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Community outdoor calendar for week of August 13

OUTDOOR REC SUMMER CAMP WHERE: Little Pine State Park WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 14 to Friday, Aug.. 16, 4-6 p.m. each night NOTES: Kids in grades fourth through eighth are invited to an Outdoor Rec Summer Camp at Little Pine State Park. Join educations for three evenings of outdoor recreation instruction. There will be opportunities to discover a new activity each night including archery, fishing and kayaking. Registration is required and priority will be given to participants that can make it to all three nights. It’s limited to ten kids. All materials will be provided. Signups ...

AIMING HIGH: Sullivan County Shooting team has success in competition

The Sullivan County Shooting Sports team participated in the Scholastic Clay Training Program International Trap and Skeet Competitions in mid-July and saw plenty of success all around. The competitions were allo with a few of the American Discipline competitors as well. The team often ...

New adaptive kayak launch added at Montour Preserve

The Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association and Montour Area Recreation Commission collaboratively installed a new adaptive kayak launch at Montour Preserve's Lake Chillisquaque this past Saturday. The launch, which updates the previous boat dock, was made possible thanks to a grant from ...

State game lands system to grow by nearly 5,300 acres

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners met in July at the agency’s Harrisburg headquarters, hearing public comment, considering staff reports and conducting official business. One thing of note from the meeting is that the state’s game lands system will grow by nearly 5,300 acres. The commissioners approved acquisitions that added 5,290 acres to the state game lands, which includes the purchase of 13 properties throughout the Commonwealth. They were the following: • Roughly 195 acres in Coolspring Township, Mercer County, adjoining State Game Lands 294. Acquiring this ...

29 students explore Wellsboro state park in HERYN program

Twenty-nine students representing Tioga, Bradford, Centre, Clinton and Northumberland counties participated in one of two Northern Tier HERYN (Helping Engage our River’s Youth with Nature) program days in late July, at Hills Creek State Park in Wellsboro. “Both days consisted of a ...

Reflections in Nature: Some raspberries, blackberries and blueberries

Last week a friend stopped by our home to give me a quart of freshly picked blackberries. I had a flashback to when our children were young and we spent many days in July and August picking blueberries, black and red raspberries and black berries. Blackberries and raspberries, which are often called briars or brambles, are members of the rosaceae family and closely related to the strawberry. Our word bramble comes from the prehistoric Germanic word broemoz, which in old English was changed to bremel and eventually to bramble. In old English, the word briars were used for any prickly ...