Invasive species are found all over the world, and the Audubon Community Nature Center is no exception. Adults and their 8 to 12-year-old(s) are invited to be Natural Investigators and learn about invasive species from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22. Invasive plants and animals take ...

Part of the Forest Service’s job is to protect the resource — the over 500,000 acres of the Allegheny National Forest. To that end, federal officials have some guidelines for when people go hunting for wild leeks on the forest. Everyone who harvests wild leeks, also known as ramps, is ...

The campground is open and the season is on at Chapman State Park. Programming for the month of April includes: ¯ All about Amphibians — 7 p.m. Friday, April 7, amphitheater: “Join the environmental educator on an amphibian adventure. Wear your boots and bring a flashlight.” ¯ DIY ...

A panel of four judges will choose the Adult and Youth winners in the categories of Animals, Plants and Landscapes in the Audubon Community Nature Center (ACNC) 2023 Nature Photography Contest. All winners receive a $200 cash prize. Three honorable mentions will also be named. Two additional ...

Spring arrives with fairly stunning regularity. My nature journal shows that last year the phoebe arrived on March 31. This year, it was March 26. The year before was March 27 and the year before that, March 26. The trend continues going back, not that it is a decades-long journal. Phoebe, or ...

Three to 8 year olds and their favorite adults gather at Audubon Community Nature Center (ACNC) for Little Explorers on Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m., to learn about “Animal Hide and Seek.” Whether animals are looking for food on the forest floor or swimming in the pond, they have to be ...