
All year long!
All MHLC Preserves
Take the Preserve Challenge! Visit all 22 MHLC Preserves to receive a limited edition "Challenge Finisher" sticker or embroidered patch. (Please complete registration AFTER you complete the challenge. Click below to learn more and download the official tally sheet!)
RegisterSaturday, February 21, 2026
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Upper Bozen Kill Preserve
Join MHLC and guide Dan Yacobellis for a winter tracking walk at the preserve. Dan is a certified Level 3 Track & Sign facilitator who has studied the animals of the northeast and their habitats for three decades. After a walk in the woods with Dan, you will approach these signs and others with new understanding and wonder.
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Saturday, February 21, 2026
2 - 4 p.m.
Indian Ladder Farms Cidery & Brewery
Join MHLC at Indian Ladder Farms as we host local herpetologist and retired DEC wildlife biologist Al Breisch. He'll be discussing the phenomenon of the "Big Night" amphibian migration in early spring and how to safely participate in monitoring. Al will also give us a crash course on the incredible diversity of our 21 native amphibians that call the Helderbergs their home and the habitats in which they reside and reproduce. (Click below for more.)
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