From stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us Fri Oct 2 11:37:31 2009 From: stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us (stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us) Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:37:31 -0400 Subject: [Stonykillalmanac] REMINDER: Saturday October 3-- Stony Kill Holds their 31st Harvest Festival Message-ID: <4AC5E5FB020000B60004ADF8@gwsmtp.dec.state.ny.us> Dear Friends: HARVEST FESTIVAL AT STONY KILL FARM The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation?s Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center will hold its 31st Annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 3, from 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM, rain or shine. DEC staff will be at the festival with activities and information. The Bureau of Recycling will conduct an environmental button-making activity for children and present a new recycling information display. Staff from the Hudson River Estuary Program will lead a Hudson River beachcombing activity, Hudson River Fisheries staff will conduct a fishing clinic, a forester will conduct a tree pruning demonstration, and a forest ranger will show how to prepare a safe campfire and use firefighting equipment. An environmental conservation officer will also be on hand to answer questions. There will also be special appearances by Smokey Bear. Musical entertainment will be provided by Linda Richards, a Hudson valley folk singer and environmental educator who has performed with Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and Tom Paxton. Linda?s sound system will be powered by solar panels provided by the Beacon Sloop Club. Hayrides will carry visitors back and forth between the farmstead, which includes an 18th Century Tenant Farmhouse, and the historic Manor House, built in 1842 by one of the oldest Dutch families in the region. AmeriCorps interns from the Student Conservation Association and special guests from the community will lead a variety of activities for children, including a scavenger hunt, a tree ID game, and nature crafts. Shane ?Whitefeather? Hobel of Mountain Scout Survival School will demonstrate wilderness and native American skills. Ti Yogi Bowmen will conduct an archery clinic, and the Mid-Hudson Gem and Mineral Society will lead a rock and mineral ?dig? for kids. ?Common Ground,? the Community Supported Agriculture group based at Stony Kill Farm, will provide information about their program, as well as children?s activities. Stony Kill?s barn will be open for guided tours, up close and personal with cattle, chickens, turkeys, sheep, and pigs. Admission is free. Food and refreshments will be available for sale, including homemade soups and baked goods from the Verplanck Garden Club, hot dogs and hamburgers from the Stony Kill Foundation, and vegetarian chili from Randolph School. Stony Kill Farm is owned and operated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and is located on State Route 9D, two miles north of the Beacon-Newburgh bridge. The Fall Harvest Festival is co-sponsored by Stony Kill Foundation. For more information, call Stony Kill Farm EEC at 845-831-8780, or visit us on the web at www.dec.ny.gov. From stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us Tue Oct 6 14:59:59 2009 From: stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us (stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us) Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:59:59 -0400 Subject: [Stonykillalmanac] Fwd: Preview NYSDEC's New Green Living Listserve References: <4ACB573C.F578.005A.0@gw.dec.state.ny.us> Message-ID: <4ACB5B6F.94A8.005A.0@gw.dec.state.ny.us> Dear Friend, As someone concerned with nature and environment in New York State, you are receiving this one-time email as an invitation to subscribe to the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation's Green Living listserve. If you choose to subscribe, you'll receive an email seasonally when we update the Green Living web pages. You can see the latest Green Living tips for Fall 2009 at http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/337.html and, if you choose, subscribe from the same page. Here's a preview: Ten Things You Can Do to Help the Environment Right Now - Plant cover crops to protect and enrich your soil over the winter. - What NOT do with fall leaves. We give you better options. - Learn how buying firewood locally protects New York forests. - Find the best places to see migrating hawks and shorebirds. - Regular anti-freeze is highly toxic. Choose a safer anti-freeze alternative. - Have a green Halloween! We have ideas for costumes with an environmental theme. - Add insulation to your home to get tax credits and keep comfortable all winter. - Fertilize lawns in the fall. - Fall and winter are critical times to check your tires' air pressure. - Find out how to create a root cellar and eat local all winter. Myth Buster: Supermarkets accept only plastic grocery bags for recycling. True or False? Get the details at http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/337.html#mythbuster Feel free to pass this email on to your friends and family, and encourage them to subscribe to be notified seasonally, when we add more tips on living greener today! Remember to browse the Green Living site for more information on how you can protect the planet. From stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us Thu Oct 8 12:24:40 2009 From: stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us (stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:24:40 -0400 Subject: [Stonykillalmanac] Project WILD Teacher Training Workshop--Your Invitation to Join Us Message-ID: <4ACDDA08020000B60004B2AE@gwsmtp.dec.state.ny.us> Dear Friends Stony Kill Farm Envionmental Education Center INVITES you to join us for Project WILD ? a Teacher Training Workshop being held at Stony Kill on Wednesday, October 21 from 4:00 - 7:00 PM. Registration is necessary by calling the center at 845-831-8780, ext 300. Deadline to register is Monday, October 19. The workshop is FREE! Please open the attachment for full details. