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SUMMARY:Fall Nature Zen Tangle Drawing Workshop and Walk
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we learn about this meditative drawing method.\n\n\nZen 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 to look like to draw it. The result is always a delightful surprise! \nIn this workshop\, we’ll learn the principles of Zen Tangles and practice drawing the basic patterns. We will then go for a walk and draw inspiration from nature to make our own Tangles and designs. Back inside\, we will practice our Zen Tangles\, share our creations\, and enjoy this calming kickoff to the weekend. \nNo artistic skill is necessary! All materials will be provided and you will leave with supplies to continue to practice your art at home.  \nThis workshop is for artists age 18 and up; 12 and up are welcome with an adult. Everyone is an artist!
URL:https://njsoc.org/event/fall-nature-zen-tangle-drawing-workshop-and-walk/
LOCATION:NJ School of Conservation\, 1 Wapalanne Road\, Sandyston\, 07826\, United States
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SUMMARY:The NJSOC Book Club… Fall Session
DESCRIPTION:Our FREE  book club is back with a new title for Fall 2026!\n\n\nOur FREE book club is back with a new title for Fall 2026! \nJoin us as we read together Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms\, Moon Gardens\, and Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion. Participants will read at their own pace\, with the opportunity to discuss virtually via the Heylo app. You’ll receive weekly discussion points to ponder that will guide our group conversation. We’ll meet to discuss the book face-to-face on Friday\, October 23rd\, at the School of Conservation from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. This will be our first evening book club meeting and will also include a night hike to complement our reading. \nHigh School students and up are welcome to join. Participants will provide their own copy of the book. We will officially begin reading on Tuesday\, September 8th. Please feel free to register and jump in any time. Participants will receive additional instructions via email (don’t forget to monitor the email address you use to register!). \nAbout Night Magic:\nFrom a New York Times bestselling nature writer comes a celebration of what goes on outside in the dark\, from blooming moon gardens to nocturnal salamanders\, from glowing foxfire and synchronous fireflies that blink in unison like an orchestra of light. \nIn this glorious celebration of the night\, New York Times bestselling nature writer Leigh Ann Henion invites us to leave our well-lit homes\, step outside\, and embrace the dark as a profoundly beautiful part of the world we inhabit. Because no matter where we live\, we are surrounded by animals that rise with the moon\, and blooms that reveal themselves as light fades. Henion explores her home region of Appalachia\, where she attends a synchronous firefly event in Tennessee\, a bat outing in Alabama\, and a moth festival in Ohio. In North Carolina\, she finds forests alight with bioluminescent mushrooms\, neighborhood trees full of screech owls\, and valleys teeming with migratory salamanders. Along the way\, Henion encounters naturalists\, biologists\, primitive-skills experts\, and others who’ve dedicated their lives to cultivating relationships with darkness. \nEvery page of this lyrical book feels like an opportunity to ask: How did I not know about this before? For example\, we learn that it can take hours\, not minutes\, for human eyes to reach full night vision capacity. And that there are thousands of firefly species on earth\, many with flash patterns as unique as fingerprints. In an age of increasing artificial light\, Night Magic focuses on the amazing biodiversity that still surrounds us after sunset. We do not need to stargaze into the distant cosmos or dive into the depths of oceans to find awe in the dark. There are dazzling wonders in our own backyards. And readers of World of Wonders\, Entangled Life\, and The Hidden Life of Trees will discover joy in Night Magic.
URL:https://njsoc.org/event/the-njsoc-book-club-fall-session/
LOCATION:NJ School of Conservation\, 1 Wapalanne Road\, Sandyston\, 07826\, United States
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SUMMARY:Birding 101
DESCRIPTION:Get to know your feathered neighbors a little better!\n\n\nDo you wish you could identify birds accurately by memory\, but find yourself overwhelmed by the task of learning the details of every species? Or do you always pull up Merlin on hikes to try and identify birds? Congratulations\, you’re already a birder! Come and join us for our Birding 101 program\, designed to help you build the foundation you need to become a better\, more confident birder. Bring your binoculars\, or borrow a pair from the SOC\, and step into the world of birding.  \n \nThe program will begin with about one hour of classroom instruction\, during which we will demystify the art of bird identification by learning to group birds by silhouette\, understand bird behavior\, and develop our “birding senses.” Then we will take our newly developed skills into the field to practice while exploring the trails at the School of Conservation. Fall is an amazing time to get out in the woods and make some observations as our feathered friends forage and prepare for winter. 
URL:https://njsoc.org/event/birding-101/
LOCATION:NJ School of Conservation\, 1 Wapalanne Road\, Sandyston\, 07826\, United States
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SUMMARY:Thankfulness Hike
DESCRIPTION:Let’s be thankful for our friends and the forest!\n\n\nWe’ll meander along the trails near the Flatbrook River and through the woods of the NJ School of Conservation. We will stop and be grateful for all the woodland sights and sounds. The hike will be led by Lois Lyons\, a Master Teacher at NJSOC. \nThis Thanksgiving hike will be at an easy to moderate pace and terrain\, for 3 to 4 miles. Bring a daypack holding 1-2 liters of water\, some snacks (Thanksgiving leftovers?!) and a rain jacket. Hike will be held in light rain. Dress in layers. \nHiking boots or shoes and hiking poles are highly recommended. \nThis program is for adults 18 and over\, and children over 12 are welcome with an adult. \nWe will meet on the NJSOC campus at 9:45 am and hike from 10 am to 12:30 pm.
URL:https://njsoc.org/event/thankfulness-hike-2/
LOCATION:NJ School of Conservation\, 1 Wapalanne Road\, Sandyston\, 07826\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holiday Decorations from Natural Materials
DESCRIPTION:Deck the halls this holiday season with ornaments you make yourself from materials found in nature!\n\n\nUsher in the Holidays with an afternoon of creating holiday tree decorations with natural materials. We’ll take a short walk to collect acorns\, pinecones\, sticks\, leaves\, or whatever natural treasures you can find to create your own ornament. We will supply glitter\, glue\, string\, wire\, acorns\, pinecones and other natural materials\, and examples of decorations you might want to create.  Or use your imagination and creativity to come up with your own design!. Once everyone has finished\, we’ll each hang one of our ornaments on a tree at Piney Point\, enjoy a campfire\, and light the tree we decorated together as darkness falls. \nThis program is open to adults and children of any age. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Please purchase a ticket for each participant age 3 and up. \nIf you have any difficulty with the registration process\, please let us know so we can help! Contact us at info@friendsofnjsoc.org.
URL:https://njsoc.org/event/holiday-decorations-from-natural-materials-3/
LOCATION:NJ School of Conservation\, 1 Wapalanne Road\, Sandyston\, 07826\, United States
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