Public Events

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It's been a long winter and it's time for some Spring Cleaning! We need lots of help to spruce things up. Can we count on you? Join our work party as we make a clean sweep of NJSOC’s facilities and grounds to keep our campus looking its very best. Some of the jobs we’ll be […]

Help us pilot our first book club!Join us as we read together The Forest Unseen by David Haskell. “In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature’s path through the […]

Have fun learning the basics of Archery as we celebrate World Archery Day at NJSOC.You pull back the bowstring. You stare downrange at the bullseye. Release! The arrow flies away and plunges into the target. Bullseye!Join the fun! Drop by between 10 am and 1 pm for an hour-long lesson and some practice time with […]

Spend a day learning Fly Fishing with local experts at the NJSOC!This Introductory course is a full day workshop (9 am to 4 pm) and encompasses everything you need to know to start enjoying the exciting world of fly fishing. Through discussion and hands-on experience, we will teach you the basic concepts and fundamentals of […]

RESCHEDULED TO SUNDAY JUNE 8, 10 AM TO 1 PM,  DUE TO RAIN. Spend some quality time fishing with your family at Lake Wapalanne! This fun fishing event is open to all youth (17 & younger). Your child will need to bring their own fishing gear. Registered youth participants may be eligible to receive prizes […]

Our book club is back with a new title! Join us as we read together The Nature Fix by Florence Williams. “For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor […]

Join us as we learn about this meditative drawing method. Zen Tangles are an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun artform in which you use structured patterns to create beautiful images. The designs are non-representational and unplanned. There is no up or down to Zen Tangle art. You don't need to know what a tangle is going […]

Catch a fish with a fly you made yourself!Using clever combinations of feathers, fur, and wire – a fly tyer aims to imitate the look, flutter, wiggle, color, and silhouette of a bug or bait fish, all in hopes of presenting an appetizing imitation to an unsuspecting fish. A skilled angler is also a student […]

Learn about the surprising uses of the plants we see everyday!Come with herbalist and casual forager Reid Giacomarra as we explore the School of Conservation campus in search of seasonal edible, medicinal & historically relevant native, nonnative & invasive plants, trees and maybe even some mushrooms.Your guide, Reid, has always been fascinated by all things […]

Free yourself from your mental gerbil wheel and experience the peace and focus that come from simply being present!In “Observing Nature: Inward and Outward,” you’ll learn how to still your mind, open your heart, open your eyes, and open your higher senses to take in what is going on within and around you at all […]