Hands-on activities allow families to investigate nature together on a different topic each session.

Please note: this program will take place at the Julia Boyer Reinstein Library at 1030 Losson Road in Cheektowaga.  To sign up, contact the library at 716-668-4991.

For more information visit http://www.growwny.org/issues/food-a-agriculture

Join Tifft Nature Preserve and the Buffalo Museum of Science at Erie Canal Harbor at Canalside - Central Wharf to celebrate 150 Years of Buffalo Science!

Come get your bug on! Take a close-up look at real live insects and their buggy friends- count their legs, look at their eyes and learn more about their fascinating bodies.

FREE. No pre-registration required.  Drop-in program.

Want to learn more about the work Riverkeeper is doing throughout our region?  Come to a free, one-hour informational tour to let us walk you through our programs and the impact they have on our community.

Learn the personal reasons behind our staff’s engagement in this important cause.  Also, learn how Riverkeeper is going to the heart of the problem.

DID YOU KNOW?

• It is estimated that approximately 1/3 of the world’s population will not have access to adequate drinking water by 2025.
• Our region lies on the shores of the greatest single source of fresh water on the planet — the Great Lakes.
• More than 120 viruses can be found in untreated sewage.
• Riverkeeper has already recruited a team of more than 100 residents to conduct our own water quality testing.

Tours are held in the Riverkeeper offices monthly on the second Wednesday at noon.

Upcoming Tour Dates:

• June 13
• July 11
• August 8
• September 12
• October 10
• November 14
• December 12

 

Two-hour science sails on the floating classroom, Spirit of Buffalo! Test your sea legs while you engage in hands-on learning in Lake Erie science topics. Check out our Lake Tank, capture plankton, explore our microscope lab and steer the ship along our historic waterfront. For ages 6+. Tickets are $8 for kids under 12 and $10 for adults.

Click here to learn about the Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA).

To learn more about this group visit: http://growwny.org/issues/parks-a-recreation