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Artist: Trefoil Arch|oil on canvas|Bascove ©2009 2 CITY OF & RECREATION www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers RANGERS Message from: , NYC Parks & Recreation Commissioner After graduating from college I joined the fi rst corps of the Urban Park Rangers in 1979 — a time when many parks had deteriorated. , where I was stationed, was a vast dustbowl with few visitors. Our mission as Rangers was twofold: to establish a uniformed presence and patrol parks to ensure the safety of both wildlife and park visitors, and to educate the public about city parks as vital natural resources that enhance the quality of life for city residents.

Today, the Urban Park Rangers have evolved to become the single largest division responsible for opening up the city’s 29,000 acres of parkland as an environmental resource for all New Yorkers. Rangers operate ten Nature Centers located in the city’s fl agship parks. They provide in-park and classroom environmental education programs for over 35,000 schoolchildren each year. They monitor, assess, and reintroduce native wildlife species into parks, such as the in . Rangers also rescue and rehabilitate wildlife found in parks including Red-tail hawks, horned owls, opossums and turtles. Happy 30th Anniversary to the Urban Park Rangers! As a division They also conduct outdoor recreation programs for over 25,000 youths of the Department of Parks & Recreation, the Urban Park and adults each year. Through Urban Park Ranger programs New Rangers seek to link New Yorkers to the natural world. Rangers teach Yorkers can canoe in , hike in , camp us to care for the environment, protect the parks and their wildlife, overnight in , fi sh at West Harlem Piers Park, or rock and restore New York City’s natural heritage. The Urban Park Rangers climb and zip line at New York City’s fi rst challenge course – the Alley were established by Parks Commissioner Gordon Davis in 1979, under Pond Adventure Course! Mayor Koch’s administration. They were modeled after the National Our Urban Park Rangers exemplify hard work, commitment, Park Rangers, and are shielded New York State Peace Offi cers and City adaptability, and an abiding love and respect for the natural of New York Special Patrolmen. At the time, the Rangers were the fi rst environment. Here’s to 30 years of dedication to New York City’s parks, uniformed stewards of New York City’s parks. and to many more years of connecting New Yorkers with one of the While the job description of an Urban Park Ranger may literally be “a city’s most valuable natural resources. walk in the park”, being a Ranger is no easy task – and I would know! See you in the parks!

The opening of the fi rst section of the , from Gansevoort Outdoor News Street to 20th Street, will be followed by the completion of THE HIGH LINE OPENS AS CITY’S NEWEST PUBLIC PARK construction and public opening of Section 2, from 20th Street to 30th Street, in 2010. On June 8, 2009, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, and Friends of the High Line co-founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond opened the fi rst section of The corner of the High Line, the highly-anticipated, new public park built on top Gansevoort of a 1930s-era elevated rail line. Street and The High Line is the fi rst public park of its kind in the United Washington States, built 30 feet above ’s West Side. The opening Street in the of the fi rst half-mile section of the High Line is the culmination of Meatpacking more than three years of construction and ten years of planning. District, the The Mayor and Speaker were joined by US Representative Jerrold High Line’s Nadler, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, First Deputy southern Mayor Patricia E. Harris; Deputy Mayor Robert C. Lieber; Parks terminus, is Commissioner Adrian Benepe; City Planning Commissioner the site of a Amanda Burden; Economic Development Corporation President major access Seth Pinsky; High Line capital campaign leaders Barry Diller, Diane point and von Furstenberg, and Philip and Lisa Maria Falcone; and fi rst- street-level graders from Chelsea’s P.S. 11, who helped cut the ribbon at the plaza. High Line’s southernmost access point at Gansevoort Street and © THE FREE NEWSPAPER OF OUTDOOR ADVENTURE were among the fi rst visitors to the new park. Access points to the High Line from street level are locateded at Gansevoort Street, 14th Street (elevator access will be availableilal ble beginning in July), 16th Street (elevator access), 18th Streett aandndn 20th Street and will be open during the park’s operating hours,urrs, from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM. The High Line’s landscape is fully ADA-ADA- OutdoorsOutdoors accessible. iininn NewNNewew YYorkYorkork CCityCityity The High Line’s design is inspired by the wild, self-seeded Planning Sarah Aucoin, Director landscape that grew up naturally on the High Line when the trainsrains ProgramsP Bonnie McGuire, Deputy Director stopped running in 1980. It retains the original railroad trackss from the industrial structure and restored steel elements includingdini g OperationsOperaatio Richard Simon, Captain the High Line’s signature Art-Deco railings. An integrated system ProgramsPrograms Marta Arroyo, Program Manager of concrete pathways, seating areas and special features blend Graphicraphic DesignDesign Elizabeth Green, Graphic Artist with naturalistic planting areas to create a singular landscape. Researchch Shalini Beath, Grants Manager Urban Park Rangers • 1234 • New York City 10029 URBAN PARK RANGERS www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers CITY OF NEW YORK PARKS & RECREATION 3 WILDLIFE IN NEW YORK CITY By Richard Simon, Captain, Urban Park Rangers Birds abound in our city. Over the span of a year one can see The natural areas of New York City hold a secret. Spend a lazy over two hundred species of migratory birds in Central Park alone. summer afternoon near a pond or an early October morning on a hill Migratory avian visitors to New York City include many varieties of top. Take a stroll through a meadow, or turn over a log with a child. warblers, waterfowl, and even bald eagles. Year-round, however, the The secret is soon revealed to all who take the time to notice it. The city is home to a rich variety of song birds, waterfowl and birds of prey. secret is New York City’s abundant wildlife. Residents are often amazed to learn that Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) soar over all fi ve boroughs. On the tops of bridges and I am a New Yorker, born and raised. Like most New Yorkers I am the towering spires of cathedrals, Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus), proud of our city’s human diversity; I enjoy having a world of art, the fastest animals in the world, make their home. Birds of prey, culture and food at my fi nger tips. I was oblivious to the natural world also known as raptors, like hawks, falcons and owls, are the perfect around me until its secrets were revealed to me by an Urban Park predators in an urban environment to keep the rodent and nuisance Ranger. This Ranger showed me that there were more than pigeons bird populations under control. to see in this great city. On a walking tour through High Rock Park on , she showed me and egrets, chipmunks and Among the ducks and Canada muskrats, butterfl ies and ladybugs. She revealed the secret world geese that swim in our lakes and or wildlife biodiversity that has always been a part of New York City, ponds, careful observers will see our waiting for us to notice. statuesque wading birds: Great Blue Heron ( AArdea herodia), Great Egret (Ardea alba), For the past eleven years I have worked as an Urban Park Ranger andand Black-crownedBla Night Herons (Nycticorax for the City of New York’s Department of Parks & Recreation. I was nycticoraxnycti ), to name a few. Raucous Belted so moved by my discovery of the natural world that I was driven to BLACK-CROWNED Kingfi shers (Megaceryle alcyon) dive from share it with others, while gaining the authority as a Ranger to protect NIGHT HERON tree tops and snatch unsuspecting bass and it. The City’s unique force of Urban Park Rangers acts as stewards blue gills. Hidden within the crowd of Double-crested Cormorants and ambassadors for more than 29,000 acres of parkland. We are (Phalacrocorax auritus) may be a solitary Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) or environmental educators, law enforcers and naturalists. even a mournful Loon (Gavia immer). Rangers like to ask park patrons if the woodland they are standing Walk deeper into the woods, stop, and close your eyes. Listen to the in is a true forest. Most people do not know that New York City has cacophony of song birds exploring every layer of the urban forest. hundreds of acres of forest; Urban Forest. An easy defi nition of a forest True, there are American Robins, Blue Jays and brilliant red Cardinals. is a community of plants that supports a community of animals, and Study a little longer and you will hear an Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis this is very true in our urban forests. Each layer of our urban forest is phoebe) singing “drink your teeee.” If you are lucky enough to see a home to many diff erent animals. Birds, insects, mammals, reptiles and Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) you might be surprised amphibians can all be observed if we are patient and know where to to have one land on your shoulder, looking for a free lunch. New York look. Each of these animals fi lls a niche in our urban environment and City is a great place to improve your birding skills. each has a place in nature’s web and food chain. As you explore the forest fl oor in most parks by brushing aside the Visit any city park of any size, from Batteryry GREY SQUIRREL leaf litter or rolling over a log, you are likely to encounter our most Park to Pelham Bay Park, and you are abundant class of animals: insects. Insects and other invertebrates bound to fi nd an Eastern Grey Squirrel are busy at work acting as decomposers, breaking down dead (Sciurus carolinensis). Perhaps the most and decaying matter and supplying the plant kingdom with vital common urban mammal, the Eastern nutrients. Dragonfl ies consume mosquitoes along the surface of a Grey Squirrel is not only gregarious, but pond; monarch butterfl ies (Danaus plexippus) pass through on their essential to the continued growth of our migration to Mexico. Insects serve as a valuable food supply for birds, urban forest. Squirrels burry thousands of mammals, fi sh, reptiles and amphibians. acorns throughout the year, saving up foodd for a cold winter. The acorns that squirrels forget to dig up soon Turtles bask in the sun in many fresh germinate and eventually produce new oak trees. Whether they water ponds. Sadly, many of the turtles appear grey, red or black, each eastern grey squirrel is vital to our we see are non-native Red-Eared healthy forests. Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans). These unwanted pets are often released into Squirrels may be one of the most plentiful mammals living in our parks by careless pet owners who are city, but they are not alone. In parks like Prospect Park in ignorant or indiff erent to the fact that or in , you may catch a glimpse of a SNAPPING TURTLE these amphibians compete with native Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus), darting along the forest fl oor. In turtles for food and resources. The sliders’ the evening, mammals go on the larger cousin, the Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentine) may also be prowl. An evening stroll through seen, trolling below the surface for food. While no venomous snakes Ft. Tryon Park in Manhattan call New York City home, the garter snake can often grow large may produce an unexpected enough to startle the unprepared hiker. American Bullfrogs (Rana encounter with a Skunk. Opossum catesbeiana) and Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) sing on warm (Didelphis virginiana), New York’s summer nights and Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) only marsupial, may be found OPOSSUM fi nd comfort under lakeside stones. Reptiles and amphibians do their skirting a building with her babies on her back. A (Procyon share to control the insect population and in turn may become a slimy lotor), may run across the stage while you watch Shakespeare in meal for a raccoon or a hawk. Central Park. Bronx residents may spot a (Canis latrans) or even a Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), predators that keep a check on rodents and The secret world of wildlife in New York City is ready to be revealed nuisance birds. to all who look for it. The next time you are out, take a closer look at the bird that soars overhead. It may just be a majestic Red-tailed Perhaps our least understood but most benefi cial mammals are our Hawk. Wonderful, vibrant populations of animals are enriching New Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus). Bats fl utter about the evening sky, York City’s biodiversity every day. Consider spending a couple of hours consuming mosquitoes and other insects by the pound. Bats serve as a one weekend attending a free Urban Park Ranger program to learn perfect, natural control to our insect population. As wonderful as all our more about wildlife in New York City. Visit us on the web at www.nyc. mammals are, all should be enjoyed from a distance and should never be gov/parks/rangers . We’ll see you in the parks! fed by humans. 4 CITY OF NEW YORK PARKS & RECREATION www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers URBAN PARK RANGERS

