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Winter 2012-2013

“Celebrating our Past, Preserving our Future”

Bruce Baker and Charles Klatskin speaking at the Lost Brook Preserve 30th Anniversary celebration, April 30, 2006.

By Michael Neus, President

The successful purchase of 274 acres of woodlands atop the Palisades put the Borough of Tenafly in the forefront of the emerging environmental movement in the 1970s. Grassroots fundraising at the local and national level, grants from state and federal agencies, and broad-based municipal and community support protected the Lost Brook Preserve from high density development. Since the 1950s, schemes for housing, a golf course, an office complex and even an antiballistic missile base had been proposed.

Mayor Manos praised the “heroic effort on the part of thousands of interested and concerned citizens in this area of our state and elsewhere,” in his speech announcing the settlement, delivered on Earth Day, April 22, 1976. Charles Klatskin and Bruce Baker were then, and are now, two of Tenafly’s great heroes. They worked together and found dramatic and creative ways to secure funding that made preservation of the land possible. TNC’s Trustees have unanimously selected Bruce Baker and Charles Klatskin to receive TNC’s highest honor: “The Founders Award for Conservation,” which will be presented at our Annual Dinner on Sunday, March 3 at the Clinton Inn, in Tenafly.

1970s Race to Raise $10 Million

In the 1970s, Bruce Baker was a Tenafly Borough Council Member and the liaison to Tenafly Nature Center’s board. Charles Klatskin was a leader of the Jewish Community Center of Englewood. In 1972, TNC’s trustees asked Mr. Baker to seek Green Acres funding to help meet the $10 million purchase price for the land, which became known as the Lost Brook Preserve. He initiated the application process and shep-herded the required resolutions through the town council. His efforts culminated in the 1973 award of $3.2 million, the single largest Green Acres grant awarded at the time.

In an exciting and dramatic development, with just a week remaining before the sale deadline in 1976, Mr. Klatskin, representing the JCC, was able to secure the final $1 million necessary to bridge the remaining financial gap—in exchange for a 29-acre parcel where the JCC would build its new community center. In his celebratory speech, Tena-fly’s Mayor Manos singled out Mr. Klatskin and noted that the JCC’s offer not only “contributed substantially to the fund-raising effort but would add to the quality of life in Tenafly by providing active recreational facilities and cul-tural programs while preserving 90 percent of the total prop-erty for passive conservation.” . . .Continued on page 3

TNC Will Honor Local Heroes Klatskin and Baker

Tenafly Nature Center News 2 Winter 2012-2013

Tenafly Nature Center’s Tenafly Nature Center’s Tenafly Nature Center’s Tenafly Nature Center’s 2013 Annual Dinner2013 Annual Dinner2013 Annual Dinner2013 Annual Dinner

Honorary Chair/Emcee Jen Maxfield

Founder’s Award Recipients

Bruce Baker and Charles Klatskin

Volunteer of the Year Award Recipient

Paul Keyes

Sunday, March 3, 2013 The Clinton Inn, Tenafly

Wine * Auction * Music * Dinner

OUR HONOREES

Charles Klatskin and Bruce Baker

played a key role in the struggle to protect and pre-

serve the 274 wooded acres of the Lost Brook Pre-

serve acquired by the Borough of Tenafly in 1976.

Jen Maxfield is a Tenafly native and local newscaster.

Paul Keyes, is a local landscape architect whose service on the board of trustees and dedication to

TNC are exemplary.

TNC extends special thanks and recognition to the

NY-NJ Trail Conference and to TNC volunteers

for decades of hard work maintaining our 7 miles of trails and for their heroic efforts to re-open our trails

after Hurricane Sandy.

TNC 2013 Dinner Committee Mayor Peter Rustin Mayor Paul Tomasko Byron (Gus) Allen, Jr.

