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Cape
May Nature
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| March 17 |
St. Paddy’s Day Hike at Manumuskin
12PM to 2PM. Guided tour hiking the scenic trail through Manumuskin River Preserve. The Nature Conservancy’s Manumuskin River Preserve, 199 Schooner Landing Road (cul-de-sac end of Barth Road), Millville, Cumberland County. Free. |
| March 19 |
WOW at the Wetlands
9AM to 3PM. Teacher training workshop. The Wetlands Institute, 1075 Stone Harbor Boulevard, Stone Harbor. $10. Call Rutgers to register. 732-932-9271. |
| March 20 |
Outdoor Survival Course
10AM to 2PM. Basic introduction to outdoor wilderness survival with Stewardship Coordinator Damon Noe of The Nature Conservancy. Maurice River Bluffs Preserve, 1400 Silver Run Road, Millville, Cumberland County. Free. |
| March 26 |
Covered Dish Dinner: Return of the Osprey
6 PM. Welcome back the osprey to the shore. Wetlands Institute, 1075 Stone Harbor Boulevard. $5/$10 members, plus a covered dish. Reserve by March 25. 368-1211. |
| March 26 |
Citizen Science Open House
6:30PM to 8:30PM. Join Nature Conservancy staff as volunteer surveyors. Learn more about how to get involved in preserving The Nature Conservancy’s various sites throughout Cape May and Cumberland County. Eldora Nature Preserve, 2350 Route 47, Delmont. Free. |
| March 27 |
Piping Plover Fencing in Cape May
10AM to 2PM. Help install posts and rope that serve as a fence to protect endangered beach-nesters like the Piping Plover. Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, West Perry Street/Sunset Boulevard, just past Bayshore Road, Lower Township. |
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April |
| April 22 |
Earth Day in Cape May
10AM to 2PM. Join Stewardship Manager Les Frie as he explores early successional habitat at the Cape Island Creek Preserve. Cape Island Creek Preserve, Cape May. Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy. Reservations strongly suggested. 861-0600. Free. |
| April 23 |
Eldora Nights! The Geology of South Jersey's Ice Age Past
6:30PM to 8:30PM. Join Mark Demitroff of the University of Delaware as he chronicles the effects of 200,000 years of global climate change and the unusual landscape that was shaped by south Jersey’s Ice Age past. Eldora Nature Preserve, border of Cape May/Cumberland Counties. 2350 Route 47, Delmont. Free. |
| April 3 |
Preserve Clean-up at Indian Trail Swamp Preserve
10AM to 2PM. Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Friends of Cape May National Wildlife Refuge and The Nature Conservancy will be partnering to clean up The Nature Center’s Preserve and the neighboring Refuge in Middle Township. 861-0600 to preregister. |
| April 10 |
Piping Plover Patrol Workshop
10AM to 12PM. Join Conservancy staff to learn how to help protect endangered piping plovers and least terns. Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, West Perry Street/Sunset Boulevard, just past Bayshore Road, Lower Township. 861-4120 to preregister. |
| April 24 |
Beach Sweep at Sunray Beach Preserve
9AM to 12PM. Join Stewardship Manager Damon Noe for a spring beach cleanup at Sunray Beach Preserve. Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy’s Delaware Bayshores Program. Sunray Beach Preserve, Middle Township. 861-0600 to preregister. |
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