Lime Hollow Nature Center
Outdoor Venue
338 McLean Rd, Cortland, NY 13045
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Upcoming Events (23)
(map) Google Calendar ICS Join us at Lime Hollow to reconnect with one of humanity's oldest skills: making fire with your own hands. Led by survival expert James Michael, In this workshop you will learn the art of primitive fire making using the bow drill. The bow drill is a traditional friction fire method used for thousands of years across many cultures. No matches or lighters in this class. You will carve your own kit, learn to source material, and practice the proper techniques to light your
(map) Google Calendar ICS Join Lime Hollow Nature Center to learn the Art of Tracking! This explorative practice will allow you to see the hidden world of nature by learning how to find and interpret subtle evidence on the landscape. Tracking is a useful skill for many fields such as conservation, hunting, and nature viewing. It is a scientific process that was developed by our earliest ancestors which can still be used today in your everyday life to enhance your awareness of the world. #block-7
(map) Google Calendar ICS Come discover how maple syrup is made. Taste sap running right out of the tree and sample delicious jack wax in our own Sugar Shack. #block-c755db402be7b61dbffc { --tweak-text-block-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; --tweak-text-block-radius: unset; --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px; --tweak-text-block-background-color: initial; } #block-c755db402be7b61dbffc .sqs-html-content { --tweak-text-block-padding: 6% 6% 6% 6%; --tweak-text-block-padding: initial; } #block-c755
(map) Google Calendar ICS Join us for a weekend workshop where we will take the whole hide of a deer and turn it into buckskin. Tanned buckskin is a type of leather that is soft, pliable, and water resistant which can be turned into so many other useful tools. Our ancestors learned to use this material to make footwear, clothing, and containers. In this class you will learn to:How to properly store deer skins for future useWhat tools are necessary and their useThe process for cleaning a hide Vie
(map) Google Calendar ICS Earth Source Heat and the Cornell University Borehole Observatory (CUBO)Dr. Wayne Bezner Kerr, Earth Source Heat Program Manager, Cornell University #block-63225b4f3dd2c94f15ad { --tweak-text-block-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; --tweak-text-block-radius: unset; --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px; --tweak-text-block-background-color: initial; } #block-63225b4f3dd2c94f15ad .sqs-html-content { --tweak-text-block-padding: 6% 6% 6% 6%; --tweak-text-block-padding: initia
(map) Google Calendar ICS For hundreds of thousands of years, fire has molded and shaped us into the humans we are today, and It did this through the food we cooked. In every living human’s ancestry, someone cooked with fire. Join your ancestors and learn to harness a campfire by grilling on open flames, using cast iron, aluminum foil to create delicious food such as stew, grilling vegetables, and ash cakes. The next time you go camping not only will you impress others with your cooking skills,
(map) Google Calendar ICS The Art of TrackingJames Michael Ciesluk, Lime Hollow [data-website-component-id="789953f5a7f8cc3799cf"] { --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px; } [data-website-component-id="789953f5a7f8cc3799cf"] .sqs-html-content { --tweak-text-block-padding: 6% 6% 6% 6%; --tweak-text-block-padding: initial; } #block-789953f5a7f8cc3799cf { mix-blend-mode: var(--tweak-text-block-blend ); border-radius: var(--tweak-text-block-radius); } #block-789953f5a7f8cc3799cf { --tweak-tex
(map) Google Calendar ICS Humanity is faced with the reality that while we have grown so much technologically things can and will fail. People are exploring nature in record numbers, climate change is causing record breaking temperatures, storms, and droughts! The question is then, what do we do when the systems we put in place fail? The answer is we need to go back to the basics. The world today hasn’t stopped throwing challenges our way and our basic needs for survival have not changed. Now mo
(map) Google Calendar ICS Neural Networks and Artificial IntelligenceDr. Doug Turnbull, Ithaca College #block-097d0cbbc711f70c398f { --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px; --tweak-text-block-background-color: initial; } #block-097d0cbbc711f70c398f .sqs-html-content { --tweak-text-block-padding: 6% 6% 6% 6%; --tweak-text-block-padding: initial; } #block-097d0cbbc711f70c398f { mix-blend-mode: var(--tweak-text-block-blend ); border-radius: var(--tweak-text-block-radius); } #block-097d0cbbc71
(map) Google Calendar ICS Journey deep into the wilderness and sharpen your primitive skills in this day of adventure. Collect wild edibles and learn about medicinal plants, track animals, discover their haunts, tie new knots and learn new fire making skills. Try your hand at woodworking, leatherworking, and basketry. Do you have what it takes to survive in the wild? #block-adfa22e728a143164d94 { --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px; --tweak-text-block-background-color: initial; } #block