<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Featured speaker:</span></p> <table width="474" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100">12:00 Noon</td> <td width="368"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Dan Payne - SUNY Oneonta:</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100"> </td> <td width="368"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">"John Burroughs: Conservationist"</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /> </span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Activities:</span><span style="color: black;"><br /> 1:00 PM<br /> </span>- <span style="color: black;">Cabin tours.<br /> - </span>Self-guided trail walks and<br /> - Pond House viewing of "John Burroughs: A Naturalist in the Industrial Age" DVD by Dr. Lynn Spangler, SUNY, New Paltz and refreshments.<span style="color: black;"><br /> <br /> Meet in front of the National Historic Landmark cabin.<br /> <br /> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Directions:</span></span> Slabsides is located in West Park, New York, on the Hudson River eighty miles north of New York City, and ten miles south of Kingston. From Route 9-W at West Park, turn west onto Floyd Ackert Road (between Global Palate restaurant and the Post Office), cross the railroad tracks, and follow the Floyd Ackert Road about 1/2 mile to the foot of Burroughs Drive.</p> <p>Park here and walk up the hill to Slabsides or drive up the hill and park at the green gate on the right , walk through the gate and up the gravel road to Slabsides.<span style="color: black;"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p>For further information: (212) 769-5169 sponsored by the John Burroughs Association</p> <p> </p> <p>Use this opportunity to discover the wildlife of the woods of John Burroughs and to make a contribution to the Slabsides restoration campaign or help with construction of our new trails<a href="http://research.amnh.org/burroughs/trail_work/trail_announce_2011.html"><br /></a></p> <p>The John Burroughs Sanctuary is open without charge to walkers every day all year. Slabsides cabin opens for tours for schools and groups by pre-arrangement with Resident Naturalist Jason Dempsey at 845-384-6320.</p>