City of New York Urban Park Rangers Parks & Recreation Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor EXPLORER PROGRAMS Adrian Benepe, Commissioner

Arts and Culture Fishing Special Events See, hear, and participate in crafts, Catch a fish! Freshwater and Our Special Events celebrate nature poetry, writing, dance, acting, saltwater fishing available. and are great fun for all ages! readings, photography and open Equipment provided, catch and microphone nights in our beautiful release only. parks and nature centers. Survival & Orienteering Hiking & Biking Learn to survive in the wild. From Birding Adventure and leisure hikes and bike using a map and compass to knot- Learn everything you need to know rides. Nature walks, historic tours, tying and shelter-building, the about birds. Programs highlight and greenbelt rides. Rangers have workshops to help different bird types, special park you safely enjoy your outdoors experiences. areas and seasonal highlights. History Learn about the important role Camping of our parkland in New York City MillionTreesNYC Enjoy a night sleeping under the history and hear the fantastic stories A citywide initiative to plant and care stars in New York City. Space the Urban Park Rangers have to tell. for one million new trees in New is limited! Programs require York City by 2017. RESERVATIONS. Visit www.nyc.gov/ parks/rangers/reservations for more Kids Activities information. Join us for a variety of children- Adventure Course centered activities. Nature crafts, sing-a-longs, play dates, storytime, The Adventure Canoeing and more! Check for special out of Course features ropes course Learn to canoe and explore New school and vacation programs activities that promote team-building York City’s waterways. First-come, and problem–solving skills. Free first-served, unless otherwise noted. public programs on Sundays through Bring a hat, water, sunscreen, and a Nature Exploration November. Visit www.nyc.gov/ snack. Ages 8 and up. Be prepared Learn about plants, wildlife, or stars parks/rangers for more information. to get wet and dirty. in the sky. Bring binoculars if you have them, and a flashlight for evening programs. RANGER STATIONS & NATURE CENTERS BRONX MANHATTAN

Crotona Nature Center, seasonal (CNC): Crotona (BC): Central Park. 79th St., Park. Enter the park at Charlotte St. & Crotona mid-park. 212.628.2345 Park East. 718.378.2061 Dana Discovery Center (DDC): Central Park. Nature Center, seasonal (OBNC): 110th St. & Lenox Ave. 212.860.1376 Pelham Bay Park. Section 2 of Orchard Beach. Inwood Hill Nature Center (IHNC): Inwood Hill 718.885.3466 Park. Enter park at W. 218th St. & Indian Road. Pelham Bay Ranger Station (PBRS): Pelham 212.304.2365 or 212.304.3401 Bay Park. Bruckner Blvd. & Wilkinson Ave. 718.885.3467 Van Cortlandt Nature Center (VCNC): Van Cortlandt Park. Enter the park at W. 246th St. Alley Pond Park Adventure Center (APPAC): & Broadway. 718.548.0912 Alley Pond Park. Enter at Winchester Blvd., under the Grand Central Parkway. 718.217.6034 or 718.217.4685 Visitor Center (FPVC): Forest Park. Woodhaven Blvd. & Forest Park Drive. 718.846.2731 Visitors Center (FTVC): Fort Totten Park. Enter park at fort entrance, north of intersection of 212 St. and Cross Island Pkwy. and follow signs. 718.352.1769 STATEN ISLAND BROOKLYN Blue Heron Nature Center (BHNC): Blue Heron Salt Marsh Nature Center (SMNC): Marine Park. Park. 222 Poillon Avenue, between Amboy Road East 33rd St. & Avenue U. 718.421.2021 & . 718.967.3542 Fort Greene Visitor Center (FGVC): Fort Greene High Rock Ranger Station (HRRS): High Rock Park. Enter the park at Myrtle Avenue and Park. Park in the lot at the end of Nevada Washington Park. 718.722.3218 Avenue, off Rockland Ave., and follow signs. 718.667.6042. URBAN PARK RANGERS www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers FALL 2009 5

From the splendors of fall foliage to the thrills of the outdoor hikes, the Bronx Rangers will introduce you to all the borough has to off er.

Saturday, October 3 Saturday, October 24 Sunday, November 1 Birding Club / Van Cortlandt Park 9 a.m. / Fall Foliage/ Pelham Bay Park 2 p.m. / VCNC It’s migration season! As birds begin PBRS Explore the colors of autumn with to fly south for the winter, they often stop a walk through the woods of our park as to rest in our beautiful parks. Join us for we identify trees and discuss how leaves some morning birding and see how many transform from green to red, yellow, and seasonal visitors you can spot. orange. Sunday, October 4 Saturday, November 7 Hawk Migration / Pelham Bay Park Birding Club / Van Cortlandt Park 9 a.m. / 11 a.m. / PBRS Join us on a bird walk VCNC See October 3 listing. featuring the hawk migration as they stop to “fuel up” in Pelham Bay Park on the Fall Colors I / Riverdale Park 1 p.m. way to their warm winter homes. Bring / 232 St. and the H. H. Service Rd. your own binoculars. Southbound The Palisades in the fall are spectacular! We’ll walk along the Hudson Nature Photography Series: It’s in the and enjoy the vistas. Bring water and wear Details / Van Cortlandt Park 2 p.m. / comfy shoes. VCNC Many photographers tend to focus on the big picture while ignoring all MillionTreesNYC Fall Planting Day / Sunday, November 8 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. / Locations Citywide the tiny marvels and interesting textures Native Americans and Anne Hutchinson Join us to make NYC greener and greater all around them. Let’s get up close and Hike to Split Rock/ Pelham Bay Park by volunteering to help us plant 20,000 personal and learn to photograph the 11 a.m. / Split Rock Golf House, 870 trees citywide! Planting projects will be smaller wonders nature has to offer. Bring Shore Rd. Come enjoy this hike and learn held in Parks in all 5 boroughs. your own camera. about Anne Hutchinson and indigenous Email [email protected] if you are people of the area. Saturday, October 10 interesting in volunteering. Wildflower Walk / Van Cortlandt Park Nature Photography Series: Autumn Leaves / Van Cortlandt Park 1 p.m. / 11 a.m. / VCNC Before the first frosts of Nature Scavenger Hunt / Van Cortlandt fall begin to settle over the Bronx, the VCNC When the weather starts to cool, Park 1 p.m. / VCNC Fun for the whole our trees really begin to glow! Bring your asters and goldenrod have their time to family! Are you up to the challenge of shine. camera, and we will show you how to finding some hidden treasures in the photograph those vivid autumn colors. park? Come play nature detectives as the Sunday, October 11 Rangers lead the way. Saturday, November 14 Sunday, October 25 Fall Colors II / 1 p.m. / 233 St. and Baychester Ave. In the second Forever Wild Hike! Hike/ of our autumn leaf walks, we’ll hike the Pelham Bay Park 1 p.m. / OBNC Come newly restored Seton Falls Park and see learn about the history of Hunter Island what colors it has to offer. with the Urban Park Rangers and enjoy some of the best wildlife in the city. Sunday, November 15 Saturday, October 31 Astronomy / Pelham Bay Park 6 p.m. / PBRS Partner up with the Urban Park Celebrate Samhein / Van Cortlandt Park Rangers and gaze at the heavens through 1 p.m. / VCNC Do you know the history our high-powered telescope. Learn how of Halloween? Join us on an autumn hike to identify constellations, stars, and the and learn about the Druidic and Celtic phases of our satellite, the moon. Weather Canoeing the Lagoon / Pelham Bay Park roots of our modern holiday. permitting. Please call 718.885.3467 on 11 a.m. / Canoe and Kayak Launch, the day of the program. northwest corner of Orchard Beach parking lot Join us on this easy adventure paddle through the sparkling blue waters and green marsh grasses of the Lagoon. First-come, first-served. Saturday, October 17 Cass Gallagher Hike / Van Cortlandt Park 11 a.m. / Corner of Broadway and Mosholu Ave. The sky is blue, the air is crisp, and a soft breeze rustles through the last leaves. No wonder early fall is often considered the best time for taking a nice hike in the woods. Put on your boots and join us for a relaxing nature hike through the North Woods. Sunday, October 18 Fall Warbler Watch/ Pelham Bay Park 12 p.m. / PBRS Sharpen up those birding skills on a birding walk designed to spot the colorful and elusive warblers. Bring your own binoculars. 6 OOutdoorsutdoors iin inn NNewNewew YYorkYorkork CCityCityity www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers URBAN PARK RANGERS

