Event - Woodcock Watch:

Saturday March 10, 5:30 pm

Join NJ Audubon volunteer (and Kingston resident) Arlene Oley and the park naturalist, Stephanie Fox, as they lead a dusk walk into the Mapleton Preserve in Kingston to search out the sites and sounds of the Woodcock. This unique looking bird provides a fanciful flight and sound display that will delight all that attend. Depending on the weather, the group should also hear the chirps and peeps of frogs and toads from the surrounding area. The program will begin at 5:30 pm. Participants are asked to meet at the D & R Canal Kingston Office located at 145 Mapleton Road (.2 miles from Rt. 27/Main Street). Pre-registration IS REQUIRED. Weather permitting. Register for this program at http://www.dandrcanal.com/programs.html
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Event - Story of the D & R Canal:

Saturday March 10th at 1:30

Come join the D & R Canal State Park's historian for a PowerPoint presentation focusing on the history of the canal. Both historic and modern photographs will be included to illuminate the waterway's past and present life.

This hour-long adult afternoon program will begin at 1:30 pm and be held in the park’s new education building located at 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston. Come join us and learn about the old canal’s past through photographs. Here’s your chance to ask all those questions you may have about the waterway’s history. Registration is NOT required and admission is FREE!
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Two Events - "How to 'Lost-Proof' your Family" and "Tracking and Animal Signs"

Saturday March 17 th
10-12 am (How to "Lost-Proof) Your Family) and 1-3 am (Tracking and Animal Signs)

Join Rick Berry and volunteers from Children of the Earth Foundation (COTEF) for these two programs, sponsored by Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands. COTEF, founded by world-renowned animal tracker Tom Brown, teaches wilderness survival, nature awareness, tracking, and outdoor environmental education to children ages 7-17 (and their families). The first program [How to "Lost-Proof" your family] strives to instill potentially life-saving knowledge of how to keep from getting lost, and what you can do if you are ever lost in the woods.

The second program [Tracking and animal signs] builds awareness of the natural world, by focusing on animal tracks and signs in the landscape. The basics of tracking will be presented and we will look for signs of the critters that inhabit the Mapleton Preserve - their tracks, trails and scat.

Pre-registration for these programs is necessary as the instructor to student ratio will be high. Call 609-683-0483 for more information and a registration form (or download below). Cost is $5/program ($3/program for FPNL members). The programs, suitable for both adults and families (kids age 7 and up) will be held rain or shine, and are still in the planning stage - check our website http://www.fpnl.org/for up to the minute details.
Download the registration form here.

Meet at the D&R Canal State Park Headquarters, 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston. MAP