Lynn Bogossian Meryl Fell

Jennifer Kleinbaum Michael Neus

Eileen Pleva Judith Quincy Carolyn Rocco Jeff Toonkel Lesley Whyard Tamar Yair

Mary Beth Wilmit, Chair

Sponsorship Sponsorship Sponsorship Sponsorship OpportunitiesOpportunitiesOpportunitiesOpportunities

Exclusive Title Sponsorship $7500

♦ One-time naming opportunity of nature trail from January - December

♦ Seating for 10 ♦ Logo on invitation ♦ Logo on event step & repeat ♦ Front cover ad journal recognition ♦ Gold page ad ♦ Recognition on event webpage & TNC Partners webpage, in spring newsletter & two mailings to our e-mail contact list

Platinum Sponsorship $5000

♦ Seating for 10 ♦ Logo on event step & repeat ♦ Front cover ad journal recognition ♦ Gold page ad ♦ Recognition on event webpage & TNC Partners webpage, in spring newsletter & two mailings to our e-mail contact list

Gold Sponsorship $1000

♦ Seating for 2 ♦ Recognition on event webpage and in spring newsletter & two mailings to our e-mail contact list

♦ Recognition in the ad journal

Silver Sponsorship $500

♦ Seating for 2 ♦ Recognition on event webpage and in spring newsletter

♦ Recognition in the ad journal

CommemorativeCommemorativeCommemorativeCommemorative Ad JournalAd JournalAd JournalAd Journal ♦ Outside Back Cover $750 ♦ Inside Front Cover $500 ♦ Inside Back Cover $400 ♦ Full Gold Page $300 ♦ Full White Page $250 ♦ Half White Page $150 ♦ Business Card Size $100 To participate, please contact:

Lesley Whyard, TNC Development Manager at (201) 568-6093 or

[email protected]

Half page size: 3.875” x 5”

Business card size: 2” x 3.5”

Full page size: 7.75” x 5”


TNC Honors Local Heroes Klatskin and Baker

Progress Report: New Education and Discovery Center APPROVED! On November 20, 2012, Tenafly’s Council voted unanimously to extend TNC’s lease for the Lost Brook Preserve from five to 24 years. This extension will make fundraising for our proposed new building feasible. We thank the Mayor and Council for their public endorsement of our new building concept and for their con-fidence in TNC’s board and leadership. We commend the borough’s unwavering support for TNC’s mission of environmental education and stewardship, which has made our community an exemplar of environmental responsibility for more than 50 years.

This vote follows expressions of unanimous support from municipal and civic organizations including TNC’s Board of Trustees, Tenafly’s Environmental Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Planning Board, and Borough historians Alice Rigney and Paul Stephanowicz.

NEXT STEPS Nationally recognized as a leader in sustainable design, Croxton Collaborative’s architects are currently developing our new building’s schematic design and site plan. Once the design is adapted to the specific site, TNC will make plans and views of the building available to the public well in advance of a public hearing to be scheduled by the council, required for final approval.

THANK YOU We are energized by the overwhelming support of our local government and of so many neighbors and friends. We want to express our sincere thanks to all those who attended the public hearing and, in particular, to those who stepped up to speak. We also greatly appreciate your ongoing phone calls and e-mails voicing

support. We are all in this together –and together we can continue to plan for our future.

We will keep you informed as we move ahead. As always, we invite you to talk with us so we can answer all of your questions. We truly appreciate all of your support.

I wish to go on record as a strong supporter of TNC’s plans and heartily commend the Council for

its decision. . . the forward thinking of the Nature Center Board is to be heralded as they expect

increasing demand for education in future decades. Now is the time to buttress their foresight.

Byron A. “Gus” Allen, Jr., Letter to the Editor, The Suburbanite 11-23-12

Continued from page 1 . . .

More drama followed, just two days before the dead-line, when Governor Brendan Byrne arrived in Tenafly by helicopter to deliver a check for an additional $350,000 from NJ’s Green Acres fund to close the deal. Participants in the drama were conscious that preserving the largest single tract of privately owned land in the NY metropolitan area would create a legacy for future generations.

Our Community’s Environmental Leadership

Tenafly’s leadership and our community have consis-tently looked to the future, making environmental deci-sions throughout the decades that ensured the town’s place in the vanguard of conservation and environ-mental movements. In 1961, Tenafly established the Tenafly Nature Center to promote environmental education and to preserve open space when the national

conservation movement was only in its infancy. The fol-lowing year, publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring called attention to the effects of pollution and led to the establishment of the National Environmental Protection Agency and to NJ’s Department of Environ-mental Protection. Both agencies were inaugurated on the first Earth Day in 1970. In that decade, when envi-ronmentalism was emerging as a focus for action and a field for study, united by a common purpose and vision, our community succeeded against tremendous odds to protect the Lost Brook Preserve from development.

Now, it is our turn to follow our founders’ example. In Mr. Baker’s words to The Suburbanite in 2011, “The Nature Center now has the privileged duty to preserve and protect this land for future generations. We can be most proud of Tenafly’s historic moment and know is it now forever in good hands.”