Saturday, November 21 Saturday, December 12 Sunday, December 20 Mid-Fall Migrants / Van Cortlandt Tree-mendous Hike / Riverdale Park Seal-shore Safari / Pelham Bay Park Park 10 a.m. / VCNC Before the winter 1 p.m. / 232 St. and the H. H. Parkway 9 a.m. / OBNC Discover the many waterfowl arrive, the last stragglers from Southbound The leaves are down and different creatures that live close to the the fall migration make their way through the trees are bare, but they can still be shore including SEALS! Dress warmly. our parks. Bring your binoculars and join us identified! Learn the tricks and enjoy the for some late fall birding. day as we walk along the Hudson and Sunday, December 27 discover the trees. Sunday, November 22 Turkey Count Hike/ Pelham Bay Park Sunday, December 13 10 a.m. / Bartow Pell Mansion, 895 Shore Winter Waterfowl / Pelham Bay Park Rd. Join us on our annual turkey count 12 p.m. / OBNC Explore the salt marsh as we try to find this elusive bird on the at Orchard Beach as we search for egrets, Trail. herons, ducks and other waterfowl of the Bronx. Saturday, November 28 Post Turkey Day Super Hike / Van Saturday, December 19 Cortlandt Park 11 a.m. / VCNC A post Holiday Eco-Crafts / Van Cortlandt Park Thanksgiving tradition! Come with the 1 p.m. / VCNC Bring the kids and your Rangers on a long hike to work off those creativity! We’ll stay warm and cozy in the extra helpings of stuffing and potatoes. nature center and do some fun, holiday Wear comfortable shoes and bring water inspired crafts. Owl Prowl / Pelham Bay Park 11 a.m. and a healthy snack. / Bartow Pell Mansion, 895 Shore Rd. Winter is the best time to see wild owls in Sunday, November 29 New York City. Don’t miss this opportunity. Orchard Beach History Walk / Pelham Bay Park 1 p.m. / OBNC Come learn about the history of Orchard Beach and the Help water and care for the surrounding islands. Dress warmly. 240,000 new trees that have been Saturday, December 5 Birding Club / Van Cortlandt Park 9 a.m. / VCNC See October 3 listing. planted across New York City! Sunday, December 6 Join the MillionTreesNYC Stewardship Corps and help keep New York City GREEN!

Since the MillionTreesNYC campaign started, over 240,000 trees have been planted across the city’s five boroughs, more than 30,000 just in street trees. Help us take care of these newly planted trees by coming to a MillionTreesNYC stewardship workshop where you will learn:

What is MillionTreesNYC? Educational resources How to identify trees in New York City Adopt-a-Tree website Benefits trees bring to our city Free stewardship tools Tree Care – Water! Weed! Mulch!

Visit www.milliontreesnyc.org to register for NYC Parks stewardship programs. If your group or block association would like to request a tree workshop, and can assure an attendance of at least 15 people contact [email protected]

Nature Photography Series: Black and White Photography / Pelham Bay Park 11 a.m. / PBRS Winter scenery can often seem a bit drab, but it’s a great time to explore light and shadow with some The MillionTreesNYC Stewardship Corps is a citizen-based program black and white photography. Bring your camera as we follow in the footsteps of channeling the power of volunteerism to urban tree care. Under its Adams, Stieglitz and other legendary umbrella, , Greenbelt Conservancy, GreenThumb, photographers. Partnerships for Parks, Queens Botanic Garden, New York Botanic Garden ‘Whooo’ said that? / Pelham Bay Park 1 p.m. / OBNC Winter is the best time to and TreesNY will engage everyday New Yorkers in greening their streets see wild owls in New York City. Don’t miss by providing accessible, no-cost tree care and community organizing this opportunity. training. URBAN PARK RANGERS www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers FALL 2009 7

Brooklyn has a little of everything: birding, hiking, history and more. Come enjoy one program or all.

