ECOS NEWS

 

CALENDAR of EVENTS for January 2010

DATE

GROUP

ACTIVITY – LOCATION

CONTACT

Jan 1/F

FREEC

Outing: 30th Annual New Year’s Day Bird Count                                      9 am

475-0291

 

FREEC

Outing: Winter Greenery                                                                           10 am

475-0291

Jan 2/Sa

HMBC

Outing: Troy Christmas Bird Count; Larry Alden, Coord.

785-6760

 

FREEC

Prog: Tree Identification                                                                             2 pm

475-0291

 

SCADK

Outing: Fir Mountain; John Susko

383-1284

Jan 3/Su

SCADK

Outing: Blackhead; Elie bijou

718-377-2990

Jan 4/M

HMBC

Prog: Bird Quiz/A Test of Your ID Skills; Bill Danielson                         7 pm

785-6760

Jan 5/Tu

ECOS

Ski & Snowshoe outing  location tba call Monday after 2pm

370-4125

Jan 9/Sa

ETTNC

Outing: snowshoe hike call for meeting location rentals available           10 am

872-0800

 

ETTNC

Program: Signs of Wildlife  $1 pp  pre-register                                          2 pm

872-0800

 

FREEC

Outing: Birding by Snowshoe; free; regis. by 1/6; hike if no snow            9 am

475-0291

 

FREEC

Outing: Natural History of Empty Nests                                                     9 am              

475-0291

 

GLSP

Winter Bird Watching          $2 pp $5 per family                                       11am

279-1155

 

NYSM

Prog: Furry Tales & Touchables; free; 4-6 yr. olds                        11-11:45 am

474-5877

 

SCADK

Outing: Taconic Crest Trail Winter Section Hike

381-9319

 

WWPP

Program: Tracking with Vince Walsh  members $10 non-members $20  10-2

450-0321

Jan 10/Su

DPEEC

Outing: Guided Snowshoe Hike; free; rentals avail. w/ pre-regis.          1-3 pm

658-2055

 

ETTNC

Class: Winter Botany with Ruth Schottman  $2 pp                       10 am-2 pm

872-0800

Jan 12/Tu

ECOS

Ski & Snowshoe outing  location tba call Monday after 2pm

370-4125

Jan 13/W

SCADK

Outing: Slide Mountain; Phil Fountain

371-8585

Jan 14/Th

JBTSP

Snowshoe walk  Hop Field                                                                       10 am

872-1237

Jan 15/F

GLSP

Outing: Snowshoe hike  $3 pp includes snowshoe rental                          2 pm 

279-1155

Jan 16/Sa

FREEC

Outing: Canids of NY                                                                               10 am

475-0291

 

JBTSP

Snowshoe walk  Hop Field                                                                       10 am

872-1237

 

SCADK

Outing: X-C Skiing, Cole Hill State Forest; Rich Vertigan

381-9319

 

SCADK

Outing: Kaaterskill High Peak; Elie Bijou

377-2990

Jan 17/Su

ETTNC

Program: Culture of the Mohican People                                                   2 pm

872-0800

Jan 19/Tu

ECOS

Ski & Snowshoe outing  location tba call Monday after 2pm

370-4125

Jan 23/Sa

FREEC

Outing: Snowshoe Training for Vol.’s                                                      10 am

475-0291

 

FREEC

Outing: Snowshoe Walk; all levels; will look for animal signs                  2 pm

475-0291

 

GLSP

Prog: 25th Annual Winter Fest                                                         10 am-4 pm

279-1155

 

JBTSP

Snowshoe walk  Hop Field                                                                       10 am

872-1237

Jan 23/Sa

NYSM

Prog: Furry Tales & Touchables; free; 4-6 yr. olds                        11-11:45 am

474-5877

 

SCADK

Outing: Buck Mountain; Ken & Nilde Marcinowski

885-9400

 

SCADK

Outing: Botheration Pond Ski Tour; Roy Keats

370-0399

Jan 24/Su

SCADK

Outing: Giant & Rocky Peak Ridge; Herb Terns

372-8478

Jan 24-30/

Su -Sa

SCADK

Outing: Moonlight Snowshoe, Featherstonehaugh SF; Rich Vertigan

381-9319

Jan 26/Tu

ECOS

Ski & Snowshoe outing  location tba call Monday after 2pm

370-4125

Jan 28/Th

JBTSP

Snowshoe walk  Hop Field                                                                       10 am

872-1237

Jan 29/F

CLC

Outing: Owl Prowl; Rheinstrom Hill Audubon Sanctuary and Center     6:30-8 pm

392-5252

Jan 30/Sa

FREEC

Prog: Water Animals in Winter                                                                 10 am

475-0291

 

FREEC

Outing: Winter Tracking                                                                             2 pm

475-0291

 

DPEEC

Outing: Full Wolf Moon Guided Ski Trek; intermed. level only; free       7 pm

658-2055

 

SCADK

Outing: Acra Point Loop; Norm Kuchar

399-6243

 

WWPP

Outing: Moonlight Ski & Snowshoe                                          7 pm- 9:30 pm

450-0321

Jan 30–Sept 6

NYSM

Prog: Birds of NY & Paintings of Louis Agassiz Fuertes; Crossroads Gallery

474-5877

Jan 31/Su

ETTNC

Program: Nocturnal Songbird Migration                                                   2 pm

872-0800

Key to Organization Abbreviations

ADK

Adirondack Mountain Club

AFPA

Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks

APBP

Albany Pine Bush Preserve

ASCR

Audubon Society of the Capital Region

BGVC

Blenheim-Gilboa Visitor Center

CCE

Cornell Cooperative Extension

CL

Colonie Library

CLC

Columbia Land Conservancy

CPSP

Cherry Plain State Park

DPEEC

Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center

ECOS

ECOS:  The Environmental Clearinghouse

ENHP

E. N. Huyck Preserve

ETTNC

Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center

FJR

Florence Jones Reineman Wildlife Sanctuary

FOK

Friends of the Kayderosseras

FREEC

Five Rivers Environmental Education Center

GLA

George Landis Arboretum

GLSP

Grafton Lakes State park

HMBC

Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club

HMSC

Hudson-Mohawk Group Sierra Club

HW

Helderberg Workshop

JBSP

John Boyd Thacher State Park

KCAC

Kawing Crow Awareness Center

LGLC

Lake George Land Conservancy

MCELC

Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center

MHLC

Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy

MCHC

Mohawk Valley Hiking Club

MHCC

Mohawk Hudson Cycling Club

NEC

Ndakinna Education Center

NRD

Niskayuna Recreation Department

NYPA

New York Power Authority Blenheim-Gilboa

NYSM

New York State Museum

PISP

Peebles Island State Park

RTLC

Rensselaer Land Trust

SC

Schenectady County

SCADK

Schenectady Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club

SCSHS

Schoharie Crossing State Historic sITE

SISP

Schodack Island State Park

SPB

Save the Pine Bush

SPLAN

Saratoga Preserving Land and Nature

SSSP

Saratoga Spa State Park

THC

Taconic Hiking Club

TLSP

Thompson’s Lake State Park

UC

Union College

UYF

Up Yonda Farm

WWPP

Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park