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Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Humphrey Nature Center. Letchworth State Park educator Theo Berenson gives us
a look at the small things swimming in our waterways. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Hike more than 130 steps to feel the spray of Lower
Falls, stand on the stone footbridge, and learn why the falls are naturally
eroding much faster than Middle or Upper Falls. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Lower Falls Restaurant. Search for crayfish of the Genesee River, learn about
these important animals. Waterproof walking shoes recommended. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of the
1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people with
epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural tools and
family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear where to
learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 until Monday, September 30, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Celebrate the world-famous phenomenon of monarch butterfly
migration with detailed hand-built displays. See live caterpillars in the
nursery in late August into September.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever
attempted was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90
miles through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Humphrey Nature Center. The "Indian Chief" of Middle Falls, fishers screaming in the
night, Mary Jemison's land deal, the "Torture Tree" of Little Beard's
Town...Conrad Baker tells these popular, important stories, points to where they
stray from history, and advocates that they should be preserved.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Wolf Creek parking area. Delve into this lesser-known waterfall ravine,
remembering the wolves that once denned here.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Archery Field Overlook. Feel the complex adaptations animals use to survive
harsh winters and tough food in the Genesee Valley.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Upper Falls picnic area. Feel the rumble and spray of two powerful Genesee
River waterfalls. See historic photos taken from these famous overlooks,
showing landscapes and railroad bridges of the past.
Registration: Not required
Mon
05
Aug
Monday, August 5, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear its
wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural tools and
family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear where to
learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Mount Morris Dam. Use your observation skills and join the I BIRD NY
Challenge by identifying any 10 bird species of your choosing in New York
State. All participants will be awarded a commemorative patch, given a
completion certificate, and entered into a drawing for great birding prizes
when challenge sheets are submitted to birdingchallenge@dec.ny.gov.
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 08:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. In a less familiar realm of sights and sounds, experience
the changing colors and moods in the blending zone of dawn or dusk. 2 miles.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Great Bend Overlook. Learn about the canyon raptors of Letchworth State
Park. Information table with displays.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah (Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Humphrey Nature Center. Steve Tulowiecki gives a detailed tour of this new
resource that includes over 100 pages of maps that shine new light on the
nature, history, and tourism of the park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Council Grounds. Explore the blocks planted along the Erie Railroad.
1.5 miles.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Middle Falls. Step through the veil of lore, shine a light on tales of the
Genesee Valley...ghost deer of the
falls, the railroad bridge fire "conspiracy," Mary Jemison's
legendary land purchase negotiation, the Torture Tree...and more. Will take
rustic stone steps to Mary Jemison's grave site. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Hike more than 130 steps to feel the spray of Lower Falls,
stand on the stone footbridge, and learn why the falls are naturally eroding
much faster than Middle or Upper Falls. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Mon
12
Aug
Monday, August 12, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Mon
12
Aug
Monday, August 12, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
13
Aug
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
14
Aug
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Meet Osistah, our Black Rat Snake, to better learn
about these often-misunderstood creatures. We may even dispel a myth or two!
Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Accomplished naturalist Wayne Gall takes a deep dive into a
specific type of precious wetland found in the park and the surprising
diversity of life it supports. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Upper Falls picnic area. Feel the rumble and spray of two powerful Genesee River waterfalls. See historic photos taken from these famous overlooks, showing landscapes and railroad bridges of the past.
Registration: Not required
Mon
19
Aug
Monday, August 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of the
1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people with
epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Mon
19
Aug
Monday, August 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Lower Falls Restaurant. Visit Lee's Landing in the glow of the Blue Moon.
Registration: Not required
Tue
20
Aug
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear its
wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
21
Aug
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Humphrey Nature Center. Kieran Kelley gives a masterclass in a popular and
useful online tool that can make your observations useful to scientists around
the world.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at campground registration building, across the
street from 7957 Schenck Road, Perry, NY. Part of a new series of nature walks aimed to immerse
participants into the diversity of habitats that can be found in Letchworth
State Park. Silver Lake flows into the Genesee River, forming a quiet ravine
and a hidden waterfall.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Mon
26
Aug
Monday, August 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
27
Aug
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
28
Aug
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds. 0.5 mile.
Registration: Not required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Explore around the Humphrey Nature Center to complete
our nature themed scavenger hunt and win a prize! 0.5 mile.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Mount Morris Dam overlook just south of 2640 Park
Road, Mount Morris, NY. Get the inside scoop on why it looks like there's no
river at the dam, what all those big dark birds are circling around, and how
the Genesee River formed the canyons of Letchworth State Park.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Letchworth State Park educator Mike Landowski
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Council Grounds Parking area. Learn about the history of the parks' Council Grounds.
