ECOS NEWS
CALENDAR
of EVENTS for January 2010
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GROUP
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ACTIVITY – LOCATION |
CONTACT
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Jan 1/F
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FREEC
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Outing: 30th Annual New Year’s Day Bird
Count
9 am
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475-0291
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FREEC
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Outing: Winter Greenery 10
am
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475-0291
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Jan 2/Sa
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HMBC
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Outing: Troy Christmas Bird Count; Larry Alden, Coord.
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785-6760
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FREEC
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Prog: Tree Identification
2 pm
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475-0291
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SCADK
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Outing: Fir Mountain; John Susko
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383-1284
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Jan 3/Su
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SCADK
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Outing: Blackhead; Elie bijou
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718-377-2990
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Jan 4/M
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HMBC
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Prog: Bird Quiz/A Test of Your ID Skills; Bill
Danielson 7 pm
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785-6760
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Jan 5/Tu
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ECOS
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Ski & Snowshoe outing
location tba call Monday after 2pm
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370-4125
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Jan 9/Sa
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ETTNC
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Outing: snowshoe hike call for meeting location rentals
available 10 am
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872-0800
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ETTNC
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Program: Signs of Wildlife $1 pp
pre-register 2 pm
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872-0800
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FREEC
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Outing: Birding by Snowshoe; free; regis. by 1/6; hike if
no snow 9 am
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475-0291
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FREEC
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Outing: Natural History of Empty Nests
9 am
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475-0291
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GLSP
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Winter Bird Watching $2 pp $5 per family 11am
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279-1155
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NYSM
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Prog: Furry Tales & Touchables; free; 4-6 yr.
olds 11-11:45 am
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474-5877
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SCADK
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Outing: Taconic Crest Trail Winter Section Hike
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381-9319
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WWPP
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Program: Tracking with Vince Walsh members $10 non-members $20 10-2
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450-0321
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Jan 10/Su
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DPEEC
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Outing: Guided Snowshoe Hike; free; rentals avail. w/
pre-regis. 1-3 pm
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658-2055
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ETTNC
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Class: Winter Botany with Ruth Schottman $2 pp 10 am-2 pm
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872-0800
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Jan 12/Tu
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ECOS
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Ski & Snowshoe outing
location tba call Monday after 2pm
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370-4125
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Jan 13/W
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SCADK
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Outing: Slide Mountain; Phil Fountain
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371-8585
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Jan 14/Th
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JBTSP
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Snowshoe walk Hop
Field 10
am
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872-1237
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Jan 15/F
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GLSP
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Outing: Snowshoe hike
$3 pp includes snowshoe rental 2 pm
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279-1155
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Jan 16/Sa
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FREEC
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Outing: Canids of NY
10
am
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475-0291
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JBTSP
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Snowshoe walk Hop
Field
10 am
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872-1237
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SCADK
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Outing: X-C Skiing, Cole Hill State Forest; Rich Vertigan
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381-9319
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SCADK
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Outing: Kaaterskill High Peak; Elie Bijou
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377-2990
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Jan 17/Su
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ETTNC
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Program: Culture of the Mohican People
2 pm
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872-0800
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Jan 19/Tu
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ECOS
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Ski & Snowshoe outing
location tba call Monday after 2pm
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370-4125
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Jan 23/Sa
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FREEC
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Outing: Snowshoe Training for Vol.’s
10 am
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475-0291
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FREEC
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Outing: Snowshoe Walk; all levels; will look for animal
signs 2 pm
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475-0291
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GLSP
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Prog: 25th Annual Winter Fest 10
am-4 pm
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279-1155
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JBTSP
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Snowshoe walk Hop
Field
10 am
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872-1237
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Jan 23/Sa
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NYSM
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Prog: Furry Tales & Touchables; free; 4-6 yr.
