Thompson Pond to Stissing Mountain Trailwork Day

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Thompson Pond to Stissing Mountain Trailwork Day
April 1, 2023

Learn how to design and implement sustainable trails on this steep route. There will be tasks for all fitness levels after a 0.5- mile walk to the site. You can learn stone step building, side-hilling, how to mitigate water on a switchback route, and more!

 What to bring:  Snacks Water Weather appropriate clothing Waterproof footwear if possible 

Where to meet:  Thompson Pond Preserve, 261 Lake Road, Pine Plains, NY

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Thompson Pond to Stissing Mountain Trailwork Day
April 1, 2023

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Friday Night Woodcock Walk

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Thompson Pond to Stissing Mountain Trailwork Day
April 1, 2023

Come walk, watch, and listen for woodcock, and learn to use Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Merlin Bird ID application, along with their bird list application, eBird. Feel free to join us to learn about our local species, their habitat, and how you can help support birds in your yards and communities. It is not required, but you can also download eBird and Merlin Bird ID to your smart devices to help support the scientific community. We will train you to use these simple but effective tools, which supports the world’s largest database of bird information, powering new data-driven approaches to science, conservation, and education. This will be a 2-mile slow walk around the preserve, with some patient waiting to hopefully see, or hear, woodcock.

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Vernal Pool Presentation

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Thompson Pond to Stissing Mountain Trailwork Day
April 1, 2023

For most of the year, salamanders live underground in the forest, while frogs go quietly about their business in the woods. But for a few weeks each spring, when the warm rains come, these creatures migrate in large numbers toward vernal pools for their yearly breeding season. Please join us from 6:30 to 7:30 PM at the Pawling Library on March 21st for a presentation on the wildlife and conservation of vernal pools, to learn about the ecology and protection of these important habitats!

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Dutchess Land Conservancy Volunteer Welcome Event

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Thompson Pond to Stissing Mountain Trailwork Day
April 1, 2023

Do you want a sneak peak at what the DLC’s volunteer, community science, and education programs have in store for 2023? Have you volunteered with the Dutchess Land  Conservancy, are thinking of volunteering, or just want to know more about the program and what volunteering entails? Please join us for our 2023 Volunteer Welcome Event on Wednesday, March 15 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM (rain date Mar 22). There will be light refreshments from local farms and breweries. The event will be a meet and greet, along with a detailed presentation and Q&A about the program.

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Boondocks Film Society Presents WAITRESS

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Thompson Pond to Stissing Mountain Trailwork Day
April 1, 2023

Boondocks Film Society Presents WAITRESS @ The Stissing Center  Event Details: Join us as we partner with The Stissing Center for a mouthwatering evening of music, film, food and drink built around the 2007 romantic comedy WAITRESS. Proceeds will benefit The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, supporting women in film. The event will feature a performance by soundtrack artist Slink Moss and the Unfinish’d Trio, locally sourced movie-themed food and adult beverages, and much more. Tickets are $22 (food and drink sold separately) and are on sale now at boondocksfilmsociety.org. 

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Earth Matters: Alexis Doshas – Understanding and Managing Soils

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Thompson Pond to Stissing Mountain Trailwork Day
April 1, 2023

Tuesday, March 7, 6:00 PM EST Online Event

 Alexis Doshas of the Native Plant Trust leads a presentation on ways to restore and build healthy soils that will improve our landscapes and gardens.

Our March Earth Matters Winter Webinar brings us Alexis Doshas of the Native Plant Trust, a national leader in native plant conservation, horticulture, and education. Understanding and managing soil health begins with an understanding of the ecology of soil. In this presentation, we will discuss abiotic and biotic components of soil including the fascinating and complex interactions of soil formation and the soil food web – all of which are essential for healthy soil. We will discuss historical management practices and explore ecological practices that can restore and build our soil’s ecosystem which contribute to resilient landscapes and gardens.

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A LITTLE WHITE LIE + Q&A

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Thompson Pond to Stissing Mountain Trailwork Day
April 1, 2023

Bethlehem filmmaker Michael Maren’s latest, “A Little White Lie,” which stars Michael Shannon, Kate Hudson, and Don Johnson, opens in select theaters nationwide on March 3. Locally it will be playing at both the Bantam Cinema and The Moviehouse in Millerton.  On March 4 Maren will be in Millerton for the 6:30 show and will take questions from the audience after.  And on March 5 he will be at Bantam for the 1:30 matinee. https://www.bantamcinema.org/movie/a-little-white-lie He’ll talk about the struggle to get the film made over the course of years, dealing with his own health issues and the COVID pandemic, which threatened to stop production entirely.

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Our Farms, Our Farmers: A Pine Plains Bicentennial Event

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Thompson Pond to Stissing Mountain Trailwork Day
April 1, 2023

Tickets: $10; children and students free.

In celebration of Pine Plains and our town’s bicentennial, this documentary film features interviews from numerous local farmers about their way of life, as well as on how farming has adapted over time.

This engaging film features interview with John Beadle; Lloyd Vaill Sr. and Amy & Lloyd Vaill, Jr. of Lo-BNan Farm; Rick and Dan Osofsky of Ronnybrook Farm; Barry, Rory and Sarah Chase of Chaseholm Farm; and Ben Prentice.

There will also be a panel discussion after the showing.

Mar 04, 4:00 PM

The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567, USA

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The Hammerhead Horns Concert

Sponsored by the Millbrook Arts Group, The Hammerhead Horns will be joined by Chance Bushman, The New Orleans Street Tapper. This concert will be full of ragtime and blues and explore the relationship of the classic American sound to tap dancing. Come join us at the library for a two-hour concert sure to get toes tapping!

Qigong with Cris Caivano

Qigong (“chee-gung”) is a Chinese mind-body exercise system proven to lower blood pressure, build strength, improve balance and flexibility, and transform stress into energy. Its pleasant, easy-to-learn movements are similar to Yoga but more circular and flowing— great for returning mobility to stiff or achy joints.