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SGP Mini-Grant Program awards $40,000 to various projects

LEWISBURG — The Susquehanna Greenway Partnership is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025-2026 Susquehanna Greenway Mini-Grant Program. This year’s funding categories included outreach and education; wayfinding and signage; trails and active transportation; and temporary placemaking; and contributed $40,000 to some amazing projects. Congratulations are in order to the following entities for their awarded projects on the Susquehanna Greenway, which cover a range of educational signage, programs, and recreation infrastructure. “This was an especially competitive ...

Reflections in Nature: In Pennsylvania we have two types of cuckoo birds

Many years ago Mary Alice, our daughter Holly and I went to Belgium to meet our first grandchild. We spent a month with the family and toured several countries. While in Switzerland, we purchased a cuckoo clock made in Germany’s Black Forest. The hour was known by the number of cuckoos. A ...

What do northern pike eat?

As predators pike are opportunistic feeders, taking a bite at anything that presents itself. That being said, they do have a preferred diet. Furthermore, this diet varies throughout their life cycle and at different points in the season. Understanding what northern pike prefer to eat, and when it changes, will let you target them more successfully all year long, season after season. As mentioned before, the northern pike is a predator from the time it is born. However although an adult pike may attack and eat almost anything, younger fish are restricted by their own size and hunting ...

Outdoor community calendar for Week of April 7

AUDUBON EVENT WHERE: Rose Valley Lake or Williamsport Water Authority WHEN: Saturday, April 11 at 8 a.m. NOTES: Watch the listserve and our website (https://www.lycomingaudubon.org/) for more details about this field trip and location. AUDUBON EVENT: ROBERT PORTER ALLEN NATURAL AREA WORK DAY WHERE: 1722 Sylvan Dell Road in South Williamsport WHEN: Sunday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. NOTES: Join fellow members of the community and students from local colleges and high schools to work on habitat restoration, invasive plant removal and other general efforts to keep RPANA ...