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This Shared Calendar includes educational programs, volunteer opportunities, policy alerts, community events and guided outdoor recreation by organizations and groups working on environmental issues in Western New York. Check out the events calendar for upcoming opportunities in your community.

May 2013

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
April 2013	April 2013	April 2013	1 Canalside Bicycle Tours (5:30 PM - 7:00 PM) Liif Coaching/Tree Volunteers (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM) +2 more Wednesday, May 01 X Canalside Bicycle Tours (5:30 PM - 7:00 PM) Liif Coaching/Tree Volunteers (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM) WNYEA Growing Working Group Meeting (4:30 PM - 5:30 PM) Volunteer Day at Buffalo Audubon (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)	2 GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) BAN FRACKING Community Meeting (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) +6 more Thursday, May 02 X GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) BAN FRACKING Community Meeting (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) The Future of the City of Buffalo (6:30 PM - 6:30 PM) WNYEA Energy & Climate Change Working Group Meeting (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) After School Escape (4:30 PM - 5:30 PM) WNY Regional Environmental Council Public Meeting (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Wellness Walk (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Exploring Wetlands: Tillman Road (10:00 AM - 10:00 AM)	3 Nutrient/Pest Management for Horse Owners (3:30 PM - 5:30 PM) Small Fruit Grower Meeting (9:15 AM - 12:00 PM) +1 more Friday, May 03 X Nutrient/Pest Management for Horse Owners (3:30 PM - 5:30 PM) Small Fruit Grower Meeting (9:15 AM - 12:00 PM) Fighting Poverty in Buffalo: Problems and Solutions- (9:00 AM - 11:00 AM)	4 Beaver Meadow Observatory (6:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Iroquois Observation Programs (12:30 PM - 9:00 PM) +24 more Saturday, May 04 X Beaver Meadow Observatory (6:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Iroquois Observation Programs (12:30 PM - 9:00 PM) Bike Month Blast Off (4:00 PM - 8:00 PM) Clarence Town Park Clubhouse Historic Designation Celebration (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM) Spring Peeper Walk (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Richardson Olmsted Complex (6:00 PM - 6:00 PM) Benefit for A.W.A.R.E. (11:00 AM - 5:00 PM) I Love My Park Day! @ Wilson Tuscarora State Park. (1:00 PM - 4:30 PM) Spring Nature Festival (10:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Zooper Saturday (11:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Brewing Natural Fizzy Sodas (12:00 PM - 3:00 PM) The Reinstein Woods Experience (1:30 PM - 3:00 PM) Organic Symposium (10:00 AM - 2:45 PM) I Love My Park Day! at Golden Hill State Park. (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Earth Day in May (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Massachusetts Avenue Project Tours and Volunteering (10:30 AM - 1:00 PM) Volunteer Day at Garden of Stewardship (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM) I Love My Park Day! @ DeVeaux Woods State Park. (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) I Love My Park Day! @ Evangola State Park. (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Junior Audubon Club (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) International Migratory Bird Day Bird Walk (8:00 AM - 10:00 AM) Walk at Knox Farm State Park (9:00 AM - 10:00 AM) Geology Merit Badge Day (10:00 AM - 10:00 AM) Botanical Hike (9:00 AM - 9:00 AM) Guided Bird Walk (8:00 AM - 8:00 AM) Taylor Marsh Pilgrimage (8:00 AM - 8:00 AM)
5 GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) International Permaculture Day Celebration (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM) +13 more Sunday, May 05 X GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) International Permaculture Day Celebration (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Play Streets (12:00 PM - 4:00 PM) Trek Tifft (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM) Wildflower Hike on the Niagara Escarpment Preserve in Lockport - WNY Land Conservancy (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM) Family Walks at Beaver Meadow Audubon Center (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM) PRACTICAL HERBALISM: WILD FOODS AND MEDICINES (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Iroquois Observation Program (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Iroquois Observation Program (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Spring Ephemeral Walk (1:00 PM - 1:00 PM) Buffalo Ornithological Society Field Trip at Tifft- (7:30 AM - 12:00 PM) Volunteer Day at Children’s Vinery (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Spring Bird Walk at Bond Lake Park (9:00 AM - 11:00 AM) Spring Bird Walk at Penn Dixie- (9:00 AM - 9:00 AM) Early Bird