Central
& Western NY Outdoors
May 2007
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Second Annual Pack Paddle & Ski Event
2007 National Paddling Film Festival
5th Annual Bird Festival --- for International Migratory Bird Day
They're Busy as Beavers at Thousand Acre Swamp
State Grants Available for Parks, Trails, & Environmental Programs
Food, fun and prizes - what more could an outdoor adventurer want? On May 12 from 10AM to 3PM, join the outdoor community at Shepard Ford, 20 Eastern Blvd., Canandaigua for seminars, exhibits, raffles and commraderie. Click here to read more (PDF):
The National Paddling Film Festival is an appreciation of human powered water sport. This is a judged competition of amateur and professional paddle sport image artists submitting entries of film, video and digital images. For 25 years the NPFF has existed to bring together paddling enthusiasts from across the world to share their talents and paddling experiences plus help generate fun and funds for waterway enthusiasts.
With entries depicting paddling footage of waterways from throughout many parts of the world, the NPFF experience is non-stop videos of exciting whitewater action and spectacular scenery combined with satire, silliness, insight, instruction, humor, tragedy, drama and passion. The National Paddling Film Festival is a fresh, visual paddle sport feast and celebration that should not be missed. Only 150 tickets available. Call now, 585-328-3960
All proceeds to fund a permanent building at Lock 32 White Water Park. Sponsored by Genesee Waterways Center,
www.GeneseeWaterways.org
Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 7 PM
Little Theater - 240 East Avenue, Rochester $10.00 Advance Sale (call 585-328-3960), $12.00 at the Door
Saturday, May 12 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Sunday, May 13, 2007 (Noon to 4 p.m.) at Braddock Bay Park, E. Manitou Rd at Lake Ontario State Pkwy in Greece.
BirdCOR & the Genesee Valley Audubon Society present the 5th Annual Bird Festival, an expanded 2-day festival with family programs for all ages, with FREE admission.
Live Birds of Prey programs throughout the weekend.
Talks by Bob Marcotte (Birds of the Genesee) and Jim Pisello (Rochester Peregrine Falconcam).
Exhibits by conservation organizations.
Wildlife art.
Kids' crafts.
Mother's Day nature walk.
Information on this year's theme of Climate Change.
Food available from DiRosato's Pizza & Pasta.
Festival information & a printable schedule are available at: www.birdcor.org
Walks
into any local grocery store and you can buy Monks' Bread. Now you can buy it
on-line also - the monks, who renounce most worldly things and devote
their lives to the spiritual, have a new web site at www.monksbread.com.
The
Trappist Monks at the Abbey of the Genesee in Livingston County, have earned
their keep for 50 years by baking Monks' Bread. The recipe is the same as it
was 50 years ago. They still use many of the same ovens and making the bread
hasn't changed much--but the marketing has. The web site tells the story
behind the bread and even sports a YouTube video.
Brother
Paul Richards said, “People think Monks' Bread ... is just a gimmick. They
think it's a sales promotion. When they find out monks are really making the
bread, they're surprised. Happily surprised." Three days a week the
monks labor in the bakery. The process begins very early in the morning and
continues along with prayers and other duties. The revenue from the bread
supports the Abby of the Genesee, and helps others. The customers are quite
loyal--sales didn't even drop during the low-carb craze.
Since
the Abbey of the Genesee is in our region, you may be more inclined to pay
them a visit rather than order on-line. Store hours are 8-11 AM, 1:30-3:30
PM and 5:30-6:30 PM Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Combine your trip with a cobblestone tour and you've just created a unique day trip. There's even a cobblestone building owned by the Abbey of the Genesee.
Tour 7 in Cobblestone
Quest - Road Tours of New York's Historic Buildings takes you past 12
cobblestone buildings in Avon, Lima and Rush. The Hayden House, now owned by
the Abbey of the Genesee, was built around 1840 for Moses Hayden, the first
judge in Livingston County. Four 2-story columns grace the large front
porch. The cobblestones were gathered from neighboring fields.
This group is the two year old, local chapter of the national organization Women Outdoors (http://www.women-outdoors.org).
Here's a sampling of their events for May:
May 12 (Saturday, 1 pm) Hike the trails at Highland Forest Park, Fabius (3-5 miles) (See trail map & descriptions in Snow Trails - Cross-country Ski and Snowshoe in Central & Western New York, page 200.) Join us for a hike on one or more of the trails at Highland Forest Park, with over 6 square miles of rugged forest terrain. Meet at the Skyline Lodge to pick up trail maps. Park admission is $2.
May 20 (Sunday, 10 am) Hike along the Seneca-Cayuga Canal, Seneca Falls and Planning Meeting, Waterloo. Walk the Ludovico Sculpture Trail in Seneca Falls. (See trail map & descriptions in Take Your Bike - Family Rides in New York's Finger Lakes region page 90.) Easy, flat walk along the canal, The Planning Meeting will be afterwards at a home in Waterloo. Bring a dish to pass, beverages will be provided.
They welcome visitors but please RSVP for all activities to Sandy at
315-651-5645 or mailto:FingerLakes@women-outdoors.org.
She will forward your contact information on to the trip leader and
send you the meeting location and directions. Note: Trips may be
cancelled if there are no RSVP’s 3 days before the scheduled event,
so RSVP early and do not show up without confirming.
That's an expression of course. There may be beavers in the backwaters at Thousand Acre Swamp, but they're not the ones who are so busy. The busy ones are the volunteers who help run and lead hikes and programs throughout the year at this marvelous place in Penfield. What? A thousand acres of swamp doesn't sound marvelous to you? You're wrong - this land owned by the Nature Conservancy is absolutely marvelous. You can find the marvels by looking down at the flowers and wildlife, or by looking up at the sky.
Here's a sampling of upcoming programs:
Space Trash Over the Swamp
Spring Wildflowers
Sounds of the Night
Perseid Meteor Shower Over the Swamp
Signs of Wildlife
For the complete schedule and all the details, print this PDF file of the 2007 schedule.If you want to visit the swamp on your own and walk the trails, grab your copy of "Take A Hike - Family Walks in the Rochester Area" and flip to page 172. We promise, you won't even get your feet wet.
State Grants Available
for Parks, Trails, & Environmental Programs
Applications are now available for several grant programs that can fund park and trail projects. Materials can be downloaded from the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation website for the Parks, Historic Preservation, Heritage Areas, Acquisition, and Land and Water Conservation Fund programs.
The due date for completed applications is June 29, 2007. Public workshops will be held across the state throughout the month of May to present information on application requirements and procedures for these programs.
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