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Our upcoming walks for the Spring and Summer of 2008 are listed below. Please check this web page again shortly before the date of the walk, in case we need to make any last-minute changes. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. 

Springflower Walks (co-sponsored by the Columbia Land Conservancy) are scheduled for:

• Sunday, April 20^th, 1pm: Floodplain Forest of Kinderhook Creek on private land in Old Chatham
• Sunday, May 4^th, 1pm: Round Ball Public Conservation Area in Ancram
• Saturday, May 10^th, 9:30am: Hawthorne Valley – Phudd Hill in Ghent
• Sunday, May 18^th, 1pm: No-Bottom-Pond in Beebe State Forest in Austerlitz

These walks give you a chance to really become familiar with the spring flowers of our County. If you attend a series of them, you will see the same species at different stages of development and get a sense for the different species assemblages in different habitats. We also share lots of interesting information about the ecology and lore of these wonderful early “harbingers of spring”. Please check back here during the week before each walk for directions.

Hawthorne Valley Farm Ecology Walks (co-sponsored by the Columbia Land Conservancy) are scheduled for:

• Saturday, June 7^th, 2pm: “A Scattering of Wings: Butterflies and Birds”
• Saturday, July 5^th, 2pm: “Under Foot & Under Hoof: Plants of Pastures and Hayfields”
• Saturday, August 2^nd, 2pm: “Getting Your Feet Wet: Aquatic Life”
• Saturday, September 6^th, 2pm: “The Stars of Fall: Asters and Goldenrods”
• Saturday, October 4^th, 2pm: “Color of the Wood: Forest Trees”

All Hawthorne Valley Farm Ecology Walks will start in front of the Hawthorne Valley Farmstore, 327 Route 21C, Ghent.

Please also visit our Farmscape Ecology Program Info Table in front of the Farmstore on each first Saturday of the month from June – October (same days as the Farm Ecology Walks) from 10am – 2pm. We will display seasonal hands-on natural history materials, answer your natural history questions, and update you on our research and other activities.