Walk (7:00 AM - 7:00 AM)	6 Hazardous Waste at Home (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)	7 GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) 10th Year Annual Tuesday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM) +3 more Tuesday, May 07 X GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) 10th Year Annual Tuesday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM) Trail Tuesdays (6:30 PM - 7:30 PM) Science of Our City at Canalside (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM) Massachusetts Avenue Project Tours (4:00 AM - 4:00 PM)	8 Buffalo Ornithological Society Meeting (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Land bank Community Orientation Meeting (5:30 PM - 5:30 PM) +4 more Wednesday, May 08 X Buffalo Ornithological Society Meeting (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Land bank Community Orientation Meeting (5:30 PM - 5:30 PM) Leveraging Environmental Monitoring (10:30 AM - 5:00 PM) Volunteer Day at Buffalo Audubon (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Spring Ephemeral Walk (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM) Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. Public Meeting (10:30 AM - 10:30 AM)	9 GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Hydrofracking As Seen Through the Lens of Public Health, (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM) +7 more Thursday, May 09 X GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Hydrofracking As Seen Through the Lens of Public Health, (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM) 18th Annual Thursday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:30 PM - 8:00 PM) Dark Sky Stroll (8:00 PM - 8:00 PM) Equitable Development Workshop (6:00 PM - 7:30 PM) Ohio Street Project Meeting (6:00 PM - 7:30 PM) Clean Air Coalition Annual Dinner (6:00 PM - 6:00 PM) After School Escape (4:30 PM - 5:30 PM) Wellness Walk (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)	10 Buffalo Astronomical Association Meeting (7:30 PM - 10:00 PM) Woodland Wildflower Walk (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM) +3 more Friday, May 10 X Buffalo Astronomical Association Meeting (7:30 PM - 10:00 PM) Woodland Wildflower Walk (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM) Hike with Mother Nature (7:00 PM - 8:30 PM) UB School of Architecture & Planning’s Commencement: Bill McKibben (5:00 PM - 6:00 PM) National Public Gardens Day (10:00 AM - 5:00 PM)	11 Bioblitz (All Day) Dinner & Bikes (5:00 PM - 8:00 PM) +13 more Saturday, May 11 X Bioblitz (All Day) Dinner & Bikes (5:00 PM - 8:00 PM) Astronomy Night (7:30 PM - 7:30 PM) Second Saturday at Net+Positive (12:00 PM - 5:00 PM) The Thorough Organic Orchardist: Planning for Success with Tree Fruit (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Spring Beach Hikes (1:00 PM - 4:30 PM) National River Clean Up at Ellicott Creek (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Master Gardeners of Erie County Soil Testing (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Massachusetts Avenue Project Tours and Volunteering (10:30 AM - 1:00 PM) Amherst Arboretum Volunteer Day (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM) International Migratory Bird Day at Golden Hill State Park. (9:00 AM - 11:30 AM) International Migratory Bird Day at Evangola State Park (9:00 AM - 11:00 AM) Early Bird Walk (9:30 AM - 9:30 AM) Botanical Society Field Trip (8:30 AM - 8:30 AM) Guided Bird Walk (8:00 AM - 8:00 AM)
12 GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Trek Tifft (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM) +4 more Sunday, May 12 X GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Trek Tifft (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM) Family Walks at Beaver Meadow Audubon Center (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM) CycloFemme Ride (11:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Early Bird Walk (9:00 AM - 9:00 AM) Bioblitz (All Day)	13 Potential Hidden Dangers of Personal Care Products (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM) WNYEA Education and Outreach meeting (3:30 PM - 5:00 PM) +1 more Monday, May 13 X Potential Hidden Dangers of Personal Care Products (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM) WNYEA Education and Outreach meeting (3:30 PM - 5:00 PM) GBNRTC Policy Committee Meeting (10:00 AM - 10:00 AM)	14 GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) WNY Herpetological Society Meeting (8:00 PM - 8:00 PM) +12 more Tuesday, May 14 X GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) WNY Herpetological Society Meeting (8:00 PM - 8:00 PM) Trail Tuesdays (6:30 PM - 7:30 PM) Niagara Frontier Botanical Society Meeting (7:30 PM - 7:30 PM) 2013 Arbordale University Spring Series: Living with Deer in the Landscape (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Cornell Cooperative Extension Erie County Board of Directors Meeting (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Sounds of Spring (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) ADK