Saturday, October 3 Sunday, October 11 cont’d Saturday, October 31 Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / Who, Who, Who….Did I eat? / Marine Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / SMNC Park 1 p.m. / SMNC Come and discover SMNC what owls eat as we dissect owl pellets. Colonial Living / Halloween Creepy Crawlies / Marine Park 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. / FGVC Discover what 12 p.m. / SMNC Discover everything you life was like back in the 1770s, just before Saturday October 17 wanted to know about insects, spiders the . Try your hand Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / and other creepy animals that call the Salt at colonial era games, butter churning, SMNC Marsh Nature Center home. and watch a colonial open pit cooking Birds and History of Fort Greene Park / demonstration. Fort Greene Halloween Festival / Fort Fort Greene Park 10 a.m. / FGVC Join the Greene Park 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Fall Nature Journaling Series (Part 1) Urban Park Rangers and NYC Audubon / DeKalb Lawn, DeKalb Ave. and / Prospect Park 1 p.m. / Picnic House, and learn about Fort Greene’s rich history Washington Park St. Join the Urban Park West Drive and Third St. Explore the as we ramble through its hills and discover Rangers and the Fort Greene Conservancy last forest in Brooklyn as it undergoes which birds call it home. To register for for a Spooktacular Day. Stop by the Ranger fall foliage changes! We will be paying all NYC Audubon events or for more table and learn about the truths and myths special attention to deciduous trees and information, visit www.nycaudubon.org or of creepy crawlers creatures. the fall songbird migration. Attendance call 212.691.7483. You do not have to be for the entire series is not required, but is a member of NYC Audubon to attend, but you must still register. Space is limited. Sunday, November 1 encouraged! Truths and Myths of Creepy Crawlers Marine Park Civic Association Annual Creatures / Fort Greene Park 12:30 p.m. Sunday, October 4 Halloween Walk / Marine Park 1 p.m. / FGVC Learn the truths and myths of Insect Insanity / Fort Greene Park 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. / E 36 St. entrance Salt Marsh animals which spark our primal fears. / FGVC Bug out with the Rangers and Nature Center Trail Goblins and witches Dare to touch one of our Dwarf Cave learn all about the creepy crawlers living in and Urban Park Rangers, oh my! It’s time Cockroaches… Fort Greene Park. Make your own buggy for our annual Halloween Walk. It’s spook- craft. Ages 12 and under. tacular! *Rain date October 18. Exploring the Marsh in Autumn / Marine Park 1 p.m. / SMNC Autumn is in full Beginner Orienteering / Sunset Park swing. Take a nature hike and discover 1 p.m. / Pool House, 7 Ave. bet. 42 St. Sunday, October 18 the changes happening as Mother Nature and 43 St. Join us as we teach the basics of Brooklyn Brews / Fort Greene Park prepares for winter. using a map and compass to navigate your 11 a.m. / FGVC Brooklyn was once the way around the park. home of many breweries. Learn all about Kings County’s sudsy past, and take a look Monday, November 2 at the new generations of beer being made Monday Night Lecture: Natural Nutrition Monday, October 5 here once again. for the Heart / Marine Park 7 p.m. / Monday Night Lecture: Portside New York SMNC Join Director Laura Olsen of and the Mary Whalen / Marine Park 7 p.m. History Club: Gravesend Cemetery Tour / Nutrition Wellness of Gerritsen Beach for / SMNC Join us and Director Carolina Gravesend Cemetery 11 a.m. / McDonald a discussion on natural and healthy ways Salguaro of Portside New York and learn Ave. on Gravesend Neck Rd. Come for of eating for your heart and overall well- all about the tanker Mary Whalen, now a visit to the rarely opened Gravesend being. converted into an educational facility in Cemetery, one of Brooklyn’s oldest. There Brooklyn. She will also be discussing the you’ll find familiar names belonging to Saturday, November 7 current condition of NYC’s waterways and many families who established Brooklyn. Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / what’s being done to improve them. SMNC Saturday October 24 Saturday October 10 Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / Comic Relief: New York’s History in Funny Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / SMNC Pages and Capes / Fort Greene Park SMNC 11 a.m. / FGVC Did you know nearly all MillionTreesNYC Fall Planting Day / of the comic book superheroes that are Open House New York: Prison Ships 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. / Locations Citywide megastars of movies today owe New York Martyrs Monument / Fort Greene Park Join us to make NYC greener and greater City a lot of gratitude for their creation? 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. / FGVC Get an up by volunteering to help us plant 20,000 Join us as we see the role NYC has played close view trees citywide! Planting projects will be in the formation of the superhero myths of the Prison held in Parks in all 5 boroughs. and see the impact those caped crusaders Ship Martyrs Email [email protected] if you are have had on the very real world around us. Monument, interesting in volunteering. commemorating Brooklyn Streetcar Artist Group Presents: the deaths of Fall Nature Journaling Series (Part 3) / Nature Art Show / Marine Park 11 a.m. over 10,000 Prospect Park 1 p.m. / Picnic House, West - 4 p.m. / SMNC The Salt Marsh Nature patriots of Drive and Third St. See October 3 listing. Center is playing host to a nature themed the American art show featuring different styles of Saturday Night Live: Karaoke and Open paintings and photography by local artists Revolution. We Mic Night / Marine Park 7 p.m. / SMNC will be taking and members of the Brooklyn Streetcar Join us and host “Dancin’ with Bob B.” for Artist Group. a peek into the a night of local talent. Sing, dance or even base of the tell a story. Show us how talented you Tail end of Migration / Prospect Park monument, but really are. 1 p.m. / Audubon Center, East Dr. and access to the Lincoln Rd. Explore the wooded areas of top of the tower Prospect Park and catch the final month of is not possible. Sunday, October 25 Creepy Crawlers Creatures Crafts / Fort bird migration. Bring binoculars if possible. Greene Park 11 a.m. / FGVC Learn the Fall Nature Journaling Series (Part 2) / truths and myths of animals which spark Sunday, November 8 Prospect Park 1 p.m. / Picnic House, West our primal fears, then create your own Journey Through Time: Fort Greene and Drive and Third St. See October 3 listing. decoration for Halloween. Ages 12 and Clinton Hill / Fort Greene Park 11 a.m. / under. FGVC Let’s explore our own backyard and Sunday, October 11 venture next door to lovely Clinton Hill. As Autumn Splendor Walk / Prospect Park a special treat, we’ll be taking a peek inside Open House New York: Prison Ships 1 p.m. / Picnic House, West Drive and the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument. Tour Martyrs Monument / Fort Greene Park Third St. Join us as we explore the blazing will last approximately 2 hours, so wear 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. / FGVC See October 10 colors that the fall brings to this park. comfortable shoes and bring water. listing. 8 OOutdoorsutdoors iin inn NNewNewew YYorkYorkork CCityCityity www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers URBAN PARK RANGERS

Sunday, November 8 cont’d Sunday, November 22 cont’d Saturday, December 12 Brooklyn Streetcar Artist Group presents: Nuts about Squirrels / Owl’s Head Park Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / Nature Art Show / Marine Park 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. / Park House at Colonial Rd. Learn SMNC 4 p.m. / SMNC See November 7 listing. everything you ever wanted to know about our fine furry tailed friends who Fort Green’s Foundation / Fort Greene Beginner Orienteering / Sunset Park make our parks their home. Park 11 a.m. / FGVC Join us for a walk 1 p.m. / Pool House, 7 Ave. between 42 around the park to learn about Fort and 43 Sts. See October 4 listing. Colonial Living / Fort Greene Park 2 p.m. Greene’s beginnings. We will also take – 4 p.m. / FGVC See October 3 listing. a peek inside the Prison Ships Martyrs Saturday, November 14 Monument. Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / Saturday, November 28 Winter Waterfowl / Prospect Park 1 p.m. SMNC Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / / , Parking Lot and East SMNC The Giving Tree / Fort Greene Park Dr. Believe it or not, some birds actually 11 a.m. / FGVC You will be surprised by Journey Through Time: Fort Greene and consider Brooklyn a warm, southerly how many different species of trees are Clinton Hill / Fort Greene Park 11 a.m. / climate in winter! Join us for an exploration located within Fort Greene Park. Learn FGVC See November 8 listing. of these winter migrants. how these trees got their names, what they were used for in the past, and what Three Sisters Gardens / Marine Park Sunday, December 13 they give us today. 12 p.m. / SMNC Beans, corn and squash Facts, Myths and Lore of Evergreens and were cultivated together by Native Mistletoe / Fort Greene Park 11 a.m. / The Deciduous Conifer: Nature’s Americans as a sustainable agriculture FGVC Learn about the origins of traditions Oxymoron / Prospect Park 1 p.m. / in the Northeastern U.S. for hundreds involving evergreens and mistletoe. Find Audubon Center, East Dr. and Lincoln of years. Enjoy an informative lecture out what they were used for in the past Rd. Come explore the Lullwater Trail at about their special farming methods and and what they are used for today. Prospect Park and learn the differences refreshments made from our starring between deciduous and coniferous trees. ingredients. Children’s Hour: Nature Scrapbooking Special attention will be paid to the bald / Marine Park 1 p.m. / SMNC Bring the cypress, an interesting tree which is Mother Sunday, November 29 kids to the Salt Marsh for an afternoon of Nature’s oxymoron for dendrologists! Cabin Fever Cure / Prospect Park 11 a.m. creating nature themed scrap books. All materials provided. Ages 12 and under. Saturday Night Live: “Harvest Happening” / Wollman Rink, Parking Lot and East with the Brooklyn Community Storytellers Dr. Do you suffer from cabin fever? The / Marine Park 7 p.m. / SMNC Join us for a symptoms include a permanent dent in the Wednesday, December 16 fun and festive evening of storytelling with couch, fighting over the remote control, Boston Tea Party / Marine Park 1 p.m. the Brooklyn Community Storytellers. Fun and the overall feeling that your apartment / SMNC It’s tea time! Join us for our for the whole family! is shrinking. We have the cure: get out and annual gathering and a lively discussion explore Prospect Park. Bring the kids! celebrating the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party and the beginning of the Sunday, November 15 Trains and Trolleys / Fort Greene Park American Revolution. Colonial Kids / Fort Greene Park 11 a.m. / 11 a.m. / FGVC Remember the days of FGVC What was life like for kids in colonial streetcars and el trains? Head back to the times? Find out who they were, what they good old days, when trolleys clattered and Saturday, December 19 wore, and what they did for fun. We’ll clanged along the streets of Brooklyn. Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / even play some colonial-era games, just SMNC like they did, and taste some of the snacks Saturday, December 5 How Animals Survive Winter / Fort they enjoyed! Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / Greene Park 11 a.m. / FGVC Learn how History Club: Brooklyn Brews / Marine SMNC animals cope during the winter and create your own craft. Ages 12 and under. Park 1 p.m. / SMNC We’ll revisit a favorite International Volunteer Day / Fort Greene topic. Discover Brooklyn’s rich brewing Park 10 a.m. / FGVC IVD was established Origami Ornaments / Marine Park 1 p.m. history. From Schaefer Beer to Rhinegold, by the United Nations General Assembly / SMNC Learn about the ancient art discover a time when Brooklyn was one of on December 17, 1985. Get your hands of Japanese paper folding and create a the major brewing centers in the United dirty as you help us keep Fort Greene one holiday decoration. All ages are welcomed. States. of the most beautiful parks in the city. To RSVP and to learn more about Fort Greene Sunday, December 20 Saturday, November 21 Park volunteers, email carol.anastasio@ Mysteries of NYC History / Fort Greene Early Birding / Marine Park 8 a.m. / parks.nyc.gov or call 718.722.3218. Park 1 p.m. / FGVC Throughout NYC SMNC Santa at the Marsh / Marine Park (time history, big plans were laid out that would Thanks to Native Americans / Fort Greene TBA) / SMNC Santa is back for his annual have changed everything. Find out all Park 11 a.m. / FGVC Discover vibrant visit to the Salt Marsh! Join us and the about the city that never was, from the Native American history and learn about Marine Park Civic Association for a free highways that never got built, to the parks their contributions to our society. photo with Santa and lots of other holiday that were never developed. surprises. Call 718.421.2021 for details. Turkey-cology / Marine Park 1 p.m. / Winter SMNC The elusive Meleagris gallopavo Wonderland () has long been a favorite Sunday, December 6 Hike / Prospect challenge of hunters in the Northeastern Winter Survival / Prospect Park 11 a.m. Park 1 p.m. / US. Come to the Salt Marsh Nature / Picnic House, West Dr. and Third St. Audubon Center, Center for a fun lecture on our favorite Bring your love of nature as the Rangers East Dr. and Thanksgiving-time critter! Kids craft to mesmerize you with the astonishing winter Lincoln Rd. Enjoy follow. Ages 12 and under. adaptations that resident animals use to the stark beauty survive the frigid temperatures. You will of Olmsted also learn how to identify animal tracks in and Vaux’s Sunday, November 22 the snow and mud. masterpiece Thanksgiving Day Crafts / Fort Greene in winter on Park 11 a.m. / FGVC Learn about the Brooklyn’s Beautiful Brownstones and this Ranger-led first Thanksgiving Day, then create your Buildings / Fort Greene Park 11 a.m. / walking tour. own Thanksgiving Day craft. Ages 12 and FGVC Take a virtual tour of the borough’s under. architecturally interesting buildings. From brownstones to churches and mansions to Sunday, December 26 cottages, we have them all. How Animals Survive Winter / Fort Greene Park 11 a.m. / FGVC See December 19 listing. URBAN PARK RANGERS www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers FALL 2009 9

