ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION/NATURE CENTER
The City of Kingston Parks and Recreation Department operates
one of the state's only municipal nature center's which houses
a variety of plants and animals along with an array of cutting
edge sustainability displays.
The Department also boasts a year round Environmental Education
Program that operates out of a variety of Kingston's parks and strives
to educate local school students and adults so they are more literate of the
natural world around them and the boundless opportunities available in the park system.
School Programming Registration Begins September 16 2019 @ 6:00am.
We are excited, as always to start the new year with you all, ready and engaged to explore our natural world,
both in the classroom and in the field. This year, we are happy to offer the following programs as
part of our regular registration:
Into the Forest
Day in the Life of the Hudson River
What's a Watershed
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle... Rethink!
Winter Bird Watch
Maple Sugaring at Hasbrouck Park
Owl Pellet Dissection
Forsyth Nature Center Self-Guided Tour
Forsyth Nature Center Zoology Program
Hudson River Ecology
Kayaking 101
You can connect to the registration site via www.kingstonparksandrec.org
Annual Reports
2011 Annual Report
2012/2013 Bi-Annual Report
2014 Annual Report
A detailed calendar of events is available Click here.
For more information about the Forsyth Nature Center and how you can become involved, please visit
www.forsythnaturecenter.org, a website of the Friends of Forsyth Nature Center, a 501c3
not for profit whose mission is to support all the work of the Nature Center.
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Additional Links
Register for a Program/Reserve Facility
Junior Naturalist Summer Program
Emerald Ash Borer Information
Photo Gallery
Public Kayaking 2019
Contact Information
Mark DeDea
Forsyth Nature Center Caretaker
157 Lucas Avenue, Kingston, NY (No Mail)
845-339-3053
mdedea@kingston-ny.gov
Julie Noble
Environmental Education and Sustainability Coordinator
467 Broadway, Kingston, NY
845-481-7339
julielnoble@kingston-ny.gov
KC Keegan-Twombly
Environmental Educator
467 Broadway, Kingston, NY
845-481-7336
kckeegan@kingston-ny.gov
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