Nate Metzger, one of this summer’s PA Brookies students, is November’s Student of the Month! He has been hard at work on his outreach projects since field school, working on a native plant collection, putting up his trifold at his local extension office, attending educational programs, writing letters to his local legislators, volunteering at Limestone …
Posted: November 3, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
Adansonia digitata – The Baobab, or “Upside-Down” Tree
The Baobab tree, Adansonia digitata, is native to the African Savanna, and as you can see the tree is very interesting. The Baobab is known as the “upside-down” tree, because when it is bare, which it is just before, just after, and during the African dry season (which lasts around five months) it looks like …
Posted: November 2, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
November Student of the Month – Nate M.
Nate Metzger, one of this summer’s PA Brookies students, is November’s Student of the Month! He has been hard at work on his outreach projects since field school, working on a native plant collection, putting up his trifold at his local extension office, attending educational programs, writing letters to his local legislators, volunteering at Limestone …
Posted: October 27, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
Not Very Sleepy Hollows
This weeks blog post is written by Freya, especially for Halloween! Read on…if you dare! Not Very Sleepy Hollows “There is a tree that’s standing still though it is dead, it has its fill of things that hoot and crawl and creep at night, when you are fast asleep. Inside the burnt out hole is …
Posted: October 20, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
Summer Fishing
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 …
Posted: October 13, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
Elk In Pennsylvania
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 …