JBA Past Programs

Sladsides Days Past:

May 17, 2008: Spring Sladsides Day
John Burroughs Association (JBA) members will conduct a tour inside Slabsides, John Burroughs' rustic cabin retreat.
Featured speaker:
Robert Titus, Professor of Geology at Hartwick College
"John Burroughs's Pursuit of Education"

The John Burroughs Sanctuary is open without charge to walkers every day all year. Slabsides cabin opens for tours for schools and groups by pre-arrangement with Resident Naturalist Jason Dempsey at 845-384-6320.

October 6, 2007: Sladsides Day
John Burroughs Association (JBA) members will conduct a tour inside Slabsides, John Burroughs' rustic cabin retreat.
Featured speaker was:
James Perrin Warren,

"Slabsides: Not a Retreat But a New Position."

James Perrin Warren is Professor of English at Washington and Lee University and author of "John Burroughs and the Place of Nature" (2006, U Georgia Press).

Showing of "John Burroughs: A Naturalist In The Industrial Age" video, Lynn Spangler, 2007, spanglel@newpaltz.edu.