WINTER PROGRAMS


Full Moon Hike Saturday, January 26,

Monday, February 25, 6:30-8:30 pm

Wednesday, March 27, 7-9 pm

By the light of the full moon, experience a guided 2-hour walk through the lost Brook Preserve. The hike is approximately 1½ miles and participants will stop for a quiet rest at the crossroads of the Purple and Allison Trail. This tranquil, meditative hike encourages reflection and connection with nature while experiencing the trails in a new way.

Recommended for adults. Please bring a flashlight. In case of inclement weather the program will be postponed to the following month.

Pre-registration required. Members $5/Non-members $10

Guided Nature Walks 1st Sunday of every month

February 3*, March 3*, 3:30-4:30 pm *Sign up for Maple Sugaring before your walk

Enjoy the season with a guided walk along one of TNC’s trails with an Environmental Educator. Whether a first time visitor or a regular on the trails, participants will enjoy different sensory experiences in the forest each month.

All ages welcome. In case of inclement weather the program will be postponed to the following month. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Members FREE/Non-members $5 Children under 2 are free (no strollers please).

Seasonal Scavenger Hunt 2nd Saturday of the month

February 9, March 9

Arrive between 2 and 3 pm

Families will receive a set of clues to help solve active nature riddles along the Nature Center trails. Each family will need to work as a team to complete the hunt and receive a small prize.

Program is intended for adults and children 4 and up. In case of inclement weather the program will be cancelled.

Members $5, Family max. $20

Non-members $10, Family max. $30

Little

Naturalists

2 ½ & 3 year olds

with an adult

Eight week series

on Tuesdays

January 15, 22, 29;

February 5, 12, 26

(No class Feb. 19);

March 5, 12 at 1-2 pm

Young children and adults will explore the natural world with a TNC educator. Each week will feature a different topic and will emphasize working together through discovery stations, songs and outside journeys.

Topics include:

What is Winter? Snakes Aren’t Slimy

Sleep, Stay, Run Away Hooting For Owls

Maple Tree & Friends Mammalrama

Fantastic Frogs Animal Homes

No strollers or unregistered siblings, please. Rain or shine.

Fees are per child/adult pair. Additional family members, pay half of the fee. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Series: Member $80/Non-members $120 Each day: Members $15/Non-members $20

Afternoon Explorers Pre K & K (4-5 years old)

Afterschool series for eight weeks on Wednesdays

January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27,

March 6 3:45-4:45 pm

Children will have fun exploring the Nature Center while learning about the wonders of the natural world.

Topics include:

Winter Wonderland Incredible Invertebrates

Salamanders & Lizards Animal Tracks

Where Do Animals Live? Rockin’ Raptors

Magnificent Maple Tree Batty for Bats

Drop off program. Students should wear sturdy closed-toed footwear. Rain or shine. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.

Series fee: Members $80/ Non-members $120 Each day: Members $15/Non-members $20


Nature Story Time 3rd Saturday of every month

February 16, March 16

11:30 am-12:15 pm

Families with children ages 3-7 will enjoy a nature themed story and a visit from one of TNC’s education animals. Learn about the characteristics of the animal as well as their story and how they became part of the Nature Center. A new story and animal each month.

Meet on the visitor center porch. In case of inclement weather the program will be moved indoors. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Members FREE/Non-members $5 per child

Birders without Borders: Eagle Watching on the Hudson River

Sunday, January 20, 9:30 am-4:30 pm

Join TNC’s Education Director Debora Davidson and Flat Rock Brook’s Education Director Jill Bennetta to begin a full day of Bald Eagle watching. The search will take the group up the Hudson River corridor and across the New York border, with possible stops at Bear Mountain, Croton Point and George’s Point. Past year’s highlights included adult & juvenile Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons and Long-eared Owls.

Recommended for adults and families with children 10 and up. Bring binoculars if you have them; if not we can loan you a pair. Please meet at Tenafly Nature Center first for carpooling.


Maple Sugaring

Sundays, February 3*, 10, 17, 24, March 3*, 10, 17

12:30-1:30 pm & 2-3 pm

* Sign up for a 3:30 pm nature walk after program

Learn how to identify a maple tree. Discover the history of syrup making and how technology has changed the gathering of sap over the centuries. The group will check tapped trees and boil down sap to make fresh, warm maple syrup, a sweet treat for all to taste.

