Girl Scouts: Let’s Help Dragonfly Pond

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Girl Scouts can help make Yellow Creek State Park more beautiful by helping us remove invasive plants that are pushing out our native shrubs and plants.  We will work with the Indiana County Plant Patrol Volunteers around Indiana's County's Most …

Papermaking 101

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Learn how to make paper by hand with Shane Miller from Raccoon Creek State Park. Making paper by hand at home can be a pretty simple process. It is a great way to use up your scrap paper, junk mail, …

Skydance: The Dance of the Woodcock

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Join the park educator, Lisa Meadows.  Spring is in the air as one of PA's most unusual birds starts its fascinating mating rituals by performing aerial acrobatics.   Come join us for a short discussion and then a wildlife hike (1.5 …

Pysanki Eggs With a Twist

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Join Matt Bartus to learn all about the Ukraine Method of dying Easter Eggs, known as Pysanki Eggs. Matt will show participants how to make these eggs using a different method. Participants will learn how to dye eggs using alcohol …

Pysanki Eggs With a Twist

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Join Matt Bartus to learn all about the Ukraine Method of dying Easter Eggs, known as Pysanki Eggs. Matt will show participants how to make these eggs using a different method. Participants will learn how to dye eggs using alcohol …

Box Turtle at Long Pond Storytime & Box Turtle Visit

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Lisa Meadows - Join us for a reading of William George's beautifully illustrated picture book about a day in the life of an Eastern Box Turtle. We will then enjoy a visit with a pair of Pennsylvania Eastern Box Turtles …

Garden Harvest Fest with the Park Manager James Tweardy

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

You may have been to our garden program in the early summer in the past. Now see what the Park Manager's garden looks like during harvest time. Join Jim to learn all about his unique vegetable garden and ripe vegetables. …

Bioluminescent Fungi Walk: Mushrooms that Glow in the Dark

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Shane Miller - Venture out with Shane Miller, park educator, on the trails in the hunt for the illusive bioluminescent fungi. On this journey, we will be hiking 3/4 of a mile along dark trails. Space is limited for this …

Aquatic Turtles and Land Turtles of Pennsylvania

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Nola Barton - Come meet a few of the turtles that are native to Pennsylvania, and a few that are not. We will discuss native and invasive turtle species and have a visit with some live turtles. This will be …

Amazing Animals: Hawks Storytime & Talk

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Join us for family time to learn all about PA Hawks!  We will read Amazing Animals: Hawks by Kate Riggs and then spend some time learning about PA Hawks and falcons with our amazing bird of prey mounts, wings, talons, …

Happy Hound Hike – Dragonfly Pond and Paul Trail

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Join us for a relaxing hike with you & your dog around Dragonfly Pond and out the Paul Trail! This hike is about 2 - 3 miles with some small rolling hills. Dogs must be kept on leash, up to …

Ribbit, Hop, Croak: Frogs of Yellow Creek

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center 25 Pond Lane, Penn Run, PA

Are you curious about the frogs and toads that live at Yellow Creek?  Join us on this program to learn all about these fun amphibians and their loud croaks and trills.   After this class, you will be able to identify …

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