New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced that the next Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop will be held September 5-7, 2008 at Silver Bay on Lake George, Warren County. This is the fifteenth year that DEC has offered these workshops. To date, more than 2,000 women have participated.
“Increasingly, women [...]
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Jeff, on the The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog, writes about Training for the Big Hike. It’s good reading for anyone contemplating a long hike in the future.
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New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) recently conducted four Walkable Community workshops during the first week of June. If you have ideas for future workshop locations or would like to host a workshop in your area, please contact NYMTC. Workshops focus on making areas more livable by recommending walking and biking improvements with safety a [...]
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Posted in Bird Watching, Conservation, Education / skills, Rochester, Wildlife, tagged bird conservation, birdcor, classroom, educator training, Genesee Valley Audubon Society, middle school, new york, ny, Scottsville, teachers, workshop on June 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Event Date: Thursday, July 31 (detailed schedule below)
Location: 1200A Scottsville Rd Ste 160, Rochester NY
Hosted by: Monroe County Soil & Water Conservation District
Presented by: BirdCOR & Genesee Valley Audubon Society
Phone: 585-223-8369
Web site: www.birdcor.org
Event Details:
* Educator training programs open to teachers and nonformal educators.
* Project WILD is a wildlife-focused conservation education program for K-12 educators. [...]
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Saturday “Intro to Kayaking” Classes
This is a great starter class held every Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon. There is a maximum of 5 persons/class so registration is required.
The class covers:
* kayak definitions & lingo
* basic water safety
* basic strokes
* wet exits and re-entry
* and much more!
Cost $55/person. Call 716-763-2266 to register.
Advanced [...]
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The Historical Museum located at 55 north Main Street in Canandaigua will host a reception for its latest exhibit, The Erie Canal: Where Water Flows Uphill. It will be this Saturday June 21. Stop in for a glass of wine and some friendly talk. The event begins at 7 PM and [...]
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Posted in Bird Watching, Discounts, Education / skills, Hiking, Lake Ontario, tagged Birds of the Great Lakes, Black Pond Wildlife Management Area, Chris Lajewski, Ellisburg., Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National Get Outdoors Day, new york, ny, outdoors, sackets harbor, Seaway Trail Foundation, The Nature Conservancy on June 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Governor David A. Paterson and the New York State Legislature have recognized the Seaway Trail Foundation as the only host of activities for the first National Get Outdoors Day. By joint action the New York State Legislature has declared Saturday, June 14, 2008 as National Get Outdoors Day in the State of New York. Activities [...]
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Click here for What’s Wrong with the Picture? Then once you’ve visualized the problem you can click through to instructions on the correct way to hold a paddle.
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There’s plenty of doom and gloom in the news right now: Gas prices are chugging toward $4.00 a gallon; obesity rates continue to expand; commuters are wasting time each day in traffic gridlock, every gallon of oil burned contributing to global climate change.
Maybe you plan help the situation by joining the throngs and bike to [...]
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Posted in Education / skills, Finger Lakes, Kayaking, Paddling, Rochester, tagged canandaigua outlet, new york, ny, whitewater, Wild Water Derby on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
If you’ve ever wanted to learn white water kayaking, here’s an article you must read. We have the best -Art Miller. He’s working with the Shortsville Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce to develop the Wild Water Derby stretch of Canandaigua Outlet into a permanent whitewater facility.
Art’s company is Kayak Adventures.
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