News from Friends of Lower Haw River State Natural Area
December 2022 Special Announcement
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ecoEXPLORE Family Outing
What: Join us for an afternoon of fun and learning with this free event!
When: Saturday, December 10th
Time: 2:00 to 3:30 PM
Where: The outing will start at the old Bynum Mill parking lot off Bynum Church Road
Please RSVP to this link. For questions about the program contact lowerhawevents@gmail.com.
Families with children in grades K-8 are invited to hike the Lower Haw River State Natural Area and learn about the ecoEXPLORE program, a citizen science program developed by The North Carolina Arboretum. This free program encourages kids to explore the natural world, record their observations with phones or tablets, and submit them to the ecoEXPLORE website. Kids learn about what they are seeing, contribute to the iNaturalist database, and earn badges and great prizes by signing up to be an ecoEXPLORER. The Lower Haw River State Natural Area has been designated an ecoEXPLORE HotSpot.
Our hike leader from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences will explain what it means to be a citizen scientist, how to participate in ecoEXPLORE, and then lead a short hike to practice making scientific observations.
Directions:
From US 15-501, turn onto Durham-Eubanks Road. If coming from Pittsboro headed north, it will be a right turn after crossing the Haw River. If coming from Chapel Hill headed south, it will be a left turn before crossing the Haw River.
Follow Durham-Eubanks Road to the stop sign. Go straight across Bynum Road and head uphill on Bynum Church Road.
Follow Bynum Church Road uphill and around the curve past the Methodist Church, then downhill to the State Parks paved parking lot at the bottom of the hill on the right. Turn right into the paved parking lot. Please note this is not the parking lot by the historic Bynum Bridge.
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Enjoying Nature Through a Lens
Nature photographers share their wonderful photos taken in the Lower Haw River State Natural Area. To see more nature photos in past issues of our newsletter, check out the Publications page on our website. You can also find nature photos on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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Follow Us on Facebook & Instagram!
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram (@lowerhawfriends). Check out our photos that inspire and inform!
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Connect with Nature Through iNaturalist!
Post your observations from the Lower Haw River State Natural Area on iNaturalist, a popular nature app for sharing biodiversity observations online. Record your observations, get help identifying plants and animals, and network with a community of scientists and naturalists. Anyone with a smartphone or computer can use iNaturalist to share observations. Check out how to get started here.
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Annual Reports Available!
Friends of Lower Haw's Annual Reports are available on our website on the Publications page. Read about what we do and what we are accomplishing.
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Watch 60-second Video About the Lower Haw River SNA!
See spectacular scenery in our 60-second video about the Lower Haw River State Natural Area and the Lower Haw Trails Plan. Produced by Destination by Design, it was funded by a grant from Triangle Community Foundations' Support for Places Awareness Program. Want to see more? We also have a 5-minute video with interviews! Watch both videos at www.lowerhaw.org
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