WildLife Guards Crew Leader Position
Related to RTPI’s work with Audubon Connecticut in the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds is our partnership on the Bridgeport WildLife Guards project: http://rtpi.org/education/wildlife-guards/ RTPI is once again teaming up with Audubon Connecticut and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut to run the 2016 WildLife Guards program, which trains, mentors, and employs ten local high schools students and two crew leaders who monitor nesting birds and engage visitors, families, and friends about the City’s Pleasure Beach and its ecosystem. The WildLife Guards offer unique activities for...
Read MoreSalamander Saturday – May 7, 2016
Salamander Saturday – May 7, 2016 Saturday, May 7th is SALAMANDER SATURDAY! Please join us at RTPI between 1 and 3pm to enjoy a variety of salamander-themed activities for visitors of all ages. More details coming soon!
Read MoreRTPI Visits Cummins
Cummins Engine plant in Jamestown, New York strives to give their employees the opportunity to serve and give back to their community through volunteering. Today RTPI and other organizations came out to visit with Cummins employees and tell them what each has to offer and how Cummins can help. Thanks to all who participated, and thank you and best wishes to Cummins event organizer Angie Peck, as she prepares to enjoy retirement! Linda Pierce RTPI Development Director
Read MoreInvasive Species Management Webinar
Today, Wednesday February 24 at 6pm we will be showing the Invasive Species Management: Picking battles large enough to matter and small enough to win webinar by Norris Muth of Juniata College. Norris will be calling in for the discussion portion of the webinar to answer questions from the audience. Webinar description: It is a safe bet that every parcel of privately owned forest land in Pennsylvania has multiple invasive species. With these invasive species posing more problems than can possibly all be solved at once, how can landowners decide when and how to act? We will discuss some ways...
Read MoreKen Parker – Eco-logic: Using Native Plants in the Landscape
Tonight! Monday February 22 at 6pm at RTPI Ken Parker will be presenting Eco-logic: Using Native Plants in the Landscape. Ken will be discussing the importance of using native plants in landscaping as opposed to non-natives, as well as the Seneca Nation Native Plant Policy that went into effect last year. Ken Parker is a passionate indigenous horticulturalist with strong ties to Mother Earth and Native cultures. A New York State Certified Nursery Landscape Professional (CNLP), Ken has spent decades devoted to growing, installing, teaching and promoting indigenous plants of North America to...
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