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SUMMARY:Community Science Events in Hudson Valley Cities Seek to Connect Residents to Local Streams and Wildlife
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto: Karen Pearson, courtesy of ScenicHudson.org ( http://scenichudson.org/ )\nCommunity will engage in collecting data to help biologists monitor urban ecosystems.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPOUGHKEEPSIE, NEWBURGH, & KINGSTON — Residents of all ages can learn about their city’s ecology by participating in local community science events this fall. Each event, called an “AquaBlitz,” will pair community members with environmental educators and scientists to learn about what is living in and around urban waterways.\nThe events will focus on the Fall Kill Creek in Poughkeepsie, Quassaick Creek in Newburgh, and a wetland in Kingston. In addition to providing information about urban ecology, the event organizers will share ways for participants to get involved in watershed groups and other efforts to protect these Hudson River tributaries. This is the eighth annual AquaBlitz.\nWHEN/WHERE:\n\nSeptember 26 (rain date September 30)\nPoughkeepsie\n2 p.m. to 5 p.m.\nMalcolm X Park, 131 Mansion Street\nPoughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601\nREGISTER HERE \nSeptember 27 (rain date September 28)\nPoughkeepsie\n1 p.m. to 4 p.m.\nPeach Hill Park Cider Fest, 32 Edgewood Drive\nPoughkeepsie, N.Y. 12603\nNO REGISTRATION NEEDED\nSeptember 27 \nNewburgh\n11 a.m. to 4 p.m.\nCreek Fest at Crystal Lake, 61 Temple Drive\nNewburgh, N.Y. 12550\nREGISTER HERE\nSeptember 29\nPoughkeepsie\n2 p.m to 5 p.m. \nMid-Hudson Discovery Museum, 75 N Water Street\nPoughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601\nREGISTER HERE\n\nOctober 1\nKingston\n2 p.m. to 5 p.m.\nKingston Point Park, Delaware Avenue\nKingston, N.Y. 12401\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\nProject partners include: Boys and Girls Club, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, The Environmental Cooperative at Vassar Barns, Fall Kill Watershed Coalition, Friends of Peach Hill, Hudson Highlands Nature Center, HV Interpreters & Translators, Kingston YMCA Farm Project, Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum, My Kingston Kids, Nature’s Impact, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Migrant Education Program, Puentes, Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance, and Scenic Hudson.\nFor more information about this event series, please reach out to Julia Raskin at jraskin@scenichudson.org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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