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2008 COASTAL FIELD TRIPS Beachwalks, canoe trips, ducks, horseshoe crabs, kids pulling fish nets, a summer solstice night hike, Delaware Bay, Jamaica Bay, fossil shark teeth, and more. Browse through the list and hook up with Society naturalists for a mix of coastal explorations. No experience required -- just bring your friends, curiosity, and binoculars.
Mid-Atlantic Chapter Trips To ensure we have enough staff to guide you, we need head counts even for our free trips so please sign up in advance by e-mailing pat@littoralsociety.org. If you’re not on-line, phone 732-291-0055. All trips go rain or shine, and kids under 12 attend free of charge unless noted. If trips require special instructions or directions, we’ll e-mail them to you in plenty of time. Or, you can send us a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) and we"ll mail details back to you.  July 8 - August 19 (Tuesdays Only): Family Nights at Sandy Hook/ Reserve your spot on any Tuesday evening from July 8th to August 19th at 6 PM. Join our educators to pull a seine net, look at plankton through a field microscope, and discover a whole new world just below the surface of the water. Kids should wear bathing suits and shoes that can go in the water. Make a night of it and picnic in the park beforehand.
$5 per Member Family, $20 per Non-Member Family September 14 (Sunday): Trees of Sandy Hook/ Join a tree expert from the Littoral Society to examine and discuss the trees and shrubs of Sandy Hook. We"ll start near the entrance to the park and work our way to the tip of the Hook looking at the common and well-known species like red cedar, bayberry, holly and poison ivy; then we"ll look for the uncommon like fragrant sumac and pin oak. We"ll discuss some keys to identification, habitats and folklore. Meet at Littoral Society headquarters at 10:00 a.m.
$10 Member Family, $15 Non-Member Family September 22 (Monday): Fall Equinox Shorewalk on Sandy Hook/ 7 p.m. at Guardian Park. Call 732-291-0055 as we need a head count. An equinox in astronomy is that moment in time (not a whole day) when the center of the Sun can be observed to be directly above the Earth"s equator, occurring around March 20 and September 23 each year.
Free October 18 (Saturday): Nature Photography on Sandy Hook/ Bring your camera and join noted nature photographer, and our NE Chapter leader Don Riepe on Sandy Hook. You"ll get a short lesson in our office then go out to a natural area on the Hook to compose and shoot pictures of nature. Don will give advice and help you learn to get those shots that you"ll want to hang on the wall. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at our headquarters on Sandy Hook. Bring your camera, water and a lunch. $15 for Members, $25 for Non-Members October 25 (Saturday): Island Beach State Park by Bike/ A casual flat 6-8 mile ride with side hikes to visit the natural sites with a great lunch on the beach provided by us. This is one of the best examples of a natural barrier island and maritime forest on the east coast. Each person will receive a radio so they can hear every word from the expert guide as we casually ride and hike. Learn how barrier islands are formed, birdwatch, see the transitions from water to sand to grasses to thicket to maritime forest to bay. Feel the temperature drop as you enter the thicket and rise again as you cross the dunes. 9 a.m. Send SASE for directions. Great for families.
$25 for member,$35 for non-members, kids under 12 - $7
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