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An offering of Penn State

Seasonal Walks and Other Programs Open to the Public

Shaver's Creek is committed to fulfilling its Penn State Outreach mission of helping people and communities to achieve a harmony with the natural systems around them. To fulfill this mission, Shaver's Creek offers a variety of seasonal nature walks and other programs that are open to the public and that help people learn more about the natural world.

For more information about these programs, call 814-863-2000 or e-mail us at ShaversCreek@outreach.psu.edu.

You can also learn more about our plant related programs by becoming a Facebook Fan of the Plant Science Program.

Upcoming programs include:

Meet the Birds of Prey Shows
Every Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. from April through mid-November.

Mountain Laurel: Pennsylvania's State Flower
Sunday, June 21, 2009
9:00 a.m.–noon
Ages: 5 and up
Cost: $5 donation requested

Celebrate Father's Day and the first day of summer with a morning ramble featuring our state flower in all of its glory. 

This program will meet at Shaver's Creek but continue elsewhere in Stone Valley. Come prepared for slightly strenuous walking across rocky terrain.
Call 814-863-2000 to preregister.
Walk Leader: Eric Burkhart

Brook Trout Comeback?
Postponed to a date TBD

Are Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC) regulations, designed to bring back Pennsylvania's state fish, working? Researcher Patrick Kocovsky is working to complete a five-year anglers study of the PFBC's first Wild Brook Trout Enhancement Areas in Potter County. While data are still being compiled and analyzed, the instructor will explain what the regulations are and what has been learned thus far about the effects of habitats and state regulations on brook trout.

Migration Morning Bird Walks with naturalist Doug Wentzel
Wednesdays in September at 7:30 a.m.
* Free courtesy of Wiscoy for Animals

Kids Corner
Wednesdays, November 4, 11, 18, and December 2 and 9, 2009
10:00 a.m.–noon in the Discovery Room
* Free courtesy of Growing Tree Toys in downtown State College

A facilitated activity for preschoolers/toddlers and their parent(s)
(Note: The self-guided Kids Corner is available all week.)  

Wreath  Making
Saturday, December 5
9:00 a.m.–noon or 1:00–4:00  p.m.
Inside and outside at Shaver's Creek
Ages 12 and older
Maximum of 25 participants; call to register
Cost: $25.00 for  nonmembers; $22.50 for members

Shaver's Creek staff will teach you how to use evergreen boughs, pine cones, grapevine, and other natural materials to create wreaths for all seasons. Materials will be provided, but you may bring your own dried flowers and decorations. You can learn how to make bows using your own ribbon or with ribbon purchased at the center. If you have your own hand pruner and glue gun, please bring them. Dress for both indoor and outdoor work. The fee includes natural materials for one to four wreaths per person (depending upon the styles you choose).

 

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