Winter is here and your Westchester County Parks system offers fun-filled events, programs and activities all season long.The following are Nature Center Events for the weekend of January 11th & 12th, 2014
Lenoir Preserve, Dudley Street, Yonkers – (914) 968-5851
Cross Country Ski Tour – 10 a.m.
Bring your own equipment; weather permitting. Also, Jan. 18 and 25.
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Winter Trees and Weeds Identification – 1 p.m.
A hike to learn to identify trees and weeds at the preserve.
Croton Point Nature Center, Croton-on-Hudson – (914) 862-5297
Saw Mill River Audubon Second Annual Soup Social – 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Warm up your January with soup and bread. Info at office@sawmillaudubon.org.
Cranberry Lake Preserve, Old Orchard Street, North White Plains – (914) 428-1005
A New Year at Cranberry – 1 p.m.
Bring in the New Year with a refreshing hike around the preserve.
Marshlands Conservancy, Route 1 (Boston Post Road), Rye – (914) 835-4466
Volunteer Work Project: Inspecting Crabapple Island – 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Bring work gloves; hand tools provided.
Trailside Nature Museum at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River – (914) 864-7322
How to Grow Mushrooms on Paper Waste – 2 p.m.
Learn the process of cultivating mushrooms as a delicious form of recycling. Fee $5; pre-registration required.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 & 12
Croton Point Nature Center, Croton-on-Hudson – (914) 862-5297
Saw Mill River Audubon Project Feeder Watch – 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Learn how to identify birds and help keep count of the winter birds at the feeder with members of Saw Mill River Audubon. Info at sawmillaudubon.org.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12
Marshlands Conservancy, Route 1 (Boston Post Road), Rye – (914) 835-4466
Forests in Winter – 2 p.m.
Bring binoculars to experience the beauty of the birds, trees and other animals during winter.
For more information, go to westchestergov.com/parks or call (914) 864-PARK.
