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“SOAR” Spring Bird Walks—EVERY Saturday in April & May!

Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Every Saturday in April and May. Naturalist Jack Olzewski will lead weekly bird walks along the hiking trails at Renfrew Park. Walks begin at Renfrew’s lower parking lot off Welty Road. Participants should wear comfortable walking shoes and may bring identification books and binoculars. Free and open to the public. “Come along with us as […]

Free

Renfrew Rocks! Geology Program: “What Do Our Local Landscapes Tell Us About the Geology?”

Community Room, Washington Township Offices 13013 Welty Road, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Geologist Jeri Jones presents a quick-paced and informative program on fascinating aspects of the local underground world. “What Do Our Local Landscapes Tell Us About the Geology?” combines fun with education and continues the popular “Renfrew Rocks!” annual geology series. The program will highlight the types of rocks found in the local region and their […]

Free

Antietam Creek Check-up

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Presented in partnership with Antietam Watershed Association Visitors Center, Renfrew Park, Waynesboro PA Learn about the health of our local streams and what area residents can do to maintain or improve water quality. Renfrew Institute and the Antietam Watershed Association (AWA) promote watershed education and healthy streams with a citizen stream-monitoring program. Presented by Melodie […]

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Deer-Resistant Native Trees & Plants for Your Landscape

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

An illustrated PowerPoint talk by Dr. Doris Armstrong Goldman, Renfrew Institute staff biologist. Your own yard can provide a great habitat for endangered plants. Native plants provide four times more forage for beautiful butterflies and the birds that feed on them. Learn which native plants are tailored to your yard’s conditions, whether sunny or shady, […]

Free

Renfrew Rocks! Family Geology Field Trip: Fossils and Mining

Meet at Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, United States

Geologist Jeri Jones explains the significance of stone characteristics in a tunnel during a field trip. Stops vary each year on our geology field trips, with a focus on the geologic history and topography of our region. This year,  participants will travel by coach bus to Lansford, PA to tour the No. 9 Mine and […]

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Renfrew Rocks! Geology Field Trip to Historic Delta, PA

Meet at Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, United States

Coulsontown, historic stone structure near Delta, Pennsylvania. An exciting small-group adventure with geologist Jeri Jones, who leads this historic-based tour to Delta, PA. Here the world-famous Peach Bottom Slate was quarried from 1840s into the 1940s. In 1840, Peach Bottom Slate was voted the best building slate in the world at the London Expo, and […]

$50

Solar Eclipse Viewing Party

Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

The solar eclipse begins in Pennsylvania around 2 p.m., with the maximum view in our area at 2:38 p.m., ending at 3:30 p.m. Come hang out with space science expert, Todd Toth from the NASA Goddard GLOBE Program at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and the institute’s environmental staff. Activities and educational materials […]

Free

Fall and Winter “SOAR” Bird Walks

Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Birding enthusiasts Sharon and Larry Williams of Waynesboro will lead bird walks along the hiking trails at Renfrew Park throughout the fall and winter this year on the first and third Saturday of each month beginning on September 2. Walks begin at Renfrew’s lower parking lot off Welty Road. Participants should wear comfortable walking shoes […]

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Farm Fields to Warehouses: Economic Development Along the I-81 Corridor

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Presented through the South Mountain Partnership, this program explores the impact of warehousing and other development along the I-81 corridor in rural Pennsylvania. A professor at Shippensburg University, George Pomeroy teaches courses and conducts research related to community and regional planning, as well as urban geography. He is Associate Director of Shippensburg University’s Center for Land […]

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Solar Eclipse Event Follow-up with Todd Toth

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

NASA scientist Todd Toth conducted a Solar Eclipse Party for Renfrew Institute on August 21. He will discuss the eclipse and review the significance of the data collected by observers. Toth will also provide an overview of his place of employment—NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The presentation will include a quick tour of the Goddard campus, […]

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NASA’s Citizen Science Programs

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

NASA scientist Todd Toth will discuss various citizen science programs at NASA, highlighting the GLOBE Program, an international science and education program that allows students and the public worldwide to participate in data collection and the scientific process. Free.

Free

Ukrainian Egg Workshop

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Workshop Filled! Email us at [email protected] to be put on the waiting list. Create an exquisite pysanka, an intricately decorated egg, using techniques of the traditional Ukrainian folk craft. Workshop Fee: $25 for RI members, $30/non-member. Ages 15 and up, limited to 10. For more information, call 717-762-0373 or email to [email protected]. Participants will learn to create […]

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