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Geocaching-Outdoor Treasure Hunting Game Using GPS-Enabled Devices

by Emmie Itterly | Jul 19, 2021

Geocaching is a outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location under a rock, in a tree trunk or wherever! Its a bit like a...

Birding 101 With the Wildlands Conservancy

by Emmie Itterly | Jul 19, 2021

Birding 101: Join us at Wildlands Emmaus preserve for a primer on birding best practices. A perfect place to hone your birding skills, we’ll hike through a variety of habitats to discover migrating bird species. We’ll provide binoculars and a knowledgeable educator to...

Appalachian Bat Count

by Emmie Itterly | Jun 10, 2021

Go batty with us! Pennsylvania’s common bat species often use buildings as their roosts and the barn at the Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary, and another natural location, is one of their favorite haunts. Monitoring locations like these gives biologists an...