All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Program will take place both in and outdoors. Space is limited.

Members $5/Non-members $10 per person Children under 2 are free (no strollers please)

2013 Native New Jersey Signature Event

The Lenni-Lenape

Saturday, February 9, 12:30-2 pm

Journey into New Jersey’s past while listening to a Lenape story, playing classic Lenape games of skill, and learning Lenape words that are still used today. Participants will discover how early Native Americans utilized natural resources and how they benefited from hunted animals.

Program is intended for adults and families with children 7 and up and is held in the visitor center. Rain or shine.

Pre-registration required. Members $5/ Non-members $10

Seasonal Volunteer Day Saturday, January 19, 10 am-noon

Rain Date: Saturday, February 23

Adult volunteers and teens 14+ are needed to help with outdoor projects: storm clean up, trail maintenance, invasive plant and litter removal. No experience needed, just a love of nature.

To attend, please email:

[email protected]

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WINTER PROGRAMS Continued from page 5 . . .

Presidents’ Day Camp February 18 & 19

9 am-12 pm or 12:30-3:30 pm (Pre-K & K)

9 am-3:30 pm (1st-5th grade)

When school is out, kids can keep learning and have fun. Children will explore TNC woods and trails, make crafts, share stories and play games while learning about the

environment. Activities include searching for animal tracks, making and tasting real maple syrup, eating s’mores around the campfire and lots more.

Children should bring a refillable water bottle and snack(lunch for full day programs). Winter gear recommended (snow pants, boots, gloves etc.). Program held snow or shine. Children may attend individual days. A Camp Medical Release form should be submitted 7 days in advance of first day of camp; forms can be found on our website tenaflynaturecenter.org.

Be sure to sign up early; space is limited and pre-registration is requied. Current family membership ($60) is required for TNC camps. Not a member? Join or

renew now and take advantage of what the nature center offers all year round

Pre-K & K 1st-5th grade

2 full days $120 2 full days $120

2 half days $70 Each day $70 Each day $70 Each half day $40


Native New Jersey Saturday, March 9, 12-1:30 pm

Learn about local native animals found at the nature center and throughout New Jersey. Find out about their habitats, characteristics and how a few of them came to “work” as nature center “teachers”. Participants will meet a variety of reptiles, amphibians and raptors.

Program is intended for adults and families with children 5 and up and is held in the visitor center. Rain or shine.


Spring Campfire Saturday, March 23, 6:30-7:30 pm

Gather ‘round the campfire to experience seasonal changes, listen to stories and roast marshmallows for s’mores. Program is intended for adults and families with children 5 and up. In case of inclement weather, the pro-gram will move to the pavilion fireplace. Children must be

accompanied by an adult.

Pre-registration required.

Members $5/Non-members $10

Registration Opens Soon!

Nature Day Camp Weekly June 24 - August 30

Campers use all of their senses to explore the wonders of the natural world while learning about forest and pond ecosystems through hands-on experiences, hiking, games, and more. Each week, they will be introduced to birds, frogs, trees, and other forest creatures that will enhance your child’s experience in discovering more about our lo-cal environment and themselves.

State certified camp program is led by experienced adult professional educators. Each week is designed for different age groups of children ages 4 to 14 (8th grade). Program fee includes a Tenafly Nature Center camp t-shirt.

Please sign up early since many of the camp weeks were sold out last summer. For more information, registration and to view pictures of past Nature Day Camps, visit our website at www.tenaflynaturecenter.org.


Home Ecologists

Seasonal Explorations 1st Thursday of the month

1:00 - 3:00 pm

Each month home schooled children ages 5-12

years old can join our environmental educators for

hands-on and close observations in our

400 acre living museum.

Space is limited.

To register and for information on program

options, please visit:

www.tenaflynaturecenter.org/home_school.html


3rd Annual

Lost Brook Trail Race

SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 9:00-11:00 AM

PROCEEDS BENEFIT TENAFLY NATURE CENTER

RACE DISTANCES: 5 OR 10 MILE

LOCATION: TENAFLY NATURE CENTER

TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION

PLEASE VISIT: www.tenaflynaturecenter.org

By running the trails in the Lost Brook Trail Race, you will help TENAFLY NATURE CENTER protect open space on and off the trails, and provide environmental education programs to future generations.


