Thursday Buffalo Architectural Tour:

 This tour will focus on the city of Buffalo, including designs of HH Richardson, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright. One featured structure will be the Darwin D. Martin house complex, the most extensive Prairie house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Lunch will be at the Pearl Street Grill & Brewery. Forest Lawn cemetery, designed by Charles E. Clarke will be featured, which will include the Sky Mausoleum, the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed memorial open to the public.

Thursday Niagara Falls Tour:

 This tour will showcase the mighty Niagara, one of the “7 wonders of the world”, from the American side. Participants will be afforded a view of the Whirlpool rapids, the Niagara river, the marooned barge, etc. Additionally participants will “get up front and personal” with the falls, as they ride on the Maid of the Mist boat. This will literally take participants to the foot of the falls, where they will be able to appreciate first hand, all of its might! (rainwear will be provided). Passports are required for all US/Canadian border crossings, so be sure to bring your passport, if you plan to visit Canada!

Sunday Pond Tour:

 Our pond tour will include 6 ponds, 3 located North of the city of Buffalo, and 3 located South of the city. For lunch, we will stop at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, one of only 2 of the large Lord and Burnham conservatories in the United States, and the only one located in an Olmstead park!

Wet Lab:

Our wet lab will offer one half day of instruction in handling fish, anesthesia, skin scrapes/gill snips and other diagnostic procedures, injections, blood draws, etc. Experienced instructors will take the students through the entire process starting with anesthesia and ending with reintroduction into the pond or quarantine facility. You won’t want to miss attending this lab!