RTPI will host Lawn of the Dead! Landscape Design Workshop October 26th
(RTPI) invites you to Lawn of the Dead! on Friday, October 26th, from 10:00am – 2:00pm. It has been said that if you compared the average American lawn to a desert, the desert would win easily with much greater life and species diversity. Keeping up a lawn is both a chore for you and harmful to all flora and fauna in the area. This special landscape design workshop will help you learn how to make your yard a haven for native and migrating wildlife. You will discover how your landscape choices as a homeowner can improve the health of our communities and provide essential pollinator...
Read MoreRTPI to Host Bird-Skinning Demonstration/Workshop 10/20/18
The bird specimens so artfully depicted in Alberto Rey’s ‘The Extinct Bird Project’ exhibition, now on view at RTPI, are stunning studies of lifeless creatures that will never again be seen in the wild. Some of the birds represented in Rey’s paintings have been dead for over a century, but their preserved bodies are still available for researchers – and artists – to study in the country’s natural history museums, including the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History (RTPI). These so-called ‘study skins’ are not taxidermy mounts, prepared with their aesthetic value in mind, but...
Read MoreChildren in the Stream Conference 2016
Preparations are underway for the 5th annual ‘Children in the Stream’ conference. This four day event offers training to adults who are interested in integrating fly fishing into their community, company, organization or school curriculum. The conference consists of a several intensive workshops which use fly fishing as the foundation for investigating science, math, English language arts, visual arts and community outreach. This truly unique interdisciplinary approach is possible through the eclectic expertise of three committed instructors: Dr. Janiel Rey offers her experience in...
Read MoreRTPI Receives Cattaraugus County Arts Council Grant
The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History recently received a $2,000 grant from the Cattaraugus County Arts Council (CCAC) to help with costs for our three summer exhibitions, which we collectively called Natural Connections. The photo is of RTPI’s Development Associate Linda Pierce and Communications & Public Programs Coordinator Jane Johnson with Senator Cathy Young and our award certificate. Through the grant we were able to plan for some great workshops featuring local artists featured, plus design and print a brochure providing information on the exhibits and...
Read MoreConnecticut Ornithological Association/Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds Shorebird Identification Workshop
Here’s Audubon Connecticut’s Patrick Comins talking to a great group of attendees at the Connecticut Ornithological Association shorebird identification workshop this past Saturday in Milford, Connecticut. He and Sean Graesser led them into the field to find some uncommon species including Red Knot and the Western subspecies of Willet. These types of education and conservation events are all part of what we contribute to as a part of the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds throughout the northeast.
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