Walk

Alvar habitats of Jefferson County

Saturday, July 25, 2015 - 12:00am to 11:45pm

  Renee Petipas and Bruce Gilman will be our guides to these unique alvar sites. This will be an all day excursion. Meet a 8 am at CCE to carpool. Bring lunch and dress for warm, sunny conditions. 

Leader: 
Renee Petipas, Bruce Gilman
Location: 
Jefferson County

Asteraceae #2

Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 1:00pm to Sunday, July 19, 2015 - 12:45pm

The second in a series of three walks devoted to learning to identify our native asters and goldenrods. Registration is required if you wish to receive materials in advance. For e-mail registration, go to botphoto.com and click "Contact" on the top menu bar).  Meet at CCE at 1 pm to carpool or at Toboggan Lodge (behind Martha Van Renssalaer Hall) at 1:15 pm. 

Leader: 
Arieh Tal
Location: 
Beebe Lake, Cornell University Campus

Jam Pond

Saturday, July 11, 2015 - 9:00am to Sunday, July 12, 2015 - 8:45am

    Jam Pond is a diverse peatland in Chenango County, located within the DEC's Five Streams Management Unit. This walk will require some bushwhacking and we are certain to get wet feet, so come prepared. It will be well worth the effort! Meet at CCE at 9 am to carpool.

Leader: 
Mike Hough
Location: 
Jam Pond

Mother's Day Walk

Sunday, May 10, 2015 - 1:00pm to Monday, May 11, 2015 - 12:45pm

Last Minute Addition!

Robert Wesley will lead a wildflower walk in the Six Mile Creek Natural Area on Sunday, May 10, starting at 1 pm.
The spring ephemerals are a little past peak; see them now while you still can! Meet in the parking area of the Mulholland Wildflower Preserve.

Leader: 
F. Robert Wesley
Location: 
Mulholland Wildflower Preserve, Six Mile Creek Natural Area, Ithaca

Bushwacking HIke

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 6:00pm to Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 5:45pm

SPECIAL April 1 WALK! We will explore the joys of hiking off trail through tick-infested fields, massive, dense thickets of blackberry, raspberry, greenbrier, multiflora rose, privet, hawthorn and buckthorn and, if we are lucky, a pond border lush with poison ivy, poison sumac, deep mud and treacherous footing. We will scale smooth, wet rockface and iceface (weather permitting). We will stop often to identify plants.  Please bring a hand lens, sturdy boots, tick repellant, leather pants and a leather shirt, if you got them. We will leave promptly at 6:00 pm, from Cornell’s Clock Tower.

Leader: 
Norm Trigoboff
Location: 
McGraw Clock Tower, next to Olin Library, Cornell Campus

Spring Flora Walk -Six Mile Creek

Saturday, May 2, 2015 - 1:00pm to Sunday, May 3, 2015 - 12:45pm

  

Leader: 
Susanne Lorbeer & Arieh Tal
Location: 
Elizabeth Mulholland Wildflower Preserve, Six Mile Creek, Ithaca; Meet at Cornell Cooperative Extension on Willow St. at 1:00p.m. to carpool. Or at the Giles St. parking lot at 1:20

Spring Flora Walk At Upper Buttermilk Falls State Park - STAGGERED MEETING TIMES

Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 12:30pm

A walk along the Bear Trail, rich with Spring Flora!  Parking fees ($7.00/car) may be in effect at the Park. NOTE STAGGERED MEETING TIMES DEPENDING ON LOCATION. 

Leader: 
Robert Wesley
Location: 
Meet at the upper entrance at 1:00 p.m. (or at the Ithaca High School Parking Lot at 12:30 p.m. to carpool)

Winter Tree Walk NOTE STAGGERED MEETING TIMES depending on location.

Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 10:00am to Sunday, March 22, 2015 - 9:45am

Join Akiva for a walk in the woods as we hike through the spectacular Danby State Forest (in a different direction than last year). We will be working on winter ID of trees and shrubs by looking at bark, buds, and form. Akiva will also be talking about survival uses of trees and shrubs as well as their natural history. The state forest is home to a wide diversity of trees as well as a massive and surreal wetland. Meet at CCE at 10 am to carpool, or 10:30 at the site: Take 96b south to Danby, turn right on Michigan Hollow Road (which is soon after Bald Hill Road).

Leader: 
Akiva Silver
Location: 
Danby State Forest

FLNPS Annual Seed Collection Outing RAINDATE SUNDAY

Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 1:00pm to Monday, October 20, 2014 - 12:45pm

Learn how to collect seeds of late-flowering native plants while gathering seeds for Plantations and the FLNPS seed exchange. Collecting equipment will be provided. For more information, and to be sure you are notified of any weather related changes, contact us at info@flnps.org or 607-257-4853. RAINDATE Oct. 19. 

Leader: 
Krissy Boys
Location: 
TBA - Meet at CCE at 1pm

Lime Hollow Walk

Saturday, September 20, 2014 - 9:15am

Join Mike Hough for a tour of the woods and wetlands of Lime Hollow, near Cortland. We may see Lobelia cardinalis in flower, many asters and goldenrods, and some other fall favorites. Meet at CCE to carpoll at 9:15 am, or at the northernmost parking area on Gracie Rd. at 10:00 am. Map of trails here: http://www.limehollow.org/visit/trail-map.pdf.

Leader: 
Mike Hough
Location: 
Lime Hollow