Today we are highlighting Chip! A Diamondback Terrapin that has been at CURB since 2018.
Diamondback Terrapins get their name from the diamond shaped pattern on their shell. These turtles each have a unique pattern of dark spots, blotches or stripes on their head and body. There are actually no two Diamondback Terrapins that are exactly the same in color and pattern! Diamondback Terrapins are also native to both the eastern and southern United States.
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The Center and Sarah Lawrence College
Launched June 2013, the Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB) is an alliance of Sarah Lawrence College and the Beczak Environmental Education Center. The mission of CURB is to advance environmental knowledge and stewardship by providing high quality K-12 environmental education for the local community, establishing a regional hub for research and monitoring focused on Hudson River estuary and urban watershed issues, and serving as a welcoming open community space for a variety of civic and cultural activities.
CURB carries on the mission of the Beczak Environmental Education Center, a well-loved river exploration and interpretative center that has been offering programs for adults and children for over twenty years. Its name honors Joe Beczak, one of the Hudson River enthusiasts who taught children about the Hudson in the 1970s.Instagram slccurb
Thank you to everyone who joined us last Saturday for the Blue Team's Summer Riverfront Environmental Day! The Blue Team spent the past 6 weeks conducting research on the amount of bacteria in the Hudson River water while simultaneously planning this day for the community. Through this event they were able to present their research to their community members along with food and other fun activities. We're very grateful to the Blue Team members for planning this event and for the research they did at CURB!
A special thank you to the @yprcriverriders for kayaking !
This event was possible with the support of the @nysdec
Congratulations to all the teachers who participated in the Teaching the Environment: Discovering Urban Landscapes and Watersheds professional development workshop! Over the course of 5 days, educators participated in a series of workshops focusing on the Hudson River Estuary, Watersheds, Gardening with Children, Birdwatching, Environmental Justice, and much more. Through these workshops, educators can utilize what they have learned to help further develop the environmental studies and environmental science components of their work with children and teens.
Join CURB’s Blue Team in celebration at the Summer Riverfront Environmental Day! This free event is happening Saturday August 6th, 12-3pm (rain or shine!) There will be many hands on activities for all ages including fishing with a seine net, kayaking with the paddling club, arts and crafts, and free food and music. We hope to see you there! Register using the link in our bio!
Last week we had students participate in our Hudson River Ecology Course at Curb. Over the course of the week, students learned about the Hudson River estuary as they participated in seining, fish identification, sediment study, and marsh replication. At the end of the week, the participating students received a completion certificate!
Attention all teachers! Join CURB staff August 1st - 5th for our Teaching the Environment: Discovering Urban Landscapes and Watersheds professional development workshop. Teaching the Environment is a 5-day intensive, small-group-based, experiential, place-based professional development program for teachers in early childhood through high school settings, both formal and informal, who are interested in further developing the environmental studies and environmental science components of their work with children and teens. For more information: https://bit.ly/3nmbJKw.
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Calling all high school students! We still have spaces available for this July's Hudson River Ecology Course at CURB. Students in this college-level introductory course will participate in programming such as seining and water quality testing, but will also explore new concepts and field methods like sediment surveying, bacteria monitoring, plankton collection, fish identification, and oyster monitoring. For more information and to apply: https://bit.ly/3O7fUFE.
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Join us this Saturday for seining, tours of the center, kayaking, gardening, and more! #Yonkers #westchestercounty #fishing #seining #yonkersdowntown #kayaking #gardening
Today's staff seine produced a record catch for our site! We caught 846 young-of-year Atlantic menhaden along with 211 moon jellyfish. See chart for the full catch. Atlantic menhaden are in the herring family and can be found in coastal and estuarine waters from Nova Scotia to northern Florida. They are an important part of the food chain here in the lower Hudson estuary. #hudsonriver #fish #seining #sarahlawrencecollege
Connecting fish, rivers, and people - join CURB staff on June 11th from 10:00 - 12:00 for a turn at seining and adding to our aquatic population research. This activity is organized as a first come first serve basis for those ages 5+. All materials needed for seining provided on site. #hudsonriver #yonkers #seining #fish #westchester