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CANTON â I Love My Park Day is celebrating its 10th year this weekend with a pandemic-modified statewide cleanup event, and four parks are to be worked in the north country.
The two-day event on Saturday and Sunday is hosted by Parks and Trails New York, in partnership with the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Advance registration is required for all cleanup events. Registration forms are posted to ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day.
In St. Lawrence County, volunteers ages 18 and older are needed at Upper and Lower Lakes Wildlife Management Area to install an electric fence to prevent raccoons and skunks from infiltrating a turtle nesting area. Participants are asked to meet at noon Saturday at the Upper and Lower Lakes shop on Route 68 in Canton and bring their own sledge hammers, work gloves, rakes and wire cutters.
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has encouraged New Yorkers to celebrate the New Year safely by spending time outdoors this holiday season at state parks, historic sites, wildlife areas, trails, and public lands across the state . Families across the state are invited to participate in one of the many walks and hikes being held across the state as part of the 10th Annual First Day Hikes program, a partnership between the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Department of Environmental Conservation. “In these challenging times, getting out into nature has been a major outlet for safe and healthy recreation for New Yorkers,” Governor Cuomo said. “Whether you’re taking a self-guided hike at a favorite park or discovering a new local trail this holiday season, New Yorkers have unparalleled options and destinations to embrace the outdoors this winter and bring in the New Year while remaining COVID safe and COVI