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Upper Falls trestle parking area. Hear how these falls transformed from industrialized
lumbermill to America's best state park. See historic photos of all three
bridges that stood over Upper Falls.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 12:30 AM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Archery Field Overlook. Learn how the Genesee River carved the park's canyons.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Geology, history, and nature lore are the subjects of
a walk into the changing path of the Lower Falls. Lots of steps and muddy
spots.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Walk the same country estate grounds as Mr. Letchworth
and see his life's work in action, with historic photos.
Registration: Not required
Tue
03
Sep
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
03
Sep
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
04
Sep
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
05
Sep
Thursday, September 5, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Hunt for caterpillars, then get behind the scenes of
caterpillar raising and butterfly tagging. If there are adult butterflies ready
for release, help attach their ID tags and send them on their way to Mexico.
Registration: Not required
Thu
05
Sep
Thursday, September 5, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
06
Sep
Friday, September 6, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an industrial
zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's best state
park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sun
08
Sep
Sunday, September 8, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds.
Registration: Not required
Mon
09
Sep
Monday, September 9, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. The Knee-High Naturalists program is designed to allow
children ages 3 – 6 (must be
accompanied by an adult) to explore the natural world.
Themes change with each program, and
activities may include storybook reading, crafts, or a short
nature walk.
Registration: Not required
Mon
09
Sep
Monday, September 9, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
10
Sep
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Hunt for caterpillars, then get behind the scenes of caterpillar raising and butterfly tagging. Get the inside scoop on how metamorphosis actually works. If there are adult butterflies ready for release, help attach their ID tags and send them on their way to Mexico.
Registration: Not required
Tue
10
Sep
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
11
Sep
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
12
Sep
Thursday, September 12, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Sep
Friday, September 13, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Sep
Friday, September 13, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Sep
Friday, September 13, 2024 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Parade Grounds parking area, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. Enjoy the tranquility of the Tupelo Oxbow as we discuss
nature's engineers, the American
Beaver. Patient onlookers may even be treated to glimpses of
the oxbow's resident beaver.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Learn about the ever-changing woods in the Letchworth
Arboretum.
Registration: Not required
Mon
16
Sep
Monday, September 16, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
17
Sep
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
17
Sep
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
17
Sep
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Archery Field Overlook. Hike along the rim of the Great Bend Gorge.
Registration: Not required
Wed
18
Sep
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
19
Sep
Thursday, September 19, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Trout Pond. Use your observation skills and join the I BIRD NY Challenge
by identifying any 10 bird species of your choosing in New York State. All
participants will be awarded a commemorative patch, given a completion
certificate, and entered into a drawing for great birding prizes when challenge
sheets are submitted to birdingchallenge@dec.ny.gov.
Registration: Not required
Thu
19
Sep
Thursday, September 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
20
Sep
Friday, September 20, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
20
Sep
Friday, September 20, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Parade Grounds parking area, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. Special educational gathering by the Rochester Area
Mycological Society. A morning foray followed by a public display of the
mushrooms in the afternoon.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Buried Barrel Hard Cider in Castile, NY. Hear stories, folklore, and true legends of Letchworth State
Park and the Genesee Valley from the cidery within sight of the park's Castile
entrance. Meet at Buried Barrel Hard Cider, 6517 Denton Corners Road, Castile,
NY.
Registration: Not required
Mon
23
Sep
Monday, September 23, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Letchworth State Park
The Knee-High Naturalists program is designed to allow
children ages 3 – 6 (must be
accompanied by an adult) to explore the natural world.
Themes change with each program, and
activities may include storybook reading, crafts, or a short
nature walk.
Registration: Not required
Mon
23
Sep
Monday, September 23, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
24
Sep
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
24
Sep
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
25
Sep
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
26
Sep
Thursday, September 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Hunt for caterpillars, then get behind the scenes of
caterpillar raising and butterfly tagging.
Get the inside scoop on how metamorphosis actually works. If
there are adult butterflies ready for release, help attach their ID tags and send
them on their way to Mexico. Hear how you can help monarch butterflies succeed
on their endangered migration.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Parade Grounds parking lot, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. A new series of nature walks aimed to immerse
participants into the diversity of habitats that can be found in Letchworth
State Park.
Registration: Not required
Mon
30
Sep
Monday, September 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required