Winter Bird Watch When winter settles in and snow covers the ground and the trees, one of the last things we may think of is going birding. What birds would be out in the cold woods anyway? You may be surprised to learn that winter bird-ing is a very exciting activity! Many birds are still active in the forest (if you bundle up and venture out on the trails) as well as at feeders close to homes (so you can watch from the comfort of your living room with a cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate).

Winter is a great time to try a new birding guide or even an app like iBird or Sibley. And if you want to get out of the house but don't want to stay on the frosty trails for too long you're always welcome to stop by the TNC visitor center to talk birding with our knowledgeable staff. We have a plethora of bird books in our library for members to borrow - they make great reading by the fire.

Sketching is another great birding-related activity to do in the winter months. Each member of the family can draw the most interesting bird he or she saw that day. It's a great way to improve your bird identification skills, and one of you might turn out to be the next Audubon!

Birding really is fun for the whole family, and it's a great connector. I still have fond memories of birding with my Grandma. So set out a feeder (if you don't have one already) before the snow falls and gather your family, friends, and binoculars. Print out the list of birds you can expect to see from our website www.tenaflynaturecenter.org/Ecology-of-Tenafly-Nature-Center and use your trusty guide (or app) to start checking them off and sketching them. You may be surprised at how many you find— Happy Birding!

Timothy Palla, TNC Environmental Educator

& Communications Assistant

Tenafly Nature Center & Tenafly Public Schools Complete PALS Grant

PSEG-ANJEE Learners in Sustainability

Over the past two years, Debora Davidson, Director of Education and the TNC environmental education staff collaborated with representatives from Tenafly Public Schools to revise the science curriculum for three grade levels. TNC provided training, both in district and at the Nature Center, for these teachers to deepen their science content knowledge, understand-ing, and inquiry skills.

We look forward to sustaining the strong partnership with our local school district and continuing to serve as an important resource for students and teachers.

SUPERSTORM SANDY CALLS VOLUNTEERS TO ACTION SPECIAL THANKS TO NY-NJ TRAIL CONFERENCE CREWS


TNC volunteers who helped with trail clearing after Superstorm Sandy.

(Back, L to R) Peter Dwoskin, Kai Kuehner, Denise Kuehner; (Front: L to R)

R esponding to calls for help sent via Facebook and TNC’s website, volunteers converged on Tenafly Nature Center to assess damage and to begin clearing up after Hurricane Sandy. The superstorm toppled more than 200 trees throughout TNC’s 380-acre forest, blocking most trails. Besides downed trees, dangling limbs and unstable trees created hazardous conditions throughout the preserve.

Special Thanks to NY-NJ Trail Conference

New York-New Jersey Trail Conference chainsaw crews were among the first responders of the many volunteers who showed up ready to help. They brought their own equipment and supervised groups of TNC volunteers to survey damage and to clear and relocate trails. These volunteers will donate countless more hours working over many weeks before all TNC’s trails are clear and safe.

TNC is extremely grateful for the decades-long relation-ship our organization has with the NY-NJ Trail Conference, especially for the leadership and years of service of Peter Tilgner and Suzan Gordon. We plan to recognize NY-NJ Trail Conference representatives at our Annual Dinner on March 3. We depend on the Trail Conference’s dedicated volunteers who work with us year-round to keep our seven miles of trails surveyed, re-blazed and cleared—helping to ensure that our seven miles of trails are cared for and available to all who en-joy them.

More than 20 volunteers who responded to TNC’s S.O.S. immediately after the storm worked more than 130 hours to clear trails and storm debris from around the Visitors Center, Pavilion and parking lot, and to

repair the aviary roof that was punctured by a branch. Staff prepared for the storm’s anticipated power outage by fostering all of our indoor exhibit animals in their own homes.

We Depend on Volunteers!

Like many areas affected by Sandy’s devastation, complete recovery for TNC will take time. And like many communities struggling to recover from the storm’s effects, volunteers are key to the recovery efforts at TNC. Unlike many communities, however, TNC already has an established network of volunteers ready to pitch in. As a member-supported, non-profit dedicated to protecting open space and promoting environmental education, TNC depends on volunteers. “Volunteers are our life-blood,” explains TNC’s Executive Director, Jennifer Kleinbaum.

TNC’s volunteers come in many shapes and sizes: from partner organizations like the NY-NJ Trail Con-ference, who regularly joins forces with TNC to keep trails open, to teen counselors-in-training who assist with the Nature Center Day Camp in the summer. Additional volunteers include families, school and scout groups, high school students and adults, who do-nate their skills and time, caring for TNC’s live animal exhibits, gardening, for facilities repair and upkeep, assisting with educational programs and public events, maintaining trails, and organizing fund raising events. Please know that our gratitude is enormous!

