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We all want to help preserve our environment. One of the best ways is to plant trees.

* We will be giving away saplings of native trees and shrubs. You‘ll be required to purchase a tree shelter or cage for a minimum $29 donation.

Tree shelters/cages are designed to help protect saplings from deer browsing, severe weather and lawn mower damage.

We have quantities of:
Birch, River
Chokeberry, Black
Chokeberry, Red
Dogwood, Silky
Elm, American
Redbud, Eastern
Spicebush
Sycamore, American
Viburnum, Arrowwood
Viburnum, Blackhaw, Nannyberry
Willow, Black

Please join us on October 9th for our 7th annual Trail Race, Kids Fun-Run and Monkey Rock mile walk.
This exciting event will feature all of the best from years past and a couple of new surprises.

Walk in Penn’s Woods, a statewide coordinated event on the first Sunday in October, encourages people across Pennsylvania to learn how their local woods work, see forests in new ways, and appreciate and love the forests so that we can all care well for them.

Walk in Penn’s Woods is for people across Pennsylvania to visit and learn about the forests that enhance our well-being. Forests are always working for us, providing recreation, wildlife habitat, beauty, improved water quality, clean air, wood products, carbon storage, and more.

Pre-registration and a signed waiver are required.

*Donations will be split between WalkinPennsWoods.org and McKaig Nature Center

Charge your device with a lemon? Make a flashlight using a penny and a dime?

For grades 2 - 6 FREE*

Students and parents will be guided on a short hike into the woods to see how electricity can be made by using some household items and simple devices.
Then a quick hike back to Old Roberts Schoolhouse where students will build a flashlight using a penny and a dime.

*FREE - Donations to the McKaig Student and Scout project fund will be requested

7th annual Ghost Stories

Geared towards elementary/middle school aged children. Enjoy comradery with neighbors while enjoying not so scary spooky stories, s‘mores and bonfire.

We ask the kids and/or parents tell/read Halloween stories!

Public welcome via Google Meet meet.google.com/rgb-jird-bdw

The weather forecast is for a clear sky on Monday night!

The Geminid meteor shower is expecting to peak during the late evening of Dec. 13 into the early morning on Dec. 14 at McKaig Nature Center.

According to NASA, the Geminids are recognized as the "best and most reliable annual meteor showers." You can anticipate a starry night because they often exhibit 50 or more meteors per hour near their peak. A waxing gibbous moon will stand above the horizon and may dim the meteor streaks a bit. Meteors derive from leftover asteroid bits and particles and leave a dusty trail behind when they come around the sun.

Meet in the Roberts Elementary School parking lot near the Croton Rd trailhead.

*Donations to McKaig Nature Center requested.

Pre-registration and a signed waiver are required.

The viewing will last approximately 1 hour, we will need to relocate to property that boarders the park. We plan to walk by moonlight to get our eyes adjusted. Our viewing location.

The will start promptly at 9:05pm and will begin and end at the Croton Road entrance. Be sure to arrive early! There is plenty of parking in the Robert‘s Elementary School parking lot.

Please bring your own beach chair or blanket, flashlight (though we won‘t use it), water bottle (reusable is best!) and comfortable, sturdy shoes or boots. Depending on the season, you may want to bring extra layers, sunscreen, and/or bug spray.

Looking forward to meeting you at the Croton Road trailhead by Roberts Elementary School.