olds 11-11:45 am
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474-5877
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SCADK
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Outing: Buck Mountain; Ken & Nilde Marcinowski
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885-9400
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SCADK
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Outing: Botheration Pond Ski Tour; Roy Keats
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370-0399
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Jan 24/Su
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SCADK
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Outing: Giant & Rocky Peak Ridge; Herb Terns
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372-8478
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Jan 24-30/
Su -Sa
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SCADK
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Outing: Moonlight Snowshoe, Featherstonehaugh SF; Rich
Vertigan
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381-9319
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Jan 26/Tu
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ECOS
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Ski & Snowshoe outing
location tba call Monday after 2pm
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370-4125
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Jan 28/Th
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JBTSP
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Snowshoe walk Hop
Field
10 am
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872-1237
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Jan 29/F
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CLC
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Outing: Owl Prowl; Rheinstrom Hill Audubon Sanctuary
and Center 6:30-8 pm
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392-5252
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Jan 30/Sa
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FREEC
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Prog: Water Animals in Winter
10 am
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475-0291
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FREEC
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Outing: Winter Tracking
2 pm
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475-0291
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DPEEC
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Outing: Full Wolf Moon Guided Ski Trek; intermed. level
only; free 7 pm
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658-2055
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SCADK
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Outing: Acra Point Loop; Norm Kuchar
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399-6243
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WWPP
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Outing: Moonlight Ski & Snowshoe 7
pm- 9:30 pm
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450-0321
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Jan 30–Sept 6
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NYSM
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Prog: Birds of NY & Paintings of Louis Agassiz
Fuertes; Crossroads Gallery
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474-5877
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Jan 31/Su
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ETTNC
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Program: Nocturnal Songbird Migration
2 pm
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872-0800
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Key to Organization Abbreviations |
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ADK |
Adirondack Mountain Club |
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AFPA |
Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks |
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APBP |
Albany Pine Bush Preserve |
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ASCR |
Audubon Society of the Capital Region |
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BGVC |
Blenheim-Gilboa Visitor Center |
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CCE |
Cornell Cooperative Extension |
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CL |
Colonie Library |
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CLC |
Columbia Land Conservancy |
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CPSP |
Cherry Plain State Park |
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DPEEC |
Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center |
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ECOS |
ECOS: The Environmental Clearinghouse |
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ENHP |
E. N. Huyck Preserve |
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ETTNC |
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center |
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FJR |
Florence Jones Reineman Wildlife Sanctuary |
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FOK |
Friends of the Kayderosseras |
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FREEC |
Five Rivers Environmental Education Center |
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GLA |
George Landis Arboretum |
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GLSP |
Grafton Lakes State park |
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HMBC |
Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club |
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HMSC |
Hudson-Mohawk Group Sierra Club |
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HW |
Helderberg Workshop |
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JBSP |
John Boyd Thacher State Park |
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KCAC |
Kawing Crow Awareness Center |
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LGLC |
Lake George Land Conservancy |
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MCELC |
Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center |
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MHLC |
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy |
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MCHC |
Mohawk Valley Hiking Club |
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MHCC |
Mohawk Hudson Cycling Club |
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NEC |
Ndakinna Education Center |
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NRD |
Niskayuna Recreation Department |
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NYPA |
New York Power Authority Blenheim-Gilboa |
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NYSM |
New York State Museum |
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PISP |
Peebles Island State Park |
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RTLC |
Rensselaer Land Trust |
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SC |
Schenectady County |
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SCADK |
Schenectady Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club |
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SCSHS |
Schoharie Crossing State Historic sITE |
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SISP |
Schodack Island State Park |
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SPB |
Save the Pine Bush |
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SPLAN |
Saratoga Preserving Land and Nature |
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SSSP |
Saratoga Spa State Park |
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THC |
Taconic Hiking Club |
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TLSP |
Thompson’s Lake State Park |
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UC |
Union College |
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UYF |
Up Yonda Farm |
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WWPP |
Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park |
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