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From Staff Reports Various activities will take place this weekend and next week at area state parks: Eagle Watch HOWARD — Enjoy an Eagle Watch at Bald Eagle State Park on Friday, Aug. 30, from 9-10 a.m. Meet at the Winter Boat Launch area. DiscoverE Butterflies HOWARD — On Friday, Aug. 30, from 1-2 p.m., you can learn more about Butterflies at Bald Eagle State Park. Meet at the Environmental Learning Center, below the Main Park Office. We will learn all about the lifecycle of butterflies and make an easy butterfly craft. If weather permits, we will also go outside and try ...

Bird banding by PGC provides a lot of valuable data to study

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 ...

In the Parks

The following are programs available this month at the local parks in our area: Stream Study at Little Pine WATERVILLE — Join the park naturalist on Friday, Aug. 23, at 3:30 p.m., at Little Pine State Park, 4205 Little Pine Creek Road, Waterville, for a “Stream Study” and explore an underwater community to find some different aquatic insects that call this creek home. Please wear shoes to get wet. Program may be modified or canceled in the event of severe weather or high water. Meet at the footbridge at the Lower Picnic Area. What’s out at night hike WATERVILLE — Join the ...

Birding for Beginners: A gateway to nature and adventure

I was standing along Pine Creek at 7:15 a.m.; the light was exquisite, the birds were singing their morning songs, and I was chatting with another photographer. As both of us visited, two birds flew over and into the trees behind us. Their quick flash of color and movement caught our ...

Committee studying how to manage Wisconsin sandhill cranes

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group of legislators, farmers and conservationists studying how to control Wisconsin’s sandhill crane population is set to hold its first meeting next month. The Joint Legislative Council’s 12-member Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes is set to meet Aug. 1 at the ...

Wind farms’ benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation

After NextEra proposed a wind farm in Greeley County, Nebraska two years ago, Robert Bernt, a dairy farm owner in the area, helped to mobilize community members against the idea. His group held town hall meetings and ran ads on the radio, arguing the wind farm would “fragment” the community, by lowering property values and leaving “decaying blades in our landfills.” Bernt estimated Greeley is the eighth county where he has fought a wind project. “In every case, people were upset because they felt they weren’t told the truth,” Bernt said. To Bernt, the truth is that ...