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Saturday August 1, 2009 10 am—5 pm
Rain Date: August 2
Rain Date: August 10, 2008
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Celebrating the Catskills Streams 3rd Annual Batavia Kill Stream Celebration |
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Learn about stream dynamics, how streams respond to flood events and what management practices are recommended for healthier streams and aquatic life. Visit a recently restored section of the Batavia Kill.
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Come join Ben Murdock of the Catskill Center for Conservation & Development and sample for aquatic life. Learn the important role they play in determining stream health. |
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For more information call the GCSWCD Watershed Assistance Program at 518-589-6871, or e-mail michelle@gcswcd.com
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Children’s Games Plant Identification Exhibitors Local artisans & vendors Environmental Organizations And much more!
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Arm-of-the-Sea Theater 1:30 p.m. For over twenty years Arm-of-the-Sea has been developing a style of magical realism that marries the mythic and the everyday, humanity and the earth, visual arts and natural science, poetry and politics. Don’t miss another outstanding performance involving colorful, moving and imaginative storytelling by this renowned theatrical group.
Educational and entertaining for people of all ages!!
Guided Stream Walks 10:30 am, 12:30, 2:30, 4:00 pm
Learn about stream dynamics, how streams respond to flood events and what management practices are recommended for healthier streams and aquatic life.
Life by the Stream Ongoing throughout the day Interactive game for children of all ages! Prizes for everyone who participates.
Storytelling Folk tales & native American themes relating to birds, frogs, and local and regional animals.
Plant identification 2 pm
Join renowned agriculture and natural resources educator Bob Beyfuss on a walk to learn about different plant species in a reconstructed wetland on site and how to identify native vegetation along stream reaches. The important role of riparian buffers to stream side stability will also be highlighted.
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason American acoustic music Noon and 3:00 pm
Bee exhibit and pollinators What’s the essential function of pollinators to our existence? Come find out!
Batavia Kill Rocks Ongoing throughout the day
Featured artists from the Windham Art Alliance Art will be available for demonstrations and assisting children with Rock Artwork.
The fabled art of Fly Fishing Join Columbia-Greene Chapter Trout Unlimited members and experience the art, skill and joy of fly casting and tying. Ongoing demonstrations along the Batavia Kill will be conducted by experienced fly fishermen.
What’s in the Water? 10:30 am, 12:30, 2:30, 4:00 pm
Sampling for aquatic life and the important role they play in determining stream health.
Recycled Paper Making Learn to make recycled paper during this ongoing hands on activity, great for kids!
Flyin’ Brian For adults as well as children—come experience the one man wonder who took up boomerangs because he couldn’t find a Frisbee partner! Boomerang demonstrations, kite flying, gyroscopes, and much more!
Civil War Cake Walk Come experience an old fashion Cake Walk and win a prize! Fun for adults as well as children.
Wildlife Alive Wildlife rehabilitators Michele Segerberg and Kelly Martin will have animals to show from raptors (kestrel, Northern Harrier, owls) to amphibians and reptiles. They will give presentations and be available for passers-by to learn about these wonderful animals we share the environment with.
Windham Art Alliance Exhibit Ongoing throughout the day, meet amazing talent in the Great northern Catskills.
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Learn how to fish paint on a free Greene Celebration T-shirt!! |
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Dan Zielinski from the NYSDEC shows a youngster what aquatic life live in the stream. |
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Country Suite B & B has a sprawling 10 acres lawn that abuts the Batavia Kill |
