Maddie Carlini is no stranger to being up close and personal with various birds to attempt to band them for studying purposes. Her father for years was the regional director for the Pennsylvania Game Commission and she got to take part in bird banding over the years with him. Now, as an ...
August is a month of change. The changes in August might go unnoticed because they occur so slowly. August is the beginning of the harvest season, starting with blackberries and blueberries being ready to pick. Our gardens are beginning to produce potatoes, tomatoes, squash and more, and the farmers will be trying to get in their second cutting of hay. August is a month in which many wildflowers appear along the roadsides and in the fields. Mary Alice and I try to identify each new wildflower as it begins to bloom, however our computer brains are getting slower with age as we try to ...
The Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association hosted its fourth public Floating Classroom of the 2024 summer season on Aug. 6 with a hellbender theme aboard the Hiawatha Paddleboat in Williamsport More than 50 people participated in the program which included a lower-level presentation by ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
