FLCC Department of Environmental Conservation, Horticulture, & Viticulture

All current FLCC Conservation, Horticulture, and Viticulture students! The annual photo contest submissions are due by the end of this Friday 4/30! . First and second winners will receive a prize! . .... . #fingerlakescommunitycollege #naturephotography #challange #fingerlakesny See more

Did you graduate last spring or are you graduating this spring? We want to celebrate you! Tomorrow, Friday, April 23rd, is the deadline for signing up for spring commencement. Use the link below to sign up. John Foust will be reading your name as you cross the CMAC stage during the graduation event just for CON/HORT/VIT graduates. Department members will greet you and your guests as you exit. Please join us! We LOVE graduation! For full commencement details click here: https://www.flcc.edu/commencement/

Consider signing up for this free, virtual event on how to write a federal resume!

A reminder to mark your calendars for this Thursday’s Hellbender talk with wildlife biologist Emilly Nolan at 6pm! . Visit @mullerfieldstation to register or for the link to tune in! . #hellbender #fingerlakescommunitycollege #mullerfieldstation #speakingofnature #wildlife

Still time to register for Saturday's virtual event hosted by the Montezuma Audubon Center

Tune in on March 25th at 6pm to learn all about saving the Eastern Hellbender!

Professor John Van Niel found some interesting tracks while setting camera traps with a student. These are from a Northern Flicker, a type of woodpecker. Of all the species of woodpeckers in New York, the Flicker spends the most time feeding on the ground. They are easy to identify with the bright yellow feather shafts in their wings and tail and the large white rump patch seen as they fly away. The vast majority of birds have three toes facing forward and one facing back. Most woodpeckers have two facing forward and two back, giving them more stability when working on the side of a tree. These tracks were crisp and fresh, but also carried on for some distance. A great find on a sunny almost-spring day!

Let’s play name that bird! . They are frequent visitors at seed and suet feeders. You can also see them climbing up and down tree trunks, often in a downward zigzag pattern. . Make your guesses in the comments section! ... . . . #fingerlakescommunitycollege #fingerlakesny #birding #birdingphotography #mendonpondspark See more

This month’s Speaking of Nature Virtual Series will feature the Haudenosuanee with Michael Galban on December 15th. Be sure to click the link to register! FLCC Muller Field Station

Exciting camera trap find at Muller Field Station!

In case you missed this month’s Speaking of Nature! Enjoy!

The next Speaking of Nature is tomorrow at 7pm! Click the link to register!

Anyone miss learning forestry from Dr. Rob Wink? This past Tuesday (10/27) FLCC woodlot.