A chance to meet the director to learn about the opportunities for children to attend our Summer Nature Camp. The director will also share his stories and experiences with the program. Refreshments will be served.
Volunteer Opportunity! Come and help beautify some of our spaces along trails and trees. Great for service credit hours. Please bring work gloves, if you have them. All other tools will be provided. Meet at Visitor Center.
Volunteer Opportunity! Come and help beautify some of our spaces along trails and trees. Great for service credit hours. Please bring work gloves, if you have them. All other tools will be provided. Meet at Visitor Center.
We will seek out some of the earlier warbler migrants, as well as staying in tune with the backyard and aquatic birds. Please bring binoculars. Meet at Visitor Center.
Discuss how squirrels survive during the winter. Review their forging habits and what they do right as winter ends. We will then observe them in their wild habitat. Meet at Visitor Center.
We will search for natural signs and items that have been placed in “treasure boxes”. This is a fun way for kids to find clues and ideas that will help educate them about their natural surroundings. Meet at Visitor Center.
Volunteer Opportunity. Come help clear trees and shrubs of these problematic climbers. Great for service credit hours. Please bring work gloves. All other tools will be provided. Meet at Visitor Center.
Discuss and identify birds and other species that you may find in your backyard. This includes a journey into the Sanctuary. Meet at Visitor Center.
We will look at the parts that make up the sum of this exciting project. This includes a living shipwreck visit, geology exploration and a chronology demonstration. Meet at Visitor Center.
This popular program! We will learn the needs of these creatures that constantly struggle for nesting habitat. All materials will be provided to make a box. Participants must register by February 25, 2024. Registration can be done by the following: sqw2@westchestercountyny.gov or by phone at 914-967-8720. Limit one Bluebird box per household to take home. […]
Observe different species of evergreen vegetation, from trees to shrubs and others. This will include sample collecting. Meet at Visitor Center.
Volunteer Opportunity! Help remove invasive plants. For those who have visited Read Sanctuary before, the awareness of the presence of invasive plants is known. Learn removal techniques and identification of these problematic plants. Great for Service Credit Hours. All tools and hand gloves will be provided. Meet at Visitor Center.
