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SUMMARY:Bluegrass Land & Nature Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Click here to register for the symposium (Registration is through EventBrite; tickets open August 2). The symposium is limited to 40 tickets. Early registration is encouraged.\n \nFloracliff and the Lexington Chapter of Wild Ones are partnering this fall to host the Bluegrass Land and Nature Symposium. Join us Saturday\, October 1st\, for a full day focused on the biodiversity\, ecology\, and stewardship of the Bluegrass region. Retired University of Louisville biology professor and urban ecologist\, Dr. Margaret Carreiro\, will kick off the day as our keynote speaker. Afterward\, experts from Kentucky’s conservation community will lead outdoor sessions on migratory birds\, beneficial insects\, gardening with native plants\, local flora\, watersheds\, and more. \nAs a 346-acre nature sanctuary located on the edge of Kentucky’s second most populated city\, Floracliff provides a unique setting to explore the intersection of wild nature with human-built urban\, suburban\, and rural landscapes. The Bluegrass Land and Nature Symposium will offer insights on practices that support wildlife\, the challenges along the way\, and the ecological and personal rewards that come from welcoming nature at home and in our communities. \nTicket are $35 (lunch included) \nSchedule: \n8:30 – 9:00 AM:  Registration\, coffee\, opening of silent auction\n9:00 AM: Welcome\n9:15 – 10:15 AM: Keynote Presention with Dr. Margaret Carreiro – Planning a Resilient Future for Flora and Fauna in the Bluegrass\n10:20 – 11:30 AM: Outdoor concurrent sessions\n11:30 – 12:45:  Lunch\n12:50 – 2:00 PM: Outdoor concurrent sessions\n2:10 – 3:20 PM: Outdoor concurrent sessions\n3:30 – 4:00 PM: silent auction wrap-up \nSession Leaders & Topics: \nJoyce Bender (Retired from the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission): Birds on the Move – Fall Migration Bird Walk\nStrider Deaver (Kentucky Division of Forestry): Reading the Forest: Stories of The Past Told By the Trees of Today\nAmanda Gumbert (UK Cooperative Extension Service): Bluegrass Watersheds\nBeverly James (Floracliff): Hostplants for Butterflies and Moths\nJonathan Larson (UK Extension Entomology): Let’s Meet Some Bug Friends\nKendall McDonald (Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves): Fall Wildflowers\nJohn Michler (Michler’s Florist\, Greenhouse\, and Garden Design): Garden Inspirations from Nature\nJess Slade (UK-LFUCG Arboretum): Land Management for Ecological Diversity
URL:https://www.floracliff.org/event/bluegrass-land-nature-symposium/
LOCATION:Floracliff Nature Sanctuary\, 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road\, Lexington\, KY\, 40515\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:iNaturalist in Action: A hands-on training
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this hands-on demonstration using iNaturalist along the trails of Floracliff.\n\n\nProgram Leader: Beverly James\, Floracliff Preserve Director \nJoin us for this hands-on demonstration using iNaturalist along the trails of Floracliff. We’ll spend some time exploring biodiversity\, and we will cover the benefits of nature observations\, basics of the app\, and effective photos for species identification.  \n iNaturalist is a community science app and website used by professional and amateur naturalists around the world to document and learn about biodiversity. It’s not only an important tool for projects like the City Nature Challenge and National Moth Week\, but also a resource to learn about what is in your own yard or neighborhood. Anyone can contribute to and participate in iNaturalist by uploading observations of plants\, animals\, fungi\, and more. \nHiking Level: Easy \n\n\nFloracliff has multiple entry gates. The meeting location for this program will be emailed to all registered participants a few days before the program.