This fall enjoy our annual Falconry Extravaganza in Central Park. There will be fl ight demonstrations, educational activities, and more. Come check it out!

Saturday, October 3 Sunday, October 11 cont’d Saturday, November 7 Every Tree has a Name / Inwood Hill Park Open House New York: Little Red Advanced Canoeing / Inwood Hill Park 10 a.m. / IHNC Learn how to identify Light House / Fort Washington Park 12 p.m. / IHNC Strong canoeing skills different species of trees and discover cool 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. / Meet at the Little Red and prior experience are a must for this facts about them. Lighthouse, 181 St. and advanced canoe trip. The paddle will begin Manhattan’s only remaining lighthouse. in Inwood Hill Park and travel down the Unlocking the Sanctuary / Central Park Come for a talk about the history of the Hudson to Fort Washington Park. Space 1 p.m. / Gapstow Bridge at the 59 St. lighthouse and how it was saved. is limited. Experienced canoeists only. To Pond We’re going to unlock ! register, visit http://nyc.gov/parks/rangers/ The Hallett Nature Sanctuary contains four- register on October 28. acres of birds, plants and natural mystery. Saturday, October 17 Nestled in the shadows of 59 Street’s Manhattan’s Big Birding Day / Inwood towering skyline, the woodland wildlife Hill Park 8 a.m. / IHNC The Urban Park Sunday, November 8 sanctuary offers a year-round home to Rangers are celebrating fall migration Eco Art / Inwood Hill Park 11 a.m. / IHNC screech owls, and sapsuckers. with an all day birding adventure. We’ll Join us as we show you some creative Its last notable visitor was a wild coyote… travel to different birding hotspots around ways to recycle undesirables into beautiful Manhattan in search of birds passing art! through the city. Transportation provided. Sunday October 4 To register, visit http://nyc.gov/parks/ Scale the Walls of Morningside / rangers/register on October 7. Morningside Park 1 p.m. / 110 St. and FALCONRY EXTRAVAGANZA Manhattan Ave. Home to nesting kestrels, IN CENTRAL PARK AT Bike the Greenway, Part I / Battery Park impressive geological outcroppings and EAST MEADOW 11 a.m. / Pier A, Battery Pl. and West St. fantastic Harlem views, Morningside Park (97 ST. AND 5 AVE.) Enjoy a refreshing ride along the west side offers the curious park-goer a healthy hike 1 P.M. – 3 P.M. FREE! of Manhattan with the Urban Park Rangers filled with fine rewards. Join the Urban as your guide. Learn about , Park Rangers on a thorough consideration Learn all about birds of the Lackawanna Rail, the Little Red of wildflowers, 30,000 year old glacial prey from Urban Park Lighthouse and more as we ride towards shifts and the raucous 1960’s upheaval. Ranger wildlife experts the Palisades and Inwood Hill Park. Bring at our annual flight of your bike, a helmet, and lots of water. Saturday, November 14 fancy. Hawks, falcons, Riverside Raptor Romp / Riverside Park owls, and other birds of Sunday, October 18 prey will be on hand for 10 a.m. / River Run Playground, 83 St. flight demonstrations Fall for Photography / Inwood Hill Park and Riverside Dr. Now a popular nesting and more! 11 a.m. / IHNC Capture the amazing site for red-tailed hawks, kestrels and colors of fall with a guided walking tour the odd falcon, this narrow park is chock with a Ranger. Bring a camera and your full of birds of prey. Come and join us as walking shoes. we discuss and explore the lives of these Saturday, October 10 magnificent creatures. A Couple of Squares / Union Square Park Open House New York: Soldiers and 1 p.m. / 17 St. and Union West Union, Nature Hike / Inwood Hill Park 12 p.m. / Sailors Monument 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. / Washington, Stuyvesant, and Tompkins IHNC Participate in a tranquil hike through 89 St. and Riverside Dr. Visit this temple- Square Park, what do they all have in Manhattan’s last old-growth forest. Open like monument which commemorates common? Join in a historical saunter to everyone. Bring comfortable shoes and Union Army soldiers and sailors who through New York’s oldest and most some water. served in the Civil War. The monument will popular green spaces. be open all afternoon but please join us for guided tours of the plaza at 12 p.m., 1:30 Sunday, November 15 p.m., and 3 p.m. Saturday, October 24 Fall Bird Migration Walk / Central Park MillionTreesNYC Fall Planting Day / 9 a.m. / BC Thrushes, warblers, sparrows, Open House 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. / Locations Citywide and herons are just a few of the species New York: Join us to make NYC greener and greater we may see during this early morning walk Highbridge by volunteering to help us plant 20,000 through the Ramble and beyond. Water Tower trees citywide! Planting projects will be / Highbridge held in Parks in all 5 boroughs. Orienteering / Inwood Hill Park 11 a.m. Park 10 a.m. - Email [email protected] if you are / IHNC Learn the basics of map reading, 4 p.m. / West interesting in volunteering. compass skills and exploration. 173 St. and Amsterdam Sunday, October 25 Saturday, November 21 Ave. We’ll give Bike the Greenway Part II / Inwood Hill Race to the Finish / Central Park you a behind Park 10 a.m. / IHNC Enjoy a refreshing 10 a.m. / 110 St. and Central Park the scenes tour ride along the West side of Manhattan West Get ready to explore the parks of a unique with the Urban Park Rangers as your of northern Manhattan in this fun and feature of the guide. Bring your bike, a helmet, and lots friendly scavenger hunt for all ages and old croton of water. abilities. Bring your friends, family, and aqueduct neighbors! Register your team online at system. Creatures of the Night / Central Park www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers/register on 7 p.m. / DDC When the sun goes down, November 11. Sunday, October 11 they get up. From little brown myosis, to Foundations of Inwood / Inwood Hill Park Open House New York: The / the big gray Procyon lotors – Central park 12 p.m. / IHNC Believe it or not, there Central Park 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. / Arsenal, hosts a diverse and exciting nocturnal used to be old homes and estates in the inside park at E. 64 St. and 5 Ave. crowd. Bring sturdy walking shoes and lots of courage. wilds of Inwood Hill Park forest. Some Presently the headquarters for the NYC of the foundations are still there! Join us Department of Parks & Recreation, this in finding the structures and learning the building has been a police station, , Saturday, October 31 history behind them. weather station, and the first home of Haunted Hill / Inwood Hill Park 6 p.m. - the American Museum of Natural History. 10 p.m. / IHNC Come celebrate Halloween Among its treasures are WPA lobby murals, with the Rangers. In this haunted nature Sunday, November 22 original drawings of Central Park, and roof center you will find strange creatures and Fun with Fungus / Central Park 11 a.m. / gardens with spectacular views. Guided a host of other surprises. Feel free to wear Wild West Playground, 96 St. and Central tours will be given throughout the day. your Halloween costume in celebration of Park West Come and learn the basics of this magical night. mycology as we search for mushrooms around the park. 10 OOutdoors utdoors iin inn NNewNewew YYorkYorkork CCityCityity www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers URBAN PARK RANGERS