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: SK WILD FLYER 2009-gbj.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 65194 bytes Desc: not available URL: From stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us Thu Oct 22 14:41:08 2009 From: stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us (stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:41:08 -0400 Subject: [Stonykillalmanac] WILDERNESS SURVIVAL COURSE at Stony Kill Message-ID: <4AE06F04020000B60004BFD3@gwsmtp.dec.state.ny.us> Dear Friends: Wilderness Survival Skills Workshop at Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center On Saturday, November 21, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center will present a special program on wilderness survival skills, for adults and children 12 years and older. The program will be conducted by Shane ?Whitefeather? Hobel of Mountain Scout Survival School. There is an instructor fee of $20.00 for this workshop. Registration is required; call 845-831-8780, ext. 300 by Wednesday, November 18. Participants will learn the basics of survival skills that have been honed for centuries by native people of this region in this special course. Shane ?Whitefeather? will teach primitive skills including how to start fires without matches, animal tracking, wilderness shelter building, making cordage from bark and other fibers, and more. An outdoor guide licensed by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Shane developed his wilderness skills under the teaching of Tom Brown Jr. and Stalking Wolf. Shane applies his knowledge and experience to his work as an educator at the Mountain Scout Survival School and trains members of law enforcement and the military in tracking. He is also one of five members in the United States of Tom Brown Jr?s Tracker Search and Forensic Investigation (www.trackersfi.org) team. Shane was recently highlighted in The New Yorker and was involved in filming a segment for History Channel?s Monster Quest this past summer. Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center is located 2 miles north of the Beacon-Newburgh bridge (I-84) on State Route 9D in the Town of Wappingers Falls. For more information about this and other programs at Stony Kill, call 845-831-8780, ext. 300, or go to DEC's website at www.dec.ny.gov. From stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us Thu Oct 22 14:51:30 2009 From: stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us (stonykillalmanac at lists.dec.state.ny.us) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:51:30 -0400 Subject: [Stonykillalmanac] SATURDAY NATURE PROGRAMS AT STONY KILL FARM Message-ID: <4AE07172020000B60004BFDB@gwsmtp.dec.state.ny.us> Dear Friends: Saturday Nature Programs at Stony Kill Farm You are invited to join the staff of Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center each Saturday in November at 2:00 PM for an outdoor experience in nature. Meet at the Manor House Visitor Center unless otherwise noted. GIS Mini-Workshop (indoors and outdoors) Saturday, November 7, 2:00 to 4:00 PM Join our guest presenter, Neil Curri, Senior GIS Resource Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, as we celebrate the upcoming ?Geography Awareness Week? (November 15-21). During the workshop, we?ll investigate the grounds at Stony Kill Farm using Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to collect coordinates of important features. We'll then map the coordinates on a computer using a Geographic Information System (GIS) to show patterns in the landscape and relationships among the features we've captured in the GPS. This technology has many applications, including use in scientific investigations and helping people find their way in the woods. For ages 12 and up. Registration is required. Call 845-831-8780, ext. 300. Green Birdfeeders Saturday, November 14 at 2:00 PM Attract winter residents like chickadees and nuthatches with feeders you can make from natural and recycled materials. Each individual or family will make at least one simple birdfeeder to use this winter. Surviving in the Wild Saturday, November 21, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM During this special half-day course, wilderness skills expert Shane Whitefeather will teach the basics of survival skills that have been honed for centuries by native people of this region. Fire making without matches, animal tracking, shelter building, natural cordage and more! (one-hour lunch break; please bring your own lunch and beverage) $20.00 instructor fee. Call 845-831-8780, ext. 300 to register or for more information. Campfire Cuisine Saturday, November 28 at 2:00 PM Learn how to build a campfire and then enjoy some simple foods (including popcorn) that can be cooked over its flames. For more information about Stony Kill Farm please call 845-831-8780, ext. 300. Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center is operated by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and is located on Route 9D in Wappingers Falls, about 2 miles north of the Beacon-Newburgh bridge (I-84). Visit Stony Kill?s website at http://www.dec.ny.gov/education/1833.html for a listing of more programs and activities you and your family can take part in. From the website, you can also join a listserve and be among the first to learn about special programs and events at Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center.