This year’s Friends’ Annual Dinner will be on
Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 6:00 pm
Greywacke Meadows, 40 Dunham Road, Cropseyville, NY 12052
Our guest speaker this year will be Thomas Gregg, Western MA Common Loon Field Biologist for the Biodiversity Research Institute.
Thomas will present Restoring the Call: Common Loon Reintroduction in the Northeast.
This presentation will give a full life history of the Common Loon (Gavia Immer)
before delving into the many conservation strategies the Biodiversity Research Institute
has employed to restore this species in New England and beyond.
The buffet dinner by Paolo Lombardi’s cost is $45.00 per person
The menu includes: Garden Salad, Baked Ziti, Mini Meatballs, Chicken Balsamico, Sauteed Mixed Vegetables, Asparagus & Mushroom Risotto, Bread and Butter, Cake, Coffee, Tea and Water.
To attend the dinner, payment for each dinner reservation must be received by Sunday October 12, 2025. Dinner is open to all, so please invite your friends, too, as Dyken Pond celebrates 52 years of environmental education, outdoor recreation and youth development.
All reservations must be made through the Add to Cart button below. Additional dinners may be added to your cart after clicking Add to Cart. A PayPal account is not required to pay with a card.
