Audubon Trail Guide Training

from Chautauqua County Community Source 4/21/23

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Tuesday, May 2

Sarah Hatfield at (716) 569-2345 or email her at SHatfield@AudubonCNC. org.

Audubon Community Nature Center is located at 1600 Riverside Road, onequarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown, N.Y., and Warren, Pa. You can visit the nearly 600-acre nature preserve, check in on the live birds of prey, and hike over five miles of trails dawn until dusk daily for free.

Earth Day Film Showing, Community Invited

Jamestown, N.Y. – If you like to share your love of the natural world with others, you may be a great addition to Audubon Community Nature Center’s (ACNC) Trail Guide crew.

Trail Guides lead groups of 6 – 12 students usually ages 3 to 12 along the trails during their school field trips. They are essential to Audubon’s educational programming.

ACNC is holding a Trail Guide Training on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 9 a.m. to noon.

In this training, you learn the basic outline of how to effectively walk the children through the discovery process as they move along the trails. After the workshop, observing walks and applying some of the learned information is required to complete the training and give you all the skills you need.

Experience with children is helpful, but no prior knowledge is necessary to lead groups, just a positive attitude and a willingness to share your passion for nature.

Established Trail Guides are welcome to come for a refresher course.

Training takes place both indoors and out, so plan to come dressed for the weather.

Bring a lunch if you would like to stay for the optional 1 – 3 p.m. natural history walk.

Reservations for the training are appreciated and can be made by calling (716) 569-2345 during business hours or clicking through “Programs and Events” at AudubonCNC.org. Walk-ins are welcome.

If you are interested in becoming a trail guide and want to learn more before registering, call Audubon Education Coordinator

The three-story Nature Center building houses interactive displays, a collection of live animals including the Hellbender exhibit, the 2022 Nature Photography Contest winners, and the Blue Heron Gift Shop. Visitors are welcome Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and Sundays, 1 - 4:30 p.m. Nature Center members and SNAP/EBT cardholders have free building admission daily. Building admission is also free every Sunday for nonNature Center members.

To learn more about Audubon and its many programs, call (716) 569-2345, find Audubon Community Nature Center on Facebook, or visit AudubonCNC.org.

Audubon Community Nature Center builds and nurtures connections between people and nature by providing positive outdoor experiences, opportunities to learn about and understand the natural world, and knowledge to act in environmentally responsible ways.

The Green Sanctuary Team of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua (UUCNC) will host an Earth Day film showing on Saturday, April 22, at 7 PM at the UUCNC meetinghouse, located at 222 Temple St. in Fredonia. The three short films, “Current Revolution” (total running time 72 minutes) illustrate the possibility of a just transition to a clean energy economy where the well-being of workers and frontline community members is valued.

“Current Revolution”, from the American Resilience Project, explores the transition from fossil fuels to renewables with a focus on national security, economic prosperity, and environmental justice. These films show how the nation can embrace smart policies and investments that support grid modernization through distributed renewable energy generation and ensure that the transition is just and sustainable.

Read more, including the synopsis of each film, on

UUCNC’s online calendar at https://tinyurl.com/caluucnc View the film trailer at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=gc6lKf2-KpU

For information on how to attend via Zoom, please email communitytreasure chest222@gmail.com For those attending the in-person service, please follow the driveway and park in the lower lot behind the building. UCCNC strives to be a vibrant, welcoming, multigenerational, diverse community enlivened by the power of radical love. We are a congregation that nurtures acceptance, spirituality, and growth while guided by Unitarian Universalist Principles. We provide a place where people engage together through fellowship, celebration, social outreach, environmental action, and transformative justice. For more information about us, visit our website at www. uucnc.org, like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ uucnc, or give us a call at 716-679-7944. We invite you to join us!