Tag: PA state parks
Makayla, one of our Monthly Correspondents, is a Bucktails alumni and Assistant Team Leader. She is also a very talented photographer, and has captured some excellent photographs for this week’s blog – she shares her method for being prepared with us, and has some great advice!
Julie, an Ursids alumni, writes about fishing with her father over the summer in this week’s blog post. As the weather gets a little chiller every day, it’s nice to remember the warmer days of summer! Over the summer my dad and I try to go out fishing as often as possible and as early …
Logan, a student and ATL of our Bucktails and Ursids camps, gives us a little background on the Elk in Pennsylvania in this weeks blog post. He also got some great pictures of the elk on a visit to Benezette: The Eastern Elk that call Pennsylvania home weren’t always in Pennsylvania. The elk population was …
This blog post is written by one of our Monthly Youth Blog Correspondents, Freya, an alumni of our Bucktails and Ursids field schools. She writes about her search for the black bear in Itasca State Park, Minnesota. She also included some of her original artwork – very impressive! Unlike some of you lucky folks, I …
Recently, I embarked on an after-school hike at Caledonia State Park. Despite the below freezing temperatures the previous day, the thermometer held steady at 65 degrees. Tiny remnants of ice lay sporadically throughout the trail, but otherwise Mother Nature provided no indication that winter happens to be the current season. These woods gave an impression …
Tag: PA state parks
Being Prepared for the Perfect Picture
Posted: February 2, 2016 by Katie Cassidy
Makayla, one of our Monthly Correspondents, is a Bucktails alumni and Assistant Team Leader. She is also a very talented photographer, and has captured some excellent photographs for this week’s blog – she shares her method for being prepared with us, and has some great advice!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Bucktails, creative arts, habitat, inspiration, media, nature observation, PA state parks, Pennsylvania, photography, youth
Summer Fishing
Posted: October 20, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
Julie, an Ursids alumni, writes about fishing with her father over the summer in this week’s blog post. As the weather gets a little chiller every day, it’s nice to remember the warmer days of summer! Over the summer my dad and I try to go out fishing as often as possible and as early …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: creative arts, fish, journaling, nature observation, PA state parks, Ursids, youth
Elk In Pennsylvania
Posted: October 13, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
Logan, a student and ATL of our Bucktails and Ursids camps, gives us a little background on the Elk in Pennsylvania in this weeks blog post. He also got some great pictures of the elk on a visit to Benezette: The Eastern Elk that call Pennsylvania home weren’t always in Pennsylvania. The elk population was …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Bucktails, elk, PA state parks, Pennsylvania, Ursids, youth
Searching for the Black Bears of Itasca
Posted: October 6, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
This blog post is written by one of our Monthly Youth Blog Correspondents, Freya, an alumni of our Bucktails and Ursids field schools. She writes about her search for the black bear in Itasca State Park, Minnesota. She also included some of her original artwork – very impressive! Unlike some of you lucky folks, I …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: artwork, Bucktails, creative arts, journaling, PA state parks, reports from the field, Ursids, wildlife
On Bats in January
Posted: February 21, 2013 by Jackie R.
Recently, I embarked on an after-school hike at Caledonia State Park. Despite the below freezing temperatures the previous day, the thermometer held steady at 65 degrees. Tiny remnants of ice lay sporadically throughout the trail, but otherwise Mother Nature provided no indication that winter happens to be the current season. These woods gave an impression …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: bats, PA state parks, wildlife, winter