The Capital District Friday Field Group is a mix of amateur and professional naturalists formed in 1994 that meets weekly on Fridays at 5:30 pm between April and September to explore natural features of sites in the Capital Region. The trips are free and all are welcome. Upcoming trips of the group in Rensselaer County planned for the 2011 season, all on the Rensselaer Plateau, include:
• spring wildflowers in a rich hardwood forest in Berlin on May 13;
• cliff and talus on Bunker Hill in Grafton on June 3;
• rare plants at Grafton Lakes State Park on June 24;
• bogs along the Poesten Kill in Berlin on July 8;
• rocky summits on Turner Mountain in Stephentown on July 15;
• aquatic plants and animals at Dyken Pond in Grafton on July 29;
• Ingalls Preserve along Black Brook in Stephentown on August 5;
• bog plants at White Lily Pond in Grafton on August 12;
• stream biota of Roaring Brook in Stephentown on August 19, and
• rocky summits on the Western Plateau Escarpment in Brunswick on September 9.
Contact David Hunt at 279-4124 for meeting places and trip details.
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