First Friday Lunch Bunch – Field Trip (Adult)
Greystone Nature Preserve
8531 Bear Lake Road, Fredonia, NY 14063

Friday, August 4, 2017, 11:00 a.m. - noon
Optional BYO Brown Bag lunch and conversation will follow.

$8 Adults; $6 Nature Center members
Pay online by August 3, 2017 and bring your receipt OR pay upon arrival, cash or check only, exact change is appreciated.

Explore Greystone Nature Preserve’s Bat Bird and Butterfly Sanctuary with bat biologist Jonathan Townsend.

Experience the meadows and recent installation of a native medicinal plants trail at Greystone while we discuss the importance of conservation efforts on bats and birds, as well as the effects that habitat preservation can have on our native pollinating insects and other wildlife.

Jonathan Townsend has had a strong interest in bat biology and conservation since a very young age. He holds a BS in Environmental Science and an MS in Biology, both from SUNY Fredonia. Currently he works as the Conservation Lands Manager at the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, an Adjunct Instructor in the Biology Department at Jamestown Community College, and is a Board Director at Greystone Nature Preserve.

Special Information: Wear shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty in case of muddy conditions. Parking is available right when you pull into the preserve.

This program is supported in part through a grant from the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (NCCF).

This grant was made possible through generous community-minded donors who have established community benefit funds at the NCCF. Founded in 1986, the NCCF is committed to improving the community through the promotion of local philanthropy, strategic grant making and community leadership. The organization has distributed over 9.5 million dollars in the form of grants and scholarships within the community. Truly community in nature, the NCCF is an organization created by and for the people of northern Chautauqua County. For more information, visit nccfoundation.org or call 716-366-4892.