Meeting (6:30 PM - 6:30 PM) Protect Our Water Resources Meeting (6:30 PM - 6:30 PM) Workshop at Lockwood’s: Container for porch or patio (6:30 PM - 6:30 PM) Science of Our City at Canalside (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM) 10th Year Annual Tuesday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:00 PM - 6:00 PM) Massachusetts Avenue Project Tours (4:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History and Nature Imagine Series (12:30 PM - 1:00 PM)	15 Volunteer Day at Buffalo Audubon (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Walk With the Director at Beaver Meadow (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)	16 GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) 18th Annual Thursday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:30 PM - 8:00 PM) +5 more Thursday, May 16 X GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) 18th Annual Thursday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:30 PM - 8:00 PM) Clean Air Coalition Delegation Planning Meeting (6:00 PM - 7:00 PM) After School Escape (4:30 PM - 5:30 PM) WNYEA Habitat & Nature Working Group Meeting (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM) "Effects of dreissenids (zebra and quagga mussels) on the Great Lakes ecosystem: A Broad Overview” (12:15 PM - 1:30 PM) Wellness Walk (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)	17 People Powered Movement at Main (St)udios (12:00 PM - 9:00 PM) It's Astronomical! (7:30 PM - 9:00 PM) +5 more Friday, May 17 X People Powered Movement at Main (St)udios (12:00 PM - 9:00 PM) It's Astronomical! (7:30 PM - 9:00 PM) Endangered Species Day! (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM) Opening Reception: America’s Parks through the Beauty of Art (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Trilobite Treasures: Arthropods of New York’s Ancient Seas (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Great Lakes Center Field Station Open House (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM) WNYEA Transportation Working Group Meeting (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM)	18 Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) "About Boating Safely" (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM) +18 more Saturday, May 18 X Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) "About Boating Safely" (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM) National Trails Day-Length of Gorge Hike (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) The Great Plant Sale (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Great Lakes Institute Teacher Workshops (9:30 AM - 4:00 PM) Annual Demo Days (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Hands On Hypertufa Workshop (12:00 PM - 4:00 PM) Household Hazardous Waste Dropoff Day (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Bergen Swamp Annual Pilgrimages (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Niagara Bicycle Ride (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Massachusetts Avenue Project Tours and Volunteering (10:30 AM - 1:00 PM) Wildlife Surveys at Chaffee Wildlife Preserve (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM) Birding by Boat (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Growing Garden Series for Kids: Crafts for our Plants (Part 3 of 3) (10:30 AM - 10:30 AM) Walk at Knox Farm State Park (9:00 AM - 10:00 AM) Webelos Geology Badge Day (10:00 AM - 10:00 AM) Sierra Club Outing to Beaver Meadow Audubon (9:45 AM - 9:45 AM) Niagara Frontier Botanical Society Field Trip (9:00 AM - 9:00 AM) “Dig with the Experts” (9:00 AM - 9:00 AM) Guided Bird Walk (8:00 AM - 8:00 AM)
19 Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) Evening Bird Walk (6:00 PM - 6:00 PM) +6 more Sunday, May 19 X Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) Evening Bird Walk (6:00 PM - 6:00 PM) GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) The Great Plant Sale (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Annual Demo Days (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Chicks, Kits, and Pollywogs (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM) Family Walks at Beaver Meadow Audubon Center (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM) Lecture on growing fruit and berries at Lockwood’s (1:30 PM - 1:30 PM)	20 Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) Monday Evening Paddle on The Buffalo River (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM)	21 Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) +12 more Tuesday, May 21 X Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Trail Tuesdays (6:30 PM - 7:30 PM) Women in the Sustainable Economy (5:30 PM - 7:00 PM) 2013 Arbordale University Spring Series: Grow Your own Food (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Workshop at Lockwood’s: Container for porch or patio (6:30 PM - 6:30 PM) Science of Our City at Canalside (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM) 10th Year Annual Tuesday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:00 