The Nature Program Cooperative

The Nature Program Cooperative
Click here for the NPC website.

Did you know there are over a dozen places and organizations in Bergen County alone that provide quality nature programs? Recently, they created the NPC – a pooling of knowledge and resources designed to offer the people of our region greater opportunities to explore and enjoy the County’s natural side.

Current Nature Program Cooperative partners include:

Bergen County Audubon Society Bergen SWAN Closter Nature Association Demarest Nature Center Flat Rock Brook Nature Center The Fyke Nature Association Greenbrook Sanctuary Hackensack Riverkeeper

Lorrimer Sanctuary (NJ Audubon) Meadowlands Environment Center (NJMC) Palisades Interstate Park Commission Teaneck Creek Conservancy Tenafly Nature Center Watershed Ambassadors (NJDEP) Weis Ecology Center (NJ Audubon)

Throughout the year, different partners of the Co-op will host an outdoor activity or indoor educational program at a nature center or other appropriate location to which all group members are invited. When applicable, member discounts will apply to all Co-op partner members and supporters. For example, when Tenafly Nature Center hosts an event, members of all other groups pay the TNC member rate. Non-members are also welcome to attend. All events will be advertised in each group’s newsletter.

Upcoming NPC programs: click here for more information.

• Birding for Beginners Class
  Hosted by Bergen County Audubon in partnership with the NJ Meadowlands Commission
  March 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 am - 12 pm

• Stream Invertebrates in Greenbrook Sanctuary Hosted by Greenbrook Sanctuary  March 28

• Sky Creatures: Stories in the Sky
  Hosted by Meadowlands Environment Center
  Friday, April 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 9 pm

• Survival in the Wild
  Hosted/Presented by Flat Rock Brook Nature Center
  Sunday, April 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30–3:30 pm.

• Guided Paddle Through the Sawmill Marsh

  Hosted by Hackensack Riverkeeper
  Saturday, April 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 am

• “Shad Bake” at Mrs. Kearney’s tavern
  Hosted/Presented by Palisades Interstate Park
  Saturday, May 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 am – 3 pm

• Marsh Meander
  Hosted by Meadowlands Environment Center
  Saturday, May 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 2:30 pm