URL:https://www.floracliff.org/event/inaturalist-in-action-a-hands-on-training-3/
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SUMMARY:City Nature Challenge: Creek Exploration
DESCRIPTION:Calling all community scientists! This program will focus on exploring a section of one of our creeks to discover and document aquatic life.\n\n\nCalling all community scientists! This program will focus on exploring a section of one of our creeks to discover and document aquatic life for the City Nature Challenge. We recommend each registered party have at least one member who has\, or can create\, an iNaturalist account in advance of the program. Be prepared to photograph your findings and upload them to iNaturalist either during the program or by May 7th. \nBring: water\, closed-toe shoes\, hiking stick (optional)\, camera or smart phone for taking pictures \nHike Leaders: Mike Compton\, aquatic zoologist at Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves\, & Floracliff naturalists \nHiking level: Moderate\, with a steep descent to the creek and potentially slick creek conditions \nThe meeting location will be emailed to all registered participants a few days before the hike.
URL:https://www.floracliff.org/event/city-nature-challenge-creek-exploration-2/
LOCATION:Floracliff Nature Sanctuary\, 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road\, Lexington\, KY\, 40515\, United States
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SUMMARY:City Nature Challenge: Nighttime Exploration
DESCRIPTION:Calling all community scientists! This program will explore Floracliff’s ponds and forest edges after dark for the City Nature Challenge.\n\n\nCalling all community scientists! This program will focus on exploring Floracliff’s ponds and forest edges after dark for the City Nature Challenge. We’ll focus on discovering and documenting frogs\, moths\, and more. We recommend that each registered party have at least one member who has\, or can create\, an iNaturalist account in advance of the program. \nBring: headlamp/flashlight\, drinking water\, closed-toe shoes\, hiking stick (optional)\, camera or smart phone for taking pictures \nHike Leaders: Shelby Fulton\, terrestrial zoologist at Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves\, & Floracliff naturalists \nHiking level: Easy\, with visibility affected by nighttime conditions \nThe meeting location will be emailed to all registered participants a few days before the hike.
URL:https://www.floracliff.org/event/city-nature-challenge-nighttime-exploration/
LOCATION:Floracliff Nature Sanctuary\, 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road\, Lexington\, KY\, 40515\, United States
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SUMMARY:City Nature Challenge 2024: Lexington-Fayette County
DESCRIPTION:Join the 2024 City Nature Challenge – a global community science event to document nature in our cities.\n\n\nJoin the 2024 City Nature Challenge in Lexington! From April 26 – 29\, make observations of wild plants\, animals\, and fungi anywhere in Fayette County and share them to iNaturalist. Your observations will contribute to one of the largest community science events in the world and help us better understand – and therefore\, take care of – nature that lives in and around urban areas. \nOver 400 cities are participating in this global event\, including four in Kentucky (Frankfort\, Lexington\, Louisville\, Bowling Green & South Central Kentucky). Follow the in-state collaboration and competition between Kentucky cities here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/kentucky-city-nature-challenge-2024-cities \nThe Lexington City Nature Challenge is organized by Floracliff Nature Sanctuary. \nJoin Lexington’s 2024 City Nature Challenge project on iNaturalist.
URL:https://www.floracliff.org/event/city-nature-challenge-2024-lexington-fayette-county/
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SUMMARY:City Nature Challenge 2025: Lexington-Fayette County
DESCRIPTION:Join the 2025 City Nature Challenge – a global community science event to document nature in our cities.\n\n\nJoin the 2025 City Nature Challenge in Lexington\, KY! From April 25 through April 28\, make observations of wild plants\, animals\, and fungi anywhere in Fayette County. Your observations will contribute to one of the largest community science events in the world and help us better understand – and therefore\, take care of – nature that lives in and around urban areas. \nHundreds of cities around the world are participating in this global event\, including four in Kentucky (Frankfort\, Lexington\, Louisville\, Bowling Green & South Central Kentucky). Follow the in-state collaboration and competition between Kentucky cities here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/kentucky-city-nature-challenge-2025-cities \nThe Lexington City Nature Challenge is organized by Floracliff Nature Sanctuary. \nJoin Lexington’s 2025 City Nature Challenge project on iNaturalist.
URL:https://www.floracliff.org/event/city-nature-challenge-2025-lexington-fayette-county/
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