Dr. Ann Rhoads, Senior Botanist of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania and renowned author, will lead a walk on the newly protected Beaver Run property to discuss, illustrate, and answer your questions about native plants and their habitats. This event is free, but registration is required. Call the Delaware Highlands Conservancy at 570-226-3164 or 845-583-1010 to register for the program and to receive directions. Visit http://delawarehighlands.org/newsevents/eventdates/event/13-plantWalk to learn more.
For twenty years, Ed Wesely and Barbara Yeaman have rescued Monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars from threatened habitats and reared them in the Butterfly Barn. With the help of local school children, they’ve nurtured and released over 6,000 adult monarchs. Come and learn about the monarch life cycle and help to tag early migrants before their long flight south to Mexico. This free program will be held at the Delaware Highlands Conservancy's office in Bethel, New York; prior registration is requested. Call 570-226-3164 or 845-583-1010 to register, or visit http://delawarehighlands.org/newsevents/eventdates/event/67-monarchprogram for more information.
Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy for a forest stewardship field day at our office in Bethel, NY. Learn tree identification and learn about the property's conservation easement that protects this piece of farm and woodland from development and subdivision. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested--call the Conservancy at 570-226-3164, 845-583-1010, or visit http://delawarehighlands.org/newsevents/eventdates/event/60-forest-stewardship-field-day-ny for more information.
The Delaware Highlands Conservancy has partnered with Penn State Natural Resources Extension, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the US Forest Service at Grey Towers to offer a four-day educational event for women forest landowners from across the state of PA. To learn more about the event or to receive an application, please contact Amanda Subjin at 570-226-3164 or conserve@delawarehighlands.org. Visit http://delawarehighlands.org/newsevents/eventdates/event/61-women-and-their-woods-educational-retreat for more information.