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Finger Lake Trail in the Catskills – Talk and Walk

Celebrate National Trails Day on Saturday, June 6th
with a special talk and walk.

1:00pm:   Rick Roberts, the Catskill Maintenance Coordinator for the Finger Lakes Trail Conference (FLT) will be here to present an overview of the 90-mile section of the 570-mile FLT trail as is makes its way through the Catskills.

WHERE the heck is […]

By |May 30th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Finger Lake Trail in the Catskills – Talk and Walk

APPALACHIAN TRAIL; An Adventure for All Ages

Saturday, May 23rd at 5:30 PM, join Joyce Garber of Bethel, NY for an exciting program, THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL; An Adventure for All Ages.
An alternate title might be “if you can’t do it all, do what you can!”

Now in her 70’s and not feeling capable of hiking the whole 2,189 miles, Joyce could not […]

By |May 19th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on APPALACHIAN TRAIL; An Adventure for All Ages

Stroll, Shop Give!

Stroll, Shop, Give!
Green thumb or not, there will be something for everyone to enjoy along Main Street during Garden Day
Saturday, May 16th    10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Morgan Outdoors and several other businesses are donating a portion of their sales on Saturday to Livingston Manor Renaissance, so Shop and We’ll Give MORE to our town’s volunteer […]

By |May 14th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Stroll, Shop Give!

Earth Day at SUNY Sullivan

We’re creating a table display for the terrific Earth Day event at Sullivan County Community College on April 22nd (photo shows our work in progress!)

YOU’re invited to come for all or part of the program.
Join us at 2:00pm for a walk on the woodland trail & optional tour of the campus’s green energy installations […]

By |April 19th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Earth Day at SUNY Sullivan

BURROUGHS Catskill Life & Writings

Saturday, March 28th at 4:00pm, the public is invited to a special introduction to celebrated naturalist John Burroughs with Bill Birns at Morgan Outdoors in Livingston Manor, NY. Burroughs, born in 1837 on the family’s Delaware County homestead in Roxbury, NY, authored 27 books of nature and philosophical essays that influenced millions of readers.

In […]

By |March 23rd, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on BURROUGHS Catskill Life & Writings

Maple Sugar Tour and Sugarbush Walk

Sunday, March 22, 2015 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm.

The public is invited to a Maple Weekend Tour* at the Catskill Mountain Sugar House

227 Glade Hill Road in Grahamsville, NY

http://www.catskillmountainsugarhouse.com/location

Participants will meet at the Catskill Mountain Sugar House at 2:00pm, located on, to witness tree tapping and sap boiling at the site of Sullivan County’s […]

By |March 16th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Maple Sugar Tour and Sugarbush Walk

Willowemoc Trail Crew Kickoff March 15

If you are interested in local trails
You’re invited to a kick-off for the Willowemoc Trail Crew!

A relaxed gathering of people interested in public trails in the southwest corner of the Catskill Park.

Learn about the trails that volunteers help maintain, and some of the things that the recently-formed Willowemoc Trail Crew does.

Great maps, trail […]

By |March 11th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Willowemoc Trail Crew Kickoff March 15

Bashakill Birds In All Seasons

Saturday, March 7th at 4:00pm, the public is invited to an exciting free program

“Birds of the Bashakill” with Sullivan County Audubon member Lance Verderame.

The program offers a season by season account of the incredible bird life of the Bashakill Wildlife Management Area, located near Wurtsboro, the largest freshwater marsh in southern New York […]

By |March 5th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Bashakill Birds In All Seasons

Great film – The Iditarod Race!

Saturday, February 28th
6:30 pm

This exciting film (50 mins) gives a great behind-the-scenes look at Alaska’s 1,000-mile Dog Sled Race (the 2015 race begins March 7th in Anchorage AK.)
Experience the beauty of Alaska and the determination of the dog teams as they make their way across Alaska to Nome on this 40th running of the […]

By |February 20th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Great film – The Iditarod Race!

Passenger Pigeon exhibit

ON DISPLAY in Morgan Outdoors’ Catskill Park Room
(Feb. 21 through April 10)
Sponsored by John Burroughs’ Woodchuck Lodge, Roxbury, NY. www.woodchucklodge.org

The ten-panel exhibit is a lament for a bird that once darkened the skies over our region, but which was hunted to extinction within the lifetime of the Roxbury-born naturalist (1837-1921).

Developed and designed by the […]

By |February 20th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Passenger Pigeon exhibit