{"id":2051419,"date":"2025-09-26T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2051419"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:25:10","slug":"wildlife-festival-brings-entertainment-and-education-to-massena-sept-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wildlife-festival-brings-entertainment-and-education-to-massena-sept-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Festival brings entertainment and education to Massena Sept. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MASSENA \u2014 The New York Power Authority (NYPA) will host its annual Wildlife Festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Frank S. McCullough Jr. Hawkins Point Visitors Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wildlife Festival will offer fun for the entire family, featuring live animal exhibits, nature displays, arts and crafts, and a variety of entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Returning exhibitors include the Nicandri Nature Center, Reptiles Forever, and Her-patology, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attendees can enjoy bounce houses, a petting zoo with farm animals, chainsaw carving demonstrations, electric train rides, wagon rides and hands-on craft projects. Birds of prey will also be on display during the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hawkins Point is the admission-free visitors center for the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project and offers many hands-on exhibits on electricity, energy, the environment and area history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visitors can hop on a bicycle generator and turn pedal-power into electricity or have a hair-raising experience with static electricity using the Van de Graaff generator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The visitors center also features an audio-visual terrain map that charts the course of the mighty St. Lawrence River between Ogdensburg and Massena.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A wood-carved map detailing Jacques Cartier\u2019s exploration of the St. Lawrence River is on display at Hawkins Point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visitors can also enjoy panoramic views of the project\u2019s power dam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A community room is available for public use.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v9.0&#038;appId=1782340335416902&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\" nonce=\"qFdttzWJ\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source northcountrynow.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MASSENA \u2014 The New York Power Authority (NYPA) will host its annual Wildlife Festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Frank S. 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