Fall Kill AquaBlitz 2022 (in person)
The Fall Kill AquaBlitz is a community event that will explore the under-appreciated living things in the Fall Kill. Teams of volunteers will visit a site along the creek to collect data about what is living in this urban stream. Feel free to come anytime between 2pm – 6pm. REGISTER HERE.
Transportation will be provided from Vassar to the Fall Kill stream site.
Volunteers are needed to get in the stream and help our team collect organisms. We will be looking for: fish, bugs, plants, herptiles, algae, and microbes. Boots and nets will be provided. Photos from the AquaBlitz will be uploaded and identifications verified using iNaturalist, the open source data collection app. Use your phone or your favorite camera.
If possible, please download the iNaturalist app on your phone before you arrive. Click here to get to find it in the app store. We will provide instructions on how to use the app to make observations and collect data.
Volunteer Gardening at College Hill Park (in person)
Volunteer Gardening Days at College Hill Park (in person)
Full Moon Walk
Join the Environmental Cooperative for a moonlight guided walk on the Ecological Preserve! Learn more about the effects of the full moon on local ecology and experience how bright and active the preserve can be at night!
Tie Dye at the Cooperative Barn
Attention Vassar students! Join the Environmental Cooperative for some tie-dye fun on Saturday October 30 from 1-3 PM! Please register so that we have enough materials for all attendees.
Up-cycled t-shirts will be available, but you could bring your own piece of clothing instead if you wish! Materials will be provided.
Plant and Animal Identification Workshop AquaBlitz 2021 (in person)
Interested in conservation and preservation of our natural spaces? Want to help contribute to an ongoing scientific project? Or maybe you just want to learn a new tool? If you said yes to any of these, join the Environmental Cooperative for our iNaturalist Workshop on Wednesday, October 6 from 5-6 PM at College Hill Park as part of our AquaBlitz 2021!
During the workshop, you will learn how to identify a variety of local plants and animals using an app on your phone. iNaturalist is an open-source phone application where you can share your findings with the world: remember, every observation can contribute to biodiversity science, from the rarest butterfly to the most common backyard weed.
This event would be highly useful for anyone wishing to participate in the AquaBlitz 2021. The AquaBlitz is a yearly event where we go out to sites in the Fall Kill Watershed and try to identify as many living things as possible during the month of October — participants include students and community members alike!
Although this is an outdoor event, masks are strongly encouraged for everyone. All attendees will receive a free AquaBlitz t-shirt!
Volunteer: Planting for Pollinators
Volunteer with the Environmental Cooperative and Vassar Ecological Preserve! Plant shrubs and flowers in order to restore the land to its former state and support pollinators.
Select one of the slots:
- Monday, May 24 from 10am – 12pm
- Monday, May 24 from 12 – 2pm
- Monday, May 24 from 2 – 4pm
- Tuesday, May 25 from 10am – 12pm
- Tuesday, May 25 from 12 – 2pm
- Tuesday, May 25 from 2 – 4pm