NY-NJ Trail Conference chainsaw crew volunteers: (L to R) Jack Driller and Mark Liss worked with TNC’s trail maintenance volunteers Karl

Soehnlein and Peter Tilgner (not pictured) after Sandy.

Welcome New Members (8/6/12-12/1/12)

Membership (Senior, Individual, Family)

Meg Bitton, Genevieve Breeze, Teresa Brevetti Bazzini, Anna Do, Thierry Brun, Traci Burgess, Tatyana Cherkasskaya and Lev Bronstein, George and Kellyanne Conway, David Diaz, Elizabeth Davis, Yehuda and Aliza Friedman, Stacy Goldstein, Michele Grant, Soobin Han, Randy and Anna Haverilla, Mia Hur, Brian and Andrea Kahn, Nayeon Kang, Mark and Lisa Kaufman, Caroline Ku, Steve Madden and Kelly Hunt, Chloe Kim, Vivian Kim, Vanesa & Eric Marks, Beatriz Pelaez-Martinez, Peter and Norine Marzec, Yeraz Meschian, Ivan and Eike Paneque, Thomas and Colette Perrone, Stephanie Petriello, Arthur Ralston and Carrie Black, Alysia Rodriguez, Allison and Paul Rosenberg, Joanna Sawicki, Isidro and Cynthia Seguinot, Young Song, Jeffrey Thomp-son, Yael Vidal, Michael Warbrick and Frances Considine, Pascale Warman, Fred and Deena Weinberg, Jennifer Zuch

Thank You to Our Renewing Members (8/6/12-12/1/12)

Membership (Senior, Individual, Family)

Stephen and Lynda Baldini, Bob and Rosemary Blackington, John and Peggy Galant, Thomas Gallione and Linda Steffe, Bernard Levy and Channa Rice, Sahrena London and Joshua Mincer, Christine Muir, Ekaterina Revskaya, Gary and Margareta Tuckman

Sustaining Level: Doron and Janet Krakow

Patron Level: Mark and Phyllis Kesslen and Perskie-Kesslen


Contributions & Donations

(8/6/12-12/1/2012)

Annual Fund Donors

$1-99: Community Health Charities Of Maryland, Inc., Frank Puzzo, Dr. and Mrs. Luis Suarez

$100-$200: Kristen Abbate, Richard Baratta and Jill Cliffer Baratta, Nancy Bido, Jennifer Cheselka, Erica Danziger, Goldman Sachs, Stuart Haas, Chris and Laura Jasinski, Jennifer Kleinbaum and Ernie Gremillion, Mary Lizzi, Steve Mad-den and Kelly Hunt, Barbara Novak, Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Passner, Maria Slump, Alyson Thelin, Fawzia Zawahir, Nicole Zaza

In Honor

in honor of Acadia Rose Gremillion from Richard and Jennifer Kleinbaum

In honor of Gilbert Sunshine's 90th birthday from:

Dana Crane, Rochelle Edelson, Paul Eisenberg, Rita and Tom Eisenberg, Nina Freid, Jerry and Doris Goldstein, Shelley Goldstein, Carolyn Johansson, Danielle and Adam Kanizo, Nancy Nissim

In honor of Jennifer Kleinbaum's birthday from Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum

In honor of Jessica Schenkman's 16th Birthday from Beverlee Schenkman

Tenafly Nature Center 313 Hudson Avenue, Tenafly, NJ 07670

Phone: 201-568-6093 |Fax: 201-569-2266 www.tenaflynaturecenter.org

[email protected]

Tenafly Nature Center is a 501(c)3

non-profit, member-supported

organization. Membership dues, private

donations, and grants support our

mission of open space preservation and

environmental education.

