Creatures of the Night: Free Owl Walk

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Location: Pine Hill Recreation Area, off Mentzer Gap Road in Waynesboro. Naturalist Lori Schlosser will conduct this outdoor walk through wooded areas of the 174-acre Pine Hill Recreation Area.  A […]

Winter EXPLORE! Terrific Trees of Winter

Red Run Park 12143 Buchanan Trail E, Rouzerville, PA, United States

This program has been postponed due to an impending snow storm. New date will be in March—check back soon for details! The group will take a hike to identify trees […]

SUMMER, FALL & WINTER “SOAR” Bird Walks

Antietam Meadow Park 11881 Rinehart Drive, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

SOAR (“Studying Ornithology Around the Region”) resumed in 2021. IMPORTANT: Location for Saturday, Feb. 20: Antietam Meadow Park Locations for the SOAR bird walks vary. The walks will occur at […]

How to Identify Trees and Shrubs

Ryan Davis, Pennsylvania Forests Projects Manager for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, presents a program on tree and shrub identification. The program is free and offered online via Zoom.  […]

Winter EXPLORE! Winter Homes

Red Run Park 12143 Buchanan Trail E, Rouzerville, PA, United States

The group will listen to the book, The Mitten by Jan Brett. Activities include an animal track hike, looking for animal habitats and homes, dissecting pine cones to find the […]

March Geology Series: Rocks and Minerals

Brittany Martin and Jeri Jones Free program, presented online via Zoom. Hosted by geologist Jeri Jones, with geoscientist Brittany Martin. The program will show which physical properties to use for […]

SUMMER, FALL & WINTER “SOAR” Bird Walks

SOAR (“Studying Ornithology Around the Region”) resumed in 2021. The location for Saturday, March 6 is Caledonia State Park. Meet in the parking lot at the park office near the […]

EXPLORE! Nature Seekers

Red Run Park 12143 Buchanan Trail E, Rouzerville, PA, United States

In addition to listening to a nature story book, students will go on a discovery hike searching for natural treasures and shapes found in nature and make a plant/seed garland […]

Winter Season Family Hike #3

This excursion on Sunday, March 14 was originally scheduled for Feb. 7 and postponed due to weather.  We also have Family Hike #4, coming up on March 21. See details […]

EXPLORE! Terrific Trees

Red Run Park 12143 Buchanan Trail E, Rouzerville, PA, United States

The group will take a hike to identify trees at Red Run Park, make Play-Doh molds of leaves and bark, discover how to tell the age of trees by looking […]