUNY teamed up on Thursday to host a campfire jam at the Wachtmeister field station, featuring Barb Heller of NCPR. A troupe of five guitars, one banjo, one harmonica, and twenty voices made for a beautiful music- filled evening. 

Beautifully calm afternoon to paddle around, learning about water plants on the Little River!

We had a wonderful time celebrating the Fourth of July at the Canton Farmer's Market! Our natural dye table attracted visitors of all ages, who dyed handkerchiefs and tee shirts with natural dyes made from local plants. Vibrant hues of blue, green, burnt orange, and pink will hopefully be floating around the village of Canton soon!

Exquisite sunset from Coney Mountain! What a wonderful evening. Happy solstice everyone.

Beautiful views of the setting sun tonight on Mount Coney. We had a blast hiking up to celebrate the summer solstice! Thanks to the Canton Girl's Soccer Team for joining us!

Marcy's Great Chimney (aka Empty Tomb) & All Ryled Up-2017 June 15. (First ascent by Kevin and Jaryn DeShane) Mt. Marcy is home to a large vertical trap dike/chimney though it only looks like a pencil thin shadow from Mt. Haystack. Jaryn Deshane and I spent last Thursday on an intriguing climb, one that has taken 4 years to come to fruition. I didn't expect the route to be as clean or as varied. A couple sections had slightly overhanging trap rock..what a surprise.

A sunny day on the Grasse in Clare, New York called for a little afternoon fishing. We hooked a couple brookies and threw them back to catch again another day.

Caught this little snapping turtle making her way across route 27 this morning while biking. Here she's pictured recovering from the shock of being picked up and carried the rest of the way across the highway. Snapping turtles are all over the roads this time of year, often looking for banks to nest in. I wouldn't encourage picking one up (for their safety and yours!), but if you must a good approach is to grip the shell on either side of the tail.

Morning walk at Stone Valley. The water was high, and we were just in time to catch the first spring leaves unfolding.

Took a recreational field trip to Lake Massawepie with my Adirondack Literature class! We had fun paddling the lake, exploring Arcadia, the yurt village where the Adirondack Semester from St. Lawrence University is, and checking out the Massawepie Mire. We spent the whole day in the sunshine, learning about and experiencing first hand a piece of this beautiful region we've been reading about all semester