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You're invited to

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Wildflower Walk on Mother's Day

What a wonderful connection!

Wild flowers were abundant along the trail!

 

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TRAIL CREW UPDATE!

from Earth Day April 22nd

 

  

Ditch digging along trail to Frick Pond.          Revived crew after lunch break - ready to dig more ditches!

 

Morgan Outdoors and the NY-NJ Trail Conference hosted their first

Trail Crew day at Frick Pond (in Mongaup State Park) near

Livingston Manor, NY. Won't you join us next time?

More crew members gathered at end of 4 hour effort.

Look at those smiles!

These trails are being adopted by the Trail Conference

so that volunteers - like YOU! - can sign up to maintain them throughout the year.

Contact Jeff Senterman (jsenterman@nynjtc.org) if you would like to know more

about adopting a trail. More details at http://www.nynjtc.org/ catskills

 

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Get Your Rear in Gear!

at

 morgan outdoors

  

Class Schedule

-Monday & Thursday   6:30-8:00pm

  Stretch & Tone with Mindy Wegener. $10 per class. No pre-registration required.

  You’ll feel Relaxed and Great all over!

- Friday   4:15-5:45 pm   

  Kripalu Yoga with Miriam Hernandez. Beginners welcome!

  Single class $15. Bring a mat or borrow ours.

 

- Saturday   9:00-10 am                        

  Mat Pilates with Sophia, Only $10 per class, Wear loose clothes.

  Bring mat or borrow one of ours. Kick start your day!

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Thanks Charlie!

for your Flat Fix Clinic at Morgan Outdoors

If you have a flat over the Summer, come to the

INFLATION STATION at Morgan Outdoors. It's stocked with

tire tubes and pumps, courtesy of Cinder Track Bicycles.

 

 

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Thanks Livingston Manor Free Library Readers for reading

Eric Carle's books at Morgan Outdoors

in concert with the 6th Annual    

"The Great Outdoors - Celebrating Nature with Quilts"

April 1 - 29, 2012

Jumping Rainbows by avid flyfisher and amazing quilter, Susan Balch

of Reading VT, will be on display at this year's exhibition.

[Photo by John Polack]

Participating quilters:

Sally Abrams - Susan Balch - Jean Cass - Ramona Jan -

Susan Koenig - Linda Krause - Katharina Lichtman

There are traditional quilt patterns and abstract designs, large and small.

A child-friendly “Eye Spy” game and colorful quilts make this a wonderful family experience.

Also on display are quilts created in 2006 at the Liberty Public Library

as part of a program "Kids who Quilt For Kids" . The small framed quilts were inspired by noted author Eric Carle’s children’s book covers, notably the "Very Hungry Caterpillar".

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Thanks Lance for leading the

 

              Waterfowl Walk

 in the Bashakill Wetland

If you have a chance, head to the Bashakill this Spring!

Early migrating birds included Great Blue Heron and Eastern Phoebe . . .all depending on weather!

LANCE VERDERAME is the Sullivan County Audubon field trip coordinator for the New York State

Young Birders Club, with a passion for birding and sharing his knowledge.

 

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MORGAN OUTDOORS RENTALS

It's great to "TRY before you BUY" **

Morgan Outdoors Rentals offers some GREAT brands:

    - SNOWSHOES (MSR and Crescent Moon)

** Renters can sweeten the deal, by applying a day's rental fee

toward purchase of the same product.

Heck, why not try before you buy!

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We loved Maple Weekend!

Thanks to the Garigliano family

for hosting our walk through the sugar bush

and tour of their sugaring operation.

with a Trio of Sweets

Tasting - Maple Grove Walk - Sugar House Tour

Livingston Manor and Grahamsville, NY

Main Street Farm kicked off the event with complimentary house made organic oatmeal

served with organic maple syrup from Catskill Mountain Sugar House.

We provided Tour Maps with THREE GREAT IDEAS for stops in Grahamsville after the tour

and led a walk through the mountaintop sugar bush at Catskill Mountain Sugar House.

The 800-acre farm above Grahamsville, NY has organic certification by USDA & NOFA.

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Thanks Whitney Hill and CRISP

for a terrific workshop about the Emerald Ash Borer

 

This pretty beetle, the emerald ash borer, is responsible for the death of over 70 million ash trees nationwide.

(Image Source: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org)

 

The Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership (CRISP)

did a wonderful presentation to help us prepare for the arrival of the emerald ash borer.

