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Turn Out the Lights to Help Creatures of the Night

Week of August 10, 2025 – August 16, 2025 by Anna Stunkel, Environmental Educator After a sweltering summer day, you might enjoy spending some time outdoors in the cool night air. Night is a lovely time to have a cookout, enjoy a summer park concert, or search for nocturnal critters who are also active. About a [...]

By |2025-08-17T09:28:46-04:00August 17th, 2025|naturalist blog|Comments Off on Turn Out the Lights to Help Creatures of the Night

Meet Our Turtles

Week of August 3, 2025 – August 9, 2025 by Kaylen Iorio, Environmental Educator Here at Baltimore Woods we have some very special staff members (in addition to the humans) that will usually greet you with a smile! I’m talking about our ambassador turtles: Fern, Geronimo, Lucy, and Mr. T! Ambassador animals play an integral and unique [...]

By |2025-08-10T14:13:02-04:00August 10th, 2025|naturalist blog|Comments Off on Meet Our Turtles

An Ode to Goldenrods

Week of July 27, 2025 – August 2, 2025 by David DuBois, Director of Stewardship Late summer is the time of goldenrods. From every highway verge and overgrown edge, their golden colors erupt onto the scene, brightening up the space with yellow so vibrant it can only be described in a self-referential way, as goldenrod. Their [...]

By |2025-08-02T21:41:12-04:00August 2nd, 2025|naturalist blog|Comments Off on An Ode to Goldenrods

A Wish Upon a Star

Week of July 20, 2025 – July 26, 2025 by Katie McLaughlin, Environmental Educator This year I had a few of my Trail School students tell me that they want to be me, teaching others about nature, when they grow up. Yes- I totally teared up when they told me that, but it got me thinking about the [...]

By |2025-07-27T13:39:55-04:00July 27th, 2025|naturalist blog|Comments Off on A Wish Upon a Star

Trees in Our Lives

Week of July 13, 2025 – July 19, 2025 by Anna Stunkel, Environmental Educator I recently went on a trip to the coast of Maine, which included a visit to my college campus. It had been a few years since my last visit, but many things remained the same. I especially enjoyed visiting my tree friends! [...]

By |2025-07-19T20:45:32-04:00July 19th, 2025|naturalist blog|Comments Off on Trees in Our Lives

Camp!

Week of July 6, 2025 – July 12, 2025 by Kaylen Iorio, Environmental Educator Summer camp at Baltimore Woods is right around the corner! The staff has been working hard to prepare the trails and make sure the camp spots are safe and set up for fun. Soon we’ll be hosting kids looking forward to exploring [...]

By |2025-07-13T15:20:20-04:00July 13th, 2025|naturalist blog|Comments Off on Camp!

Heat and Humidity

Week of June 29, 2025 – July 5, 2025 by Elizabeth Suzedell, Environmental Educator A heat wave last week brought both high temperatures and high humidity to Central New York, making it feel as muggy and oppressive as the tropics. This weather got me thinking a lot about how heat and humidity create different climates around [...]

By |2025-07-06T12:41:28-04:00July 6th, 2025|naturalist blog|Comments Off on Heat and Humidity

The Magic of Amphibians

Week of June 15, 2025 – June 21, 2025 by Anna Stunkel, Environmental Educator As a kid, one of my favorite spots in nature was a local frog pond on the nearby college campus. My parents would bring me there with a net and bucket, and I learned how to sneak up on frogs very carefully. [...]

By |2025-06-21T15:57:37-04:00June 21st, 2025|naturalist blog|Comments Off on The Magic of Amphibians

June Activity

Week of June 8, 2025 – June 14, 2025 by Kaylen Iorio, Environmental Educator June is such a special month for connecting with and exploring nature. Many wildflowers are still flashing their vibrant colors, green foliage is filling in the forest landscape, and animals are scurrying within understory plants. June brings warm weather, seemingly endless sunshine, [...]

By |2025-06-13T17:05:14-04:00June 13th, 2025|naturalist blog|Comments Off on June Activity
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