Sugarloaf:
The North Shore Stewardship Association is offering an increasingly
wide variety of programs both at Sugarloaf Cove and around
the region. Our Second Saturday programs bring free interpretive
programs to Sugarloaf Cove 12 months a year. North Shore
Naturalist Workshops let you study natural history with an
expert for a day or a weekend. And our school programs link
local students with their natural environment.
2008
Program Calendar
........................................................................................................ "Field
and Screen - Tips and Techniques for Outdoor Photography",
presented by Chris Sandberg
Saturday, July 26, 2008, 10 am FILLED
Join photographer
Chris Sandberg on July 26
for a free digital photography workshop. The workshop is
designed to help outdoor photographers improve their artistry
and technical skills. The two-hour class will focus on
two important parts of the modern photographic process:
finding and capturing outdoor scenes that reflect the photographer's
vision, and presenting those images in the best possible
prints.
Topics
in the class will include:
• Avoiding the Obvious Picture
• What to take into the woods (and what not to take)
• How much money do iI have to spend to be a good photographer?
• Using Adobe's new Photoshop Elements 6 to produce great prints
The
workshop will be appropriate for photographers of all skill levels,
and will be held in the Cove's main Center.
Attendees will
also have a chance to win a print of the beautiful Cove
lakeshore; it was Featured Print Number 4 for 2007, "Cove Sun
Shafts."
Sugarloaf
and Wolf Ridge Present
"Wolves
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
Saturday, August 2, 2008, 10 am
Wolves
are one of the most controversial animals in North America,
eliciting strong emotions from many people. This program
traces human interactions with the wolf from fairy tale,
to bounty hunter, to researcher. Physical characteristics
and social behavior are examined. Wolf recovery efforts
will be highlighted.
This program
is for all ages and starts at 10:00 am.
Sugarloaf
and Wolf Ridge Present
"Live
Raptors",
presented by Emma Lastine
Saturday, August 9, 2008, 10 am
Raptors,
commonly known as hawks and owls, are an important to our
ecosystem as an indicator species. High populations of
raptors indicates a healthy population of species all the
way down the food chain. The program highlights the education
raptors at Wolf Ridge. Physical characteristics and behavior
will be examined along with the impact humans have on their
survival.
This program
is for all ages and starts at 10:00 am.