Sunday, November 22 cont’d Sunday, December 13 Saturday, December 19 Native American History / Inwood Hill Winter Photography / Advanced Hiking / Inwood Hill Park Park 1 p.m. / IHNC Long before Europeans 1 p.m. / 165 St. and Edgecombe Ave. 12 p.m. / IHNC This one is for all of you arrived, Manhattan Island was home to Spend time with a Ranger learning the hiking enthusiasts! Join the Urban Park the Lenape people. Inwood Hill Park is one basics of photography all the while taking Rangers for a long and adventurous hike of NYC’s best-known sites for interpreting in the winter landscape. through the hills of Inwood. Snow or shine. their history. Winter Nature Art / Central Park 1 p.m. / BC Plaza Fun for all ages, recycle and Saturday, November 28 reuse objects in combination with natural Trot off your Turkey / Central Park 12 p.m. pieces to create wonderful winter art. / Maine Monument, North Side of 59 St. and Central Park West Explore it all from the 59 Street Pond to the . Sunday, December 20 Walking shoes and a good attitude will buy Early Morning Speed Hike! / Inwood Hill you a breathtaking stroll through the park’s Park 8 a.m. / IHNC Get moving with a brilliantly designed bridges and archways, very brisk walk through Manhattan’s last fantastic woodland hideaways and graceful remaining natural forest! expansive lawns. See Central Park like Solstice Stargazing / Central Park 6 p.m. you’ve never seen it with the Urban Park / BC Plaza Celebrate the onset of winter Rangers. as we gaze at the waning moon, winter constellations, and the city skyline. Sunday, November 29 Speed Hike / Inwood Hill Park 10 a.m. Saturday, December 26 / IHNC As the weather cools down, Whimsical Walk / Central Park 1 p.m. warm up with a vigorous hike through / Delacorte Clock at the Central Park Manhattan’s last old-growth forest. Zoo Penguins, Balto, Mother Goose, and Chesire Cat. Enjoy a guided walk to some Saturday, December 5 of the fanciful statues sprinkled throughout Winter Wilderness Survival / Inwood Central Park. Learn their stories and create Hill Park 12 p.m. / IHNC Learn how to your own. Exciting fun for all ages. Tree Forensics / Riverside Park 1 p.m. keep warm during the winter by building / Bird Sanctuary, 116 St. and Riverside a fire and finding shelter in our survival Dr. Take a diagnostic walk through the Sunday, December 27 workshop. woods with the Urban Park Rangers as Movie Matinee / Inwood Hill Park 12 p.m. Castle by Candlelight / Central Park we talk about the life and death of trees. / IHNC Bring and warm up with 6 p.m. / BC Meet us for a magical walk We’ll examine various natural defenses the Rangers as we enjoy a movie matinee. inside this romantic park landmark. and adaptations of trees as well as some of the symptoms of their undoing. Bring Sunday, December 6 comfortable walking shoes and a love for all things green. Holiday Party / Inwood Hill Park 1 p.m. / IHNC There is nothing like the holidays to bring a family together. Be a part of our family as we share food and stories with each other. If you like, bring your own dish. Pinetum Festival / Central Park 2 p.m. / Arthur Ross Pinetum, enter the Park at northwest corner of W. 85 St. and Central Park West Celebrate the beauty of pine trees at this annual commemoration of the Arthur Ross Pinetum. The Rangers will lead you through this beautiful area which has more than 400 pine trees representing 13 different species from around the world. Followed by caroling and refreshments at nearby Swedish Cottage. Saturday, December 12 When All the Leaves Are Gone / Inwood Hill Park 12 p.m. / IHNC You may have heard that all trees can be identified by their leaves. Well how do you identify them when their leaves are gone? Come learn all the details on this fun winter hike. Bridges and Arches / Central Park 1 p.m. / 81 and Central Park West, Southeast Corner Walk over and under the magnificent arches in northern Central Park. Enjoy each unique design as the Urban Park Rangers lead the discussion on ’s architecture and ’s artistry. URBAN PARK RANGERS www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers FALL 2009 11

Queens is full of history. Enjoy tours of Flushing Meadow, Fort Totten, the Museum and more.

Saturday, October 3 Sunday, October 18 Saturday, November 7 A History of Park Rangers / Forest Park Fall Migration / Broad Channel American Fall Migration / Flushing Meadows 1 p.m. / FPVC Many people have seen the Ballfields Park 11 a.m. /Cross Bay Blvd. Corona Park 10 a.m. / Mauro Playground, Smokey Bear hat, but few actually know and W 22 Rd. See October 4 listing. Park Drive East and 73 Terr. See October what Park Rangers really do. Learn about 4 listing. the history of the Urban Park Rangers, as we celebrate our 30th anniversary. Fall Foliage/ 11 a.m. / Parking lot, intersection of 33 Ave. and Solid as a Rock: The Old Fort / Fort Totten 214 Pl. See November 1 listing. 1 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 Explore the nineteenth century fortress that helped Solid as a Rock: The Old Fort / Fort Totten protect from possible 2 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 See October naval attack and learn about the history of 3 listing. Willet’s Point. Sunday, November 8 Sunday, October 4 Solid as a Rock: The Old Fort / Fort Totten Fall Migration / Flushing Meadows 2 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 See October Corona Park 10 a.m. / Mauro Playground, 3 listing. Park Drive East and 73 Terr. It’s that time Solid as a Rock: The Old Fort / Fort Totten Denizens of the Dark / of year again when many birds head south 6 p.m. / Parking lot on Union Tpke. and in preparation for the upcoming winter. 1 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 See October 3 listing. 197 St. Join us for an after-hours visit See if you can spot them in the sky. looking for owls, raccoons and whatever Solid as a Rock: The Old Fort / Fort Totten Saturday, October 24 else lurks in the dark. Bring a flashlight, but 1 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 See October leave your fear at home. 3 listing. MillionTreesNYC Fall Planting Day / 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. / Locations Citywide Saturday, November 14 Saturday, October 10 Join us to make NYC greener and greater Winter Wildlife Preparation / Alley Pond Open House New York: World’s Fair by volunteering to help us plant 20,000 Park 11 a.m. / APPAC As the weather gets Trolley Tour / Flushing Meadows Corona trees citywide! Planting projects will be colder, some animals go into hibernation Park 10 a.m. /Calvert Circle, just east of held in Parks in all 5 boroughs. while others tough it out. Join the Urban the Grand Central Pkwy., just south of Email [email protected] if you are Park Rangers as we team up with NYC Roosevelt Ave. Hop on board a trolley interesting in volunteering. Audubon to learn about the amazing and enjoy a free Ranger-guided tour of adaptations of wildlife. To register for Halloween Festival / Fort Totten 12 p.m. – all NYC Audubon events or for more the park that made famous. 4 p.m. / Fort Totten Parade Grounds A day One-hour tours start at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., information, visit www.nycaudubon.org or of spooky family fun with costume contest, call 212.691.7483. You do not have to be 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. Space is limited. hay rides, pumpkin patch, goodies bags Registration required. To register, visit a member of NYC Audubon to attend, but and more. Visit www.nyc.gov/parks for you must still register. Space is limited. http://nyc.gov/parks/rangers/register on more information. September 30. Solid as a Rock: The Old Fort / Fort Totten Open House New York: Fort Totten 1 p.m. Sunday, October 25 2 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 See October and 2 p.m. / Front Gate, intersection of Ho, Ho, Ho, Green Giant / Alley Pond 3 listing. 212 St. and Cross Island Pkwy. Explore Park 11 a.m. / APPAC Tulip trees are the the nineteenth century fortress that helped tallest trees in NYC. Learn about the “Alley Sunday, November 15 protect New York Harbor from possible Giant,” the largest tulip tree on Long Fall Foliage / 11 a.m. / naval attack and learn about the history of Island. Jamaica Ave. and Elton St. Willet’s Point. See November 1 listing. Solid as a Rock: The Old Fort / Fort Totten Sunday, October 11 1 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 See October Solid as a Rock: The Old Fort / Fort Totten 3 listing. 2 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 Warbler Watch / Forest Park 9 a.m. / See October 3 listing. FPVC Join us for a front row seat as we observe the fall migration. Friday, October 30 Thriller at / Fort Totten Monday, November 16 Bike Tour / Fort Totten 1 p.m. / Front 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / FTVC, Building gate, intersection of 212 St. and Cross 502 Put on your Halloween costume Island Pkwy. Mix history with fitness as we (optional) and take a tour of the recently tour the grounds of Fort Totten by bicycle. haunted historic fort. Bring your desire for Many of the buildings on the base tell an adventure but leave your fear at home. important story. Bring your own bike, a Call 718.352.1769 for more information. helmet and lots of water. Saturday, October 31 Saturday, October 17 Haunted Hike / Forest Park 6 p.m. / FPVC Nature’s Paintbrush / Fort Totten 11 a.m. Join us, if you dare, on this walk full of / FTVC, Building 502 Get creative with things that go bump in the night! Call all that nature has left behind during this 718.846.2731 for more information. autumn season. Children become artists while learning all about this colorful Thriller at the Battery / Fort Totten Time season. Children 5 and up. 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 See October 30 listing. Astronomy: Leonids Meteor Shower / Fort Fall Harvest Festival / Highland Park Totten 7:30 p.m. / Front gate, intersection 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. / Jamaica Ave. and Elton Sunday, November 1 of 212 St. and Cross Island Pkwy. This is St. Enjoy this celebration of the season Fall Foliage / 12 p.m. / Rose the best time to view the Leonids Meteor with fun-filled activities for the whole and Oak Aves. entrance “Hue” should Shower, peaking at 40 meteors per hour. family to enjoy. Visit www.nyc.gov/parks definitely experience the color palette of The moon has moved out of the way for more information. this beautiful wooded park. for excellent views of this extremely rare event, which last occurred in 2001. Solid as a Rock: The Old Fort / Fort Totten Solid as a Rock: The Old Fort / Fort Totten 2 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 See October 1 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 See October 3 listing. 3 listing. 12 OOutdoors utdoors iin inn NNewNewew YYorkYorkork CCityCityity www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers URBAN PARK RANGERS