PM - 6:00 PM) Ladyslipper Bike Tour (6:00 PM - 6:00 PM) WNYEA Parks & Recreation Working Group Meeting (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Massachusetts Avenue Project Tours (4:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Educator Workshop: Project Learning Tree (8:30 AM - 3:00 PM) Niagara River Greenway Commission Executive Committee and General Meeting (2:00 PM - 2:00 PM) Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History and Nature Imagine Series (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)	22 Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) “The Risks of Fracking” with speaker Rita Yelda (7:30 PM - 7:30 PM) +4 more Wednesday, May 22 X Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) “The Risks of Fracking” with speaker Rita Yelda (7:30 PM - 7:30 PM) WNYEA Environmental Justice Working Group Meeting (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) Join us for Fracking Lobby Day on May 22 (9:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Allenberg Bog Work Day (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Volunteer Day at Buffalo Audubon (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)	23 GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) +5 more Thursday, May 23 X GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Imagine Buffalo: A conversation on leapfrogging overbuilt cities (All Day) 18th Annual Thursday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:30 PM - 8:00 PM) Tonawanda Clean Air Coalition Member Meeting (6:00 PM - 7:30 PM) After School Escape (4:30 PM - 5:30 PM) Gardening Class (5:30 PM - 5:30 PM) Wellness Walk (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)	24 Full Moon Rising Stroll (8:00 PM - 9:30 PM) Annual Master Gardener Plant Sale (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)	25 Boy Scout Merit Badge Workshop (10:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Annual Master Gardener Plant Sale (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM) +9 more Saturday, May 25 X Boy Scout Merit Badge Workshop (10:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Annual Master Gardener Plant Sale (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Vertical Gardening presented by Caesandra Seawell (2:00 PM - 2:00 PM) Master Gardeners of Erie County Soil Testing (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Massachusetts Avenue Project Tours and Volunteering (10:30 AM - 1:00 PM) Amherst Arboretum Volunteer Day (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Riverwalk Paddle Tours (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Jewels of the Sky (10:30 AM - 10:30 AM) Zurich Bog Annual Pilgrimage (9:00 AM - 9:00 AM) Birding at Riverside Park (8:00 AM - 8:00 AM) Guided Bird Walk (8:00 AM - 8:00 AM)
26 GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Trek Tifft (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM) +1 more Sunday, May 26 X GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Trek Tifft (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM) Family Walk at Beaver Meadow (2:00 PM - 2:00 PM)	27 Clean Air Coalition Member Monday (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM)	28 UB Stream Ecosystem Restoration workshops (8:30 AM - 5:00 PM) Green Options Buffalo Community Bicycle Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) +9 more Tuesday, May 28 X UB Stream Ecosystem Restoration workshops (8:30 AM - 5:00 PM) Green Options Buffalo Community Bicycle Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Trail Tuesdays (6:30 PM - 7:30 PM) Sierra Club Meeting (7:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Pre-Trip Meeting on Appalachia Delegation (5:30 PM - 6:30 PM) Workshop at Lockwood’s: Container for porch or patio (6:30 PM - 6:30 PM) Science of Our City at Canalside (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM) 10th Year Annual Tuesday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:00 PM - 6:00 PM) WNYEA Waste & Pollution Working Group Meeting (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Massachusetts Avenue Project Tours (4:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Natural History of the Buffalo River Paddle Tour (12:00 PM - 12:00 PM)	29 Volunteer Day at Buffalo Audubon (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)	30 GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) 18th Annual Thursday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:30 PM - 8:00 PM) +6 more Thursday, May 30 X GO Bike Buffalo Community Workshop (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM) 18th Annual Thursday Evening Stress Reducer Paddle (6:30 PM - 8:00 PM) WNYEA Issues & Advocacy Meeting (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) After School Escape (4:30 PM - 5:30 PM) Energy Workshop for Businesses (11:30 AM - 1:30 PM) Wellness Walk (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Wellness Walk (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Stroller Strut (10:30 AM - 10:30 AM)	31 BuffaLoveFest (5:30 PM - 9:30 PM)	June 2013