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Spring Lectures: Penn’s Woods Over Time

Each spring, The Institute presents a pair or series of related programs. For 2022, the lectures will be on March 3 and March 10. Our unifying theme is Penn's Woods. See individual event pages for these free programs: Lecture #1