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Jay Holmes
Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NY
To explore the shore!
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Jay Holmes
Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY
To explore the winter activities of Black Rock Forest and continue our monitoring of the trout.
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Wileyda Cadona
Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY
To investigate the Winter habitats in the Hudson Highlands: Water testing in ponds and streams, exploring the landscape through painting, plant and fungus identification. Participation in Trout in the Classroom project. PLUS! YC Planning Committee work weekend! :)
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Wileyda Cadona
Anthony's Nose, Manitou, NY
To investigate the Fall habitats in the Hudson Highlands: Water testing in ponds and streams, exploring the landscape through painting, plant and fungus identification.
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Wileyda Cadona
Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY
To investigate the steams and turtles of this 4000 acre forest.
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Alvaro Sierra
Appalachian Trail from East Lee, Massachusetts to near Kent, Connecticut.
To challenge our physical strength with a long-distance hike in the hottest month of the year... we must be crazy... we hope to observe the wildlife of the area as we make our way through the hills of western Massachusetts and Connecticut.
To view our report on this hike click here
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David LaSalle
Bull Hill, Cold Springs NY
To explore the summer habitats of the Hudson Highlands.
To view our report on this hike click here
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AT trail in CT
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Popolopen Torne, NY Click here for details.
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Alvaro S.
Catskills, NY Click here for Information Switched to Tuxedo Park area, Bald Rock Mountain and Island Park
- Explore and investigate the ecology of our area, and for a lucky few a Sleep-over/Camp-out.
- If you have any more ideas on activities to do on the hike, please click here.
- The Big Questions.
- Jay's report
- Alvaro's Report
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Wileyda
Breezy Point, Far Rockaway, NY
- Help the National Park Service protect the nesting grounds of the threatened species: the Piping Plover.
- Participants will erect protective fencing and informative signs to prevent people from disturbing the nesting grounds.
- To learn more, Click here.
- The Big Questions.
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Michael G.
Sloatsburg NY on the Orange Port Jervis Line.
Click here for Hike Schedule.
- Explore and investigate the ecology of our area, and for a lucky few a Sleep-over/Camp-out. The area we're going has a lot of great viewpoints. We will stop for photo sessions.
- Bring your camera or a paint set there will be lots of wonderful views.
- If you have any more ideas on things to do on the hike, please click here.
- The Big Questions.
- Cold weather hiking A MUST READ FOR ALL JOINING US THIS WEEKEND
- The Reports are in! http://home.att.net/~jvantassell/feb_hike_reports.htm
- The pics are here! http://home.att.net/~jvantassell/feb_hike.htm
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Charlotte V.
Tuxedo NY on the orange Port Jervis line
Click here for Hike schedule.
- Explore and investigate the ecology of our area, we can also do Landscape paintings.
- If you have any more ideas on things to do on the hike, please click here.
- The Big Questions.
- What are we cooking/eating? E-mail your ideas.
- Road Map
- Aerial Photo
- Cold weather hiking A MUST READ FOR ALL JOINING US THIS WEEKEND
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To be determined
- Explore and investigate the ecology of our area.
- The Big Questions.
- This month, POETRY!
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Manitou, New York to Garrison, New York
Meet at 7:15 AM at the Grand Central Terminal Information Booth. Return around 6:30 PM
> Explore habitats, observe wildlife, observe the human impact on the location. Click here to suggest other environmental topics to investigate along the way.
Grand Central Station Information Desk in the central lobby
42nd Street and Park Avenue, New York, NY. Click here for detailed plan
7:10 AM - 6:30 PM
> Explore the habitats of the Hudson Highlands on Breakneck Ridge. We will share our experiences on this web site and through e-mail with the rest of the YouthCaN community Are you coming? Are you organizing a hike in your area?
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And here is Hans' photo page, check out the fancy links!
And here are Max's photos!