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Indian Creek Nature Center near Rensselaer Falls plans invasives workshop Saturday, more events through fall

Posted 9/10/15

RENSSELAER FALLS -- Indian Creek Nature Center is planning programs and workshops through fall and into the winter. “Weeds: The good, the bad, the ugly, and the invasives” is planned for Sept. 12 …

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Indian Creek Nature Center near Rensselaer Falls plans invasives workshop Saturday, more events through fall

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RENSSELAER FALLS -- Indian Creek Nature Center is planning programs and workshops through fall and into the winter.

“Weeds: The good, the bad, the ugly, and the invasives” is planned for Sept. 12 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. It will include lessons on what weeds growing around the center are edible, invasive, medicinal or dangerous.

More info: Don O’Shea, 393-5137

“Fall warblers and other migrants” will be Sept. 19 at 8 a.m. Participants should bring binoculars and plan to hike through shrubland, marsh, wetland and forest habitats.

More info: Eileen Wheeler, 386-2482

“Night sky” will include skygazing at Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. There will be a telescope and binoculars available. There will be lessons on mythology behind the constellations and viewing of star clusters and the Andromeda galaxy.

More info: Jeff Miller, jeff@stlawu.edu or 229-5493.

A canoe and kayak trip on the marsh is slated for Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to noon. Life jackets are required. Event organizers suggest brining binoculars, a camera and bug repellant. The group will be at the DEC middle access road on county Route 14, 1.6 miles from state Route 68.

Registration required: Mary Beth Warburton, 268-0150 or Ann Spencer, 379-1383

A work day is planned Sept. 27 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. People can join nature center board members getting things prepared for winter. Participants can use provided tools or bring their own.

More info: Roger Hutchinson, 386-4795

“Fungi at the Nature Center” is planned for Oct. 3 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Participants will see lichens, shelf fungi, and mushrooms, and distinguish these fungi from similar (but non-fungal) organisms like slime molds. Event organizers suggest bringing a magnifying lens, notepad and pencil.

More info: Claire Burkum, cburkum@stlaw.edu or 261-1884

“Geologic features of the nature center and the north country” with SLU geology professor John Bursnall will be Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon. The group will check out geology around the center with some road stops in the surrounding area.

More info: Bursnall, 344-7245

There will be a winter tracking day Jan. 2 from 10 a.m. to noon. Peter O’Shea, a local naturalist and author, will lead a group in identifying animals by their tracks. In case of deep snow, people can bring snowshoes or loan them from the center.

More info: O’Shea, 848-2178