Executive Committee

President: Michael Neus

Vice-President: Paul Keyes

Vice-President: Risa Rosenberg

Treasurer: Bruce Balsam

Secretary: Jeff Toonkel

Members at Large:

Frank Fiorello, Marilyn Katz

Trustees

Steven Abramowitz

Jim Balakian

John D. Purdy

Judith Quincy

Mary Beth Wilmit

Nancy Wolinsky

Borough Council Liaisons

Jon Warms, Barry Honig

Tenafly Schools Liaison

Barbara Laudicina

Staff

Executive Director, Jennifer Kleinbaum

Education Director, Debora Davidson

Development Manager, Lesley Whyard

Communications Assistant &

Environmental Educator, Timothy Palla

Scout Coordinator and Buildings &

Grounds Coordinator, Amanda Schuster

Environmental Educators:

Chris Holstrom, Onnolee Jansen

Volunteers

Thank you also to these generous individuals contributed their time this past season

in many ways including: animal care, program and administrative support, and

buildings and grounds maintenance.

Matt Arakelian, Bob Arata, Hayley Austin, Emma Barnett, Margaret Becker, Marcus Benoff, Sara Corello, Ryan Disanto, Asher Dwoskin, Harry Dwoskin, Peter Dwoskin, AJ Gordon, Adam Greenbaum, Ernie Gremillion, Jesse Hartov, Juliana Huber, Joseph Hur, Jenny Im, Sara Imam, Sidra Imam, Nathan Kane, Brendon Kelly, Denise & Brett Kuehner, Kai Kuehner, Soomin Lee, Kristin E. McLellan, Brandon Nazario, Ron Neu, Janet Oh, Patrick Owens, Gigi Owens, Allison Pereira, Samantha Pereira, Jillian Pierce, Robin Pierce, Tighe Pierce, Flo & Jody Rutherford, AJ Schuster, Alissa Settembrino, Karl M. Soehnlein, Peter Tilgner, Alex Wallev, Elizabeth Wilson, Jessica Zagacki, Alex Zhang, Elizabeth Zinna.

In MemoryIn MemoryIn MemoryIn Memory

In memory of

John P. Kieronski

from Les and Elizabeth Scott

In memory of

Philip and Palma Puzzo

from Frank L. Puzzo


Adult Name & Title:______________________________________ Daytime Phone: _______________________________

Address:________________________________________________ City: __________ State: ______ Zip Code: _________

E-mail:__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Public Program Members/Non-members # Adults # Children Total

Afternoon Explorers �Wednesday Series $80/$120 Child’s name:________________________ $ ________ Each day , �Jan. 23, �Jan. 30; $15/$20 Date of birth: ________________________ $ ________

�Feb. 6, �Feb. 13, �Feb. 20, �Feb. 27; �March 6

Birders without Borders, Jan. 20 $15/$20 _________ ___________ $ ________

Full Moon Hike $5/$10 _________ $ ________ �Jan. 26, �Feb. 25, �March 27

Guided Nature Walk FREE/$5 _________ ___________ $ ________

�Feb. 3, �March 3 Little Naturalists �Tuesday Series $80/$120 Child’s name:________________________ $ ________ Each day �Jan. 15, �Jan. 22, �Jan. 29, $15/$20 Date of birth: ________________________ $ ________

�Feb. 5, �Feb.12, �Feb.26, �March 5, �March 12

The Lenni-Lenape, Feb. 9 $5/$10 _________ ___________ $ ________

Maple Sugaring �12:30 pm �2pm $5/$10 _________ ___________ $ ________

�Feb. 3, �Feb. 10, �Feb. 17, �Feb. 24; �March 3, �March 10, �March 17

Native New Jersey, March 9 $5/$10 _________ ___________ $ ________

Nature Story Time, FREE/$5 ___________ $ ________

�Feb. 16, �March 16

Presidents Day Camp Camp (Check all that apply. Family membership required.) 2 Full days �(Pre-K/K) �(1st-5th) $120 Child’s name:________________________ $ ________

Each full day �Feb. 18, �Feb. 19 $70 Date of Birth:_________________________

Pre-K/K: 2 half days �AM �PM $70

Pre-K/K: Each 1/2 day $40 Feb. 18 �AM �PM, Feb. 19 �AM �PM

Seasonal Scavenger Hunt, $5/$10 _________ ___________ $ ________ �Feb. 9, �March 9 Family max. $20/$30

Spring Campfire, March 23 $5/$10 _________ ___________ $ ________

Family Membership ($60): $ ________ Expires 12-31-13; full information on website

Total Amount Enclosed: $ ________

Mail with check payable to: Tenafly Nature Center, 313 Hudson Avenue, Tenafly NJ 07670

Questions? Contact us at (201) 568-6093 or [email protected]

TNC reserves the right to change, reschedule, or cancel programs.

Refunds given only if TNC cancels or reschedules a program.

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