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ECOS NEWS CALENDAR of EVENTS for October, 2015

DATE GROUP ACTIVITY – LOCATION CONTACT Oct 2/F APBP First Friday Walk and Talk. Noon-1pm 456-0655 Oct 3/Sa AMC Hike Big Slide: Contact Kevin Cox 279-4839 APBP Brilliant and Bristly Buckmoths: 11am-12:30pm. Fee 456-0655 ESCV Walk: Hadley Park walkescv.org ETTNC Escarpment hike in Thacher Park @ 10am. Jim and Bonnie Schaller 861-7452 ETTNC Geocache Treasure Hunt @ Thacher Nature Center. 11Am 872-0800 MHLC Walk: Strawberry Fields Preserve 10am 436-6346 SCADK Fall Foliage: Hudson River Gorge. Contact Bob Wright 279-1428 Oct 4/Su APBP Prickly Porcupines: 1pm-2:30pm. Fee 456-0655 GLA Fall Wildflowers 1:30pm fee 875-6935 RLT Hike Taconic Crest Trail 9:00 am fee Nick Conrad 279-1963 Oct 5/M HMBC Birding Brazil with Bernie Grossman@ Colonie Public Library. 7pm 458-9274 GLSP Watercolor Waterscapes in Autumn 10:30am. Pre-register 279-1155 Oct 6/Tu ECOS Nature Walk at Strawberry Fields Farm. Contact Patrick 370-4125 Oct 7/W AMC Hike Mt. Van Hoevenburg Contact Kevin Cox 279-4839 ESCV Walk: Williamstown, MA 10:00am walkescv.org Oct 8/Th ESCV Walk: Tater Tours, Albany 9 am & Clifton Park 1 pm walkescv.org Oct 9/F ESCV Walk: Williamstown 9:30 am Bennington 2:00pm walkescv.org SCADK Northville-Placid Trail Steward Trip. Roy Keats 370-0399 Oct 10/Sa APBP Walk Blueberry Hill West: 2-3:30pm 456-0655 ESCV Walk Weekend walkescv.org ETTNC Autumn Walk on the Indian Ladder Trail @ 10am 861-7452 GLSP Geology Tour with David DeSimone @ 10am. Pre-register 279-1155 HMBC Walk: 8:00 am Don Gresens 370-3923 SCADK Indian Head & Twin Mountains Contact John Susko 383-1284 Oct11/Su ESCV Walk Weekend walkescv.org ETTNC Fall Foliage Hike @ 10am 872-0800 GLA Animal Tracks and Traces 2:00 pm fee 875-6935 HMBC Walk Five Rivers 8:00 am John Kent 424-2234 Oct 12/M APBP Smokey Bear Day 10am-2pm 456-0655 ESCV Walk Weekend walkescv.org GLSP Fall Foliage Hike @ Bennington Battlefield at 10:30am. Pre-register 279-1155 Oct 13/Tu ECOS Nature Walk Christman Sanctuary 9:30 am 370-4125 Oct 15/Th APBP Lecture: Bird Migration by Acoustic Monitoring 7pm Ages 15+ 456-0655 Oct 16/F AMC Hike and Bike at Lake George Contact Sharon Bonk 674-0042 AMC Annual Fall Gathering at Lake George Contact Sharon Bonk 674-0042 Oct 17/Sa AMC Hike and Bike at Lake George Contact Sharon Bonk 674-0042 APBP Fall Foliage Hike 11am-12:30pm Ages 8+ Fee 456-0655 6

ESCV Walk: Carago Lake 10:00 am walkescv.org ETTNC Autumn Colors Walk at Thacher Park 10am 872-0800 GLSP Spectacular Snags Nature Walk @ 10am Pre-register 279-1155 SCADK Hike: Un-named summit just beyond Hope Walter Hayes 399-7482 Oct 18/Su ESCV Walk: Saratoga Spa 1:30 pm walkescv.org SCADK Nine Mile Wyman Peak Hike Contact Contact Herb Terns 372-8478 Oct 19/M MHLC Walk: Peebles Island 10am 436-6346 Oct 20/Tu ECOS Fall Flora Walk @ Thacher Nature Center 9:30am 370-4125 Oct 22/Th SCADK Buck Mountain near Lake George Contact Ken Marcinowski 885-9400 Oct 23/F MHLC Walk: Holt Preserve 10am 436-6346 Oct 24/Sa APBP “White Tailed Deer” 1pm-2:30pm Fee 456-0655 ESCV Walk: Clifton Park 10:00 am walkescv.org GLA Halloween Owl Prowl 8:00 pm 875-6935 GLSP Halloween Hike with lit Jack O Lanterns 4-7pm Fee 279-1155 HMBC Walk: Collins Lake 8:00 am Don Gresens 370-3923 Oct 25/Su APBP Discover the Pine Bush: 1pm-2pm. Fee 456-0655 ESCV Walk: Albany/Colonie 1:30 pm walkescv.org SCADK South East Hollow to Petersburg Pass in Berlin, NY Mary MacDonald 371-1293 Oct 26/M MHLC Walk: Normanskill East & West Preserves 10am 436-6346 Oct 27/Tu ECOS Trail Work Day Featherstonhaugh State Forest 9:30am 370-4125 Oct 28/W ESCV Walk: Lake George 10;00 am walkescv.org SCADK Northwest Bay Tract Hike Contact Norm Kuchar 399-6243 Oct 29/Th APBP Sensory Night Hike: 6:30pm-8pm Fee 456-0655 Oct 31/Sa APBP Spectacular Spiders: 11am-12:30pm Fee 456-0655 ETTNC Walk Nature's Creepy Mystery Trail Cider and Donuts 11pm 872-0800 SCADK Halloween Costume Hike: No Bottom Pond & Beebe Hill Herb Terns 372-8478

Calendar Key: AMC Appalachian Mountain Club APBP Discovery Center ECOS ECOS: The Environmental Clearinghouse ETTNC Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center ESCV Empire State Capital Volkssporters GLA George Landis Arboretum GLSP Grafton Lakes State Park HMBC Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club MHLC Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy RLT Rensselaer Land Trust SCADK Schenectady Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club

The Inequality of Climate Change: A Vulnerability-Benefit Analysis of Fossil Fuel CO 2 Emissions Monday, October 26 7:00-8:45 PM Union College Olin 115

Although we can anticipate continued improvements in our understanding of future climate impacts, the central challenge of climate change is not scientific, but rather political and economic. In particular, international climate negotiations center on how to share the burden of uncertain mitigation and adaptation costs. Erin Delman will explain the relative economic interests of different countries by assessing and comparing their vulnerability to climate impacts and the economic benefits they derive from the fossil fuel-based energy system. In most cases, the vulnerability-benefit ratios reflect the nature of energy-climate policies in each country, although certain nations assume a level of responsibility incongruous with their ratio. Delman suggests that the essential international cooperation needed to address climate change requires demonstrating the long-term interdependencies of countries, rather than their short-term economic interests.

Former ECOS board member Erin Delman is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Irvine, Department of Earth System Science. She is investigating the implications of climate change for the national security of the US future. She graduated from Union College in June 2012 with a BS in geology, a BA in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and a minor in Environmental Science and Policy. 7