This invasive beetle that has the potential to infest and kill every ash tree in the state of New York. 

Emerald ash borer populations have been identified locally in Orange, Ulster, Greene and Albany counties, and

have the potential to spread very quickly. If you want to identify signs and symptoms of the emerald ash borer and discover options for treatment and management of their ash resources as well as statewide efforts to deal with this invasive forest pest,

Contact Whitney Hill (email: whill@catskillcenter.org or visit catskillinvasives.com.

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USGS topographic maps of the Catskills

A great gift for map lovers, new homeowners,

hikers, snowmobilers, hunters . . .!

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Time to Clean and Waterproof Your Favorite Boots?

We have excellent boot cleaning & waterproofing products.

Give your favorite Footwear a Facelift!

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Consider being a part of the

Morgan Outdoors 4th Annual Five FireTower Climb

2012

Hike to one or all of the 5 beautifully renovated Catskill Fire Towers April 28-Oct. 8th. 

Enter hike details on a Morgan Outdoors Five Fire Tower PASSPORT!

 

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Thanks Diane!

Diane Galusha (left) and Maria Grimaldi (right) celebrating the cauliflower.

We loved your program

When Cauliflower Was King

by Diane Galusha (published by Purple Mountain Press)

Signed copies of Galusha's book are in stock..

A great gift for anyone with their heart in the Catskills!

Thanks Maria Grimaldi and Main Street Farm

We LOVED collaborating with you on this NY Locavore Challenge event.

the Pure Catskills logo - also painted as a mural

on the side of Main Street Farm, Livingston Manor NY.

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THANKS Mike Kudish

We loved your program

“Where Did the Tracks Go in the Catskills?”

We sold out of copies of your new book, just published by Purple Mountain Press,

with its amazing array of hand-drawn maps.

SIGNED COPIES are back IN STOCK!

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Thanks Jeff Senterman

NYNJ Trail Conference's Catskill Regional Program Coordinator

We loved learning about the Trail Conference's work in the Catskills

and hiking with you to Hodge Pond on the Flynn Trail.

Since 1920, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference has partnered with parks

to create, protect, and promote a network of more than 1,700 milesof public trails

in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan region.  The Trail Conference organizes

volunteer service projects that keep thesetrails open, safe, and enjoyable for the public.

It is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization with a membership of 10,000.

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We were Proud Sponsors of

MazFest

in early August.

Pioneered by friends and local band MazMyth

www.mazmyth.com

Thanks for Stopping by our BOOTH! Rock On!

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Thanks Scott Graber

for your downtown bird walk on the closing day of

"Birds of Sullivan County - A Photographic Exhibition "

Many won't believe we saw or heard 20 species of birds

at high noon in downtown Livingston Manor on a warm Summer Day!

American Robin, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, House Sparrow, Green Heron,

Cedar Waxwing, Common Grackle, Blue Jay, Canada Goose, Cardinal, Tree Swallow,

Chimney Swift, Catbird, Red-Winged Blackbird, Crow, Downy Woodpecker, Mallard,

Red-Throated Hummingbird, and a Belted Kingfisher!

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*Pix from the Children's Bird Walk* 
with Lance Verderame in  Livingston Manor's Renaissance Park!  

    

"Is that a Cedar Waxwing?"                                       " Yes, catching insects for lunch!"

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Thanks John Morgan!

for leading a hike to Hodge Pond & site of the former Beech Mountain Scout Camp.

Hikers enjoying a picnic lunch at the site of the Beech Mountain camp mess hall.

Eagle Scout John Morgan was a youth staff member at the camp in the early 1960"s.

Except for a few tumbled-down cabins, all that remain of the camp is the beautiful scenery.

The entire camp property is now part of the Willowemoc Wild Forest. 

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Thanks Photographers !

The Birds of Sullivan County - A Photographic Exhibition was a great success.

Here's a look at who flew in for the exhibition!!

Barred Owl - Photo by Barbara Ward-Blank

Northern Parula - Photo by Stephen Davis

Local nature photographer and birding enthusiast, Scott Graber, was the exhibition curator.

The show was an engaging look into the diversity of species and habitat that exist in the region.

with guided bird walks during the exhibition period.

Pick up a copy of Sullivan County Audubon’s list of bird species

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Feel the wind in your hair . . .get lost in the pines . . .

hear the birds sing . . .

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Black and White Warbler - Photo by Stephen Davis

You'll feel renewed!