Part of the Friends' series of 2017 nature events for kids; details to follow.

Farmer, anti-power line activist, and bird authority Will Yandik will lead a small group on a birding field trip in and around Taconic State Park. Participants will learn to identify bird species by sounds, behavior, and sight. Tickets required; registration details to come. Registrants will be sent location information of where the walk starts. Note:

Come join us at Taconic State Park in celebrating the sixth annual I Love My Park Day! I Love My Park Day is an exciting statewide event to improve and enhance New York's parks and historic sites and bring visibility to the entire park system and its needs. Various volunteer projects will be available to

Carol Gracie, renowned naturalist and author of "Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast," leads a fascinating walk along the Iron Works Trail, where we observe many spring-blooming wildflower species. Tickets required. We will meet in the parking area of the Historic Copake Iron Works (33 Valley View Road, Copake Falls, NY 12517). Carol Gracie looks beyond

Children of all ages are invited to a special event featuring Master Storyteller Tom Lee, who will interweave the history of the Copake Iron Works with his repertoire of folktales. A hands-on demonstration of sand casting and an opportunity to watch a blacksmith at work will round out the day’s program. Meet at the Copake

Join us for our fourth annual Moth Night, part of the citizen-science project called National Moth Week, and organized by A Way to Garden and Friends of Taconic State Park. BYO picnic supper if you please -- we'll provide dessert treats -- to enjoy while you learn Moth 101 from top experts, then experience nature

Join us on Thursday, July 27th at 6pm for a BBQ supper and a very special annual meeting, our 9th annual. Our featured speaker is renowned author David Nasaw, whose biographies of William Randolph Hearst, Joseph P. Kennedy and most recently, Andrew Carnegie, have been bestsellers. David will speak about how Carnegie's success led to

Join this mushroom walk and learn with John Michelotti of Catskill Fungi, president of the Mid-Hudson Mycological Association, about the ecological functions of fungi, common edibles and medicinal mushrooms, as well as historic uses of fungi and present day innovations of the exceptional Kingdom Fungi! We will take a walk on an exceptional piece of

Join Friends of Taconic State Park for tours of the historic Copake Iron Works. Established in 1845 along Bash Bish Brook at the base of the Taconic Ridge, the Copake Iron Works and 18 acres surrounding the area were listed on the State and National Register of Historic Sites in 2007. The Copake Iron Works