August Mushroom Walk

Not a plant, not an animal… so what are they? We are happy to announce another mushroom walk alongside this month’s offerings. The walk will be held at the Rheinstrom Hill Audobon in Hillsdale and led once again by Josie Laing, our botany tech. She is still in...

Meadow Walk

The Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program will lead an exploration of plants and insects in the meadows of a former working orchard. This site includes approximately 80 acres of open fields now managed to support native biodiversity. During the walk we’ll...

Mushroom Walk

Not a plant, not an animal… so what are they? This month, we will be hosting our first Mushroom Walk, led by Josie Laing, our botany tech. She is still in the process of learning about fungi herself but looks forward to sharing what she has begun to understand thus...

FEP Early Spring Amphibian and Natural History Walk

Early Spring Amphibian and Natural History Walk | Saturday, March 25th Join Farmscape Ecology Program (FEP) on a walk to visit amphibian breeding grounds, such as vernal pools, to look for frog and salamander egg masses, and discuss the ecology and importance of these...

Ecology Walk

Pollinator Meadow Walk at Overmountain Conservation Area This event is co-sponsored by the Columbia Land Conservancy (CLC). In November of 2019, facilitated by Jamie Purinton, Claudia Knab-Vispo, and CLC, a group of volunteers seeded a native wildflower meadow on an...