Saturday, November 21 Sunday, November 29 cont’d Sunday, December 20 Healthy Hike / Forest Park 10 a.m. / FPVC Tunnel Tour / Fort Totten 1 p.m. / FTVC, Let your feet do the walking while the Building 502 See November 28 listing. Rangers do the talking on this fast-paced outing. If you come on this healthy hike, Saturday, December 5 you’ll be “exercising” good judgment. Story Time for Children / Fort Totten Park Bring hiking shoes / sneakers and water. 1 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 Join us for Thanksgiving Eco-Crafts/ Fort Totten inspired readings of your favorite nature 11 a.m. / FTVC, Building 502 Nature books. opens the window to your imagination. Kids can create a wonderful decoration for Sunday, December 6 the dinner table or use their imagination to Orienteering / Cunningham Park 11 a.m. create an artistic masterpiece. Children 5 / Parking lot on Union Tpke. and 197 St. and up. Learn navigation with a map and compass. You’ll never get lost in the woods! Sunday, November 22 Equipment provided. Duck, Duck, Goose / Flushing Meadows Corona Park 10 a.m. / Mauro Playground, Pre-Thanksgiving Hike/ Alley Pond Park Nocturnal Hike / Fort Totten 6 p.m. / Park Drive East and 73 Terr. As the 11 a.m. / APPAC Let’s go on a long hike FTVC, Building 502 Join us as we explore weather gets cold, the birding gets hot. on some of the parks longest trails to make the wonderful world of life after-hours. We will look for ducks and geese that think some room for Thanksgiving dinner. Bring Bats, skunks and other nocturnal wildlife NYC in the winter is warm! comfortable hiking shoes. are sure to make an appearance. We may Scavenger Hunt / Kissena Park 12 p.m. / also go snowshoeing if the weather is Making Tracks / Fort Totten 1 p.m. / Rose and Oak Aves. entrance Children of right. FTVC, Building 502 Learn how to identify all ages are welcomed. Prizes awarded! animal tracks found in and around Saturday, December 12 woodland areas. Make tracks of your own Friday, November 27 Tree Tour / Fort Totten 1 p.m. / FTVC, with snow shoes if the weather is right. Native American History / Forest Park Building 502 Come learn the tricks of 1 p.m. / FPVC What better way is there to winter tree identification. Can you identify Saturday, December 26 celebrate Thanksgiving than to learn about them all without their leaves? We may also Duck, Duck, Goose / some of Queens’ earliest residents — the go snowshoeing if the weather is right. 11 a.m. / Parking lot on Baisley Blvd. and 155 St. See December 20 listing. Matinecock? Find out what techniques Denizens of the Dark / Alley Pond Park 6 they used to live off the land. p.m. / APPAC See November 8 listing. Saturday, November 28 Sunday, December 13 Flushing Freedom Mile / Daniel Carter Beard Square 10 a.m. / Intersection of Northern Blvd. and Main St. The neighborhood of Flushing has more significant history jammed into one concentrated area than your average library. Back by popular demand, this walking tour will make stops at various historic houses and other points of interest. Dress for the weather. Tunnel Tour / Fort Totten 1 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 Walking through tunnels and hidden chambers can be very exciting, especially when you have a guide who A Century of Building / Fort Totten 1 knows them well and is armed with a p.m. / Front Gate, intersection of 212 lantern. Come see an unfamiliar part of A River Runs Through It / St. and Cross Island Pkwy. Theatres, Fort Totten, forgotten and mysterious. 12 p.m. / 24 Rd. and 19 St. Situated along the between the RFK Bridge and gymnasia and bakeries were just some of Bridge, Astoria Park is a treasure the other buildings that were located on Sunday, November 29 trove of historic information. Take the tour, the ground of Fort Totten. Take a walking and be a part of history. tour with the Rangers and learn the history behind the buildings. We may even go Astronomy: Geminids Meteor Shower snowshoeing if the weather is right. / Fort Totten 7 p.m. / Front Gate, intersection of 212 St. and Cross Island Sunday, December 27 Pkwy. Come see what is considered to Winter Waterfowl / Fort Totten 11 a.m. many to be the best meteor shower, / Front Gate, intersection of 212 St. and producing up to 60 multicolored meteors Cross Island Pkwy. Winter birds are flying per hour. The new moon sets the mood for in to take temporary residence in Little this exceptional stargazing opportunity. Neck Bay. We will walk through Little Bay Park, Fort Totten and Joe Michaels Mile in Saturday, December 19 search of these birds on vacation from their Wilderness Survival / Forest Park 1 p.m. / much colder territories. Bring your own FPVC With winter right around the corner, binoculars. what better time is there to learn how to survive in the woods? Year in Review / Forest Park 1 p.m. / FPVC With one of the most unique jobs The Man of the Manor / King Manor Are you Smarter than a Park Ranger? / in the city, there’s never a dull moment Museum 1 p.m. / Museum entrance near Fort Totten 1 p.m. / FTVC, Building 502 for the Urban Park Rangers. Enjoy this Jamaica Ave. btw 150 and 153 Sts. Rufus Participants will be put to the test in park visual presentation of a year’s worth of King was an author of the Constitution, history, nature and other areas of Ranger adventures and you’ll learn why they say a senator for New York State and an expertise to see how they size up to their a picture is worth a thousand words. Hot ambassador to Great Britain. Join this friendly local Park Ranger. cocoa provided. Ranger-led tour to learn more about “his story.” ENTRANCE FEE WAIVED. URBAN PARK RANGERS www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers FALL 2009 13

Staten Island is celebrating the haunts of October with the Creepy Crawlers Extravaganza series.

Saturday, October 3 Sunday, October 11 Saturday, October 24 cont’d Archery Basics / Open House New York: Sneak Park Sneak Park Preview: Tour / Archery Range 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Preview: Fresh Kills Tour / Fresh Kills Fresh Kills Park 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. / / Comfort Station near Eton Pl. and Park 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. / Meeting TBA Meeting TBA Come witness the dramatic Richmond Ave. Take aim and try for a Come witness the dramatic transformation, transformation, as well as the turkey bull’s eye! Don’t fret- we’ll teach you the as well as the turkey vultures, red-tailed vultures, red-tailed hawks, and ring-neck safe and proper way to draw a bow and hawks, and ring-neck pheasants. You pheasants. You won’t believe your eyes! shoot and arrow. Equipment provided. won’t believe your eyes! Visit www.nyc. Visit www.nyc.gov/park to register. gov/parks to register. Creepy Crawlers Extravaganza: Owl Prowl / High Rock Park 6 p.m. / HRRS Whooosss Creepy Crawlers Extravaganza: Spooky Sunday, October 25 that calling in the woods? Look, listen Spiders / Blue Heron Park 1 p.m. / Creepy Crawlers Extravaganza: Creepy and learn how to identify these nocturnal BHNC With eight eyes staring back at Crawlers Critters / Blue Heron Park 1 p.m. creatures as Part I of our Creepy Crawlers you and menacing fangs, spiders can / BHNC They creep, they crawl, and some Extravaganza. be intimidating. They are actually very of them hide in holes. They have six legs, beneficial to our ecosystems and not as three body parts, and eat plants and each mean as they look. Discover our most other. Learn about the insects of our park Sunday, October 4 and their valuable role in the ecosystem. Creepy Crawlers Extravaganza: Mysterious common spiders such as the wolf spider, Mushrooms and Treacherous Toadstools/ jumping spider and crab spider. Wolfe’s Pond Park 11 a.m. / Comfort Saturday, October 31 Station west of Cornelia Ave. We’ll trek in Saturday, October 17 Creepy Crawlers Extravaganza: A History search of witches’ butter, scaly tooth, jack- Hawk Watch / High Rock Park 10 a.m. of Halloween / Blue Heron Park 11 a.m. / o’-lantern, turkey tails, and the old man / High Rock parking lot off Nevada Ave. BHNC From early Celtic religious practices of the woods. You’re sure to have fun(gi) Take a hike up Moses Mountain to a and beliefs to the modern day rituals learning about the magic of mushrooms. wonderful viewing area at the top. Catch of “trick or treat”, Halloween has been a glimpse of a variety of raptors, and different things for different people. Enjoy Creepy Crawlers Extravaganza: Skulls and possibly the Staten Island Bigfoot! a talk given by the Urban Park Rangers Bones / Blue Heron Park 1 p.m. / BHNC about this changing mysterious holiday. Can you identify the different skulls and Creepy Crawlers Extravaganza: Gone Batty bones of our park night creatures? Let / 6 p.m. / Comfort the Rangers make it easy for you as they Station, Lenvar Ave. and Ramona Ave. pass around skulls and bones belonging to Experience how bats search for food in different creatures of the night (and day). the twilight hours. We’ll identify bats and observe their nocturnal behaviors. Saturday, October 10 Open House New York: Seguine Mansion Sunday, October 18 Tour / Seguine Mansion 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Canoeing the Creek / Lemon Creek Park / 441 Seguine Ave. Bet. Hylan Blvd. and 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. / Seguine Ave. and Wilbur St. This stately home provides a Purdy Pl. Enjoy this wonderful route journey back into Staten Island’s treasured through the tidal waters of Lemon Creek. past. This mansion, built in the 1830’s, You’ll see egrets, great blue herons, stands as a testament to time when kingfishers, and much more. To register, industry and money flowed along Staten visit http://nyc.gov/parks/rangers/register Island’s shores. The inside of the house is on October 7. a mix of traditional and modern appliances and contains a vast array of art, including Creepy Crawlers Extravaganza: UFO in the Park? / Blue Heron Park 1 p.m. / BHNC Creepy Crawlers Extravaganza: The paintings by Dandridge and Gainsborough, Legend of Heyerdahl Hill / High Rock and a bronze statue of Marie Antoinette’s Did a UFO really come to Blue Heron Park? Join the Rangers on a hike through Park 1 p.m. / HRRS Take a journey along poodle. To register, visit http://nyc.gov/ the Greenbelt’s Red Trail to explore the parks/rangers/register on October 1. the park where an alleged UFO landing took place. Based on a true story as haunted hill of Heyerdahl and the ruins reported by the Staten Island Advance. that were left behind in the early 1800’s. Wear hiking boots and bring a snack and Saturday, October 24 water. Moderate to difficult terrain. Sunday, November 1 Fall Colors I / 11 a.m. / Martling Pond, Martling Ave. entrance, just west of Clove Rd. Marvel at the colors of fall in one of the city’s premier urban parks. We’ll identify trees and explain why they change colors in the autumn. Bring a camera and a snack. Saturday, November 7 Sneak Park Preview: Fresh Kills Tour/ Fresh Kills Park 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. / Meeting TBA Come witness the dramatic Open House New York: Sneak Park transformation, as well as the turkey Preview: Fresh Kills Tour / Fresh Kills MillionTreesNYC Fall Planting Day / vultures, red-tailed hawks, and ring-neck Park 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. / Meeting TBA 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. / Locations Citywide pheasants. You won’t believe your eyes! Come witness the dramatic transformation, Join us to make NYC greener and greater Visit www.nyc.gov/park to register. as well as the turkey vultures, red-tailed by volunteering to help us plant 20,000 hawks, and ring-neck pheasants. You trees citywide! Planting projects will be Fall Foliage Scrapbook / Blue Heron Park won’t believe your eyes! Visit www.nyc. held in Parks in all 5 boroughs. 1 p.m. / BHNC Bring any old empty photo gov/parks to register. Email [email protected] if you are album, some paper, and a sketch pen and interesting in volunteering. make a beautiful scrapbook using leaves from the forest. The Urban Park Rangers will help you identify the kinds of leaves you’ll find and lead you to some unusual specimens. 14 OOutdoors utdoors iin inn NNewNewew YYorkYorkork CCityCityity www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers URBAN PARK RANGERS

Sunday, November 8 Sunday, November 22 Saturday, December 12 Fall Colors II / Willowbrook Park 1 p.m. Native Americans / Conference House Winter Tree I.D. / Clove Lakes Park 1 p.m. / Comfort Station near Eton Pl. and Park 11 a.m. / Visitor’s Center, Hylan / Playground at 1180 Clove Rd. Ever Richmond Ave. Join us for the peak colors Blvd. and Satterlee St. Staten Island was wonder how to identify trees without of autumn at Willowbrook’s picturesque home to many Lenape Native Americans. leaves? We’ll show you how to use bark, location. Bring a camera and a snack. Learn what they wore, ate, played, and left branches, and your detective skills in order behind. to figure out each species. You’ll thank yourself come springtime. Saturday, November 14 Local History Club / Blue Heron Park 1 p.m. / BHNC November’s theme will Making Tracks / Blue Heron Park 1 p.m. be about the myths and realities of / BHNC Learn how to identify and Thanksgiving, as well as how we still locate animal tracks found in and around perceive Native Americans in the earliest woodland areas, then make your own years of European settlement in North animal track decorations out of paper or America. clay. Ages 3 and up. Saturday, November 28 Sunday, December 13

Mountain Biking / Wolfe’s Pond Park 10 a.m. / Comfort Station west of Cornelia Ave. Get down and dirty on the trails in Wolfe’s Pond Park. Learn some basic skills for getting around obstacles and enjoying the natural settings of southern Staten Island. Astronomy Club / Blue Heron Park 6 p.m. Health Hike / Bloomingdale Park 11 a.m. / BHNC If you have a May birthday, now / Playground at Ramona Ave. and Lenevar is the time to check out your constellation Ave. Feeling a little weighed down after Winter Waterfowl / Conference House in the sky. You’ll also see the Big Dipper, Thanksgiving? Get away from it all for an Park 1 p.m. / Visitor’s Center, Hylan Blvd. North Star and much more. No experience hour or two and get some fresh air into and Satterlee St. Get an early glimpse of necessary. those lungs. New York’s winter water birds, such as brants, buffelheads, and ruddy ducks. Who Sunday, November 15 Nuts about Squirrels / Blue Heron Park knows what else we’ll see?! Bring you 11 a.m. / BHNC Do squirrels find all the binoculars and a snack. nuts they bury? How do they climb down trees headfirst? Learn these answers and more in a trek through the park with the Saturday, December 19 Urban Park Rangers. Holiday Nature Crafts / Blue Heron Park 1 p.m. / BHNC See December 5 listing. Sunday, November 29 Astronomy Club / Blue Heron Park 6 p.m. Maps and More / Willowbrook Park / BHNC See November 14 listing. 10 a.m. / Comfort Station near Eton Pl. and Richmond Ave. Never get lost again! Sunday, December 20 Learn the basics of maps and compasses, Local History Club / Blue Heron Park then take your turn on a course. 1 p.m. / BHNC Celebrate the winter holidays by learning about their origins. Saturday, December 5 Find out what a little-known Persian Holiday Nature Crafts / Blue Heron religion has in common with Christmas and Mysterious Mushrooms and Treacherous Park 1 p.m. / BHNC Learn how to use the Winter Solstice. Toadstools / Bloomingdale Park 11 a.m. / pinecones, evergreens, and other natural Playground at Ramona Ave. and Lenevar materials and make your own holiday Saturday, December 26 Ave. We’ll trek in search of witches’ butter, crafts and decorations. No experience Crazy Composters / Blue Heron Park scaly tooth, jack-o’-lanterns, turkey tails, necessary. 10 a.m. / BHNC No, you can’t compost and the old man of the woods. You’re sure your unwanted gifts. But you can learn to have fun(gi) learning about the magic of Kettle Ponds / 1 p.m. how to make your own rich soil for your mushrooms. / Page Ave. and Adelphi Ave., 1 block south of Amboy Caused by the Wisconsin garden or house plants for the winter months. Saturday, November 21 glacier 50,000 years ago, kettle ponds are common on Staten Island. Explore Long Sneak Park Preview: Fresh Kills Tour/ Pond Park with the Rangers and discover Sunday, December 27 Fresh Kills Park 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. / their significant role in the ecosystem. 10,000 B.C.E.: The Remnants of the Meeting TBA Come witness the dramatic Wisconsin Glacier/ High Rock Park transformation, as well as the turkey 11 a.m. / HRRS It might be cold and vultures, red-tailed hawks, and ring-neck Sunday, December 6 snowy at this time of year, but at least pheasants. You won’t believe your eyes! Knot for Nothing / Blue Heron Park you’re not under a 2 mile high glacier! Visit www.nyc.gov/park to register. 1 p.m. / BHNC Ever been in a ‘bind,’ not knowing which knot to use or how to tie Find out how the Wisconsin glacier Turkey Trot / Midland Beach/ Ocean something down, up, or together? Come brought huge boulders from hundreds Breeze Pier, Seaview Ave. and Father learn and practice some of the most basic of miles away, created lakes and ponds, Capodanno Blvd. Ben Franklin once and practical knots. Avoid knotty situations crafted towering hills, and affected Staten believed that the turkey ought to be our in the future, and you’ll thank yourself for Island and changed it forever. national bird. Come find out why wild knot-knowing. turkeys are more than just a Thanksgiving meal, and we’ll keep an eye out for those turkeys. URBAN PARK RANGERS www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers CITY OF NEW YORK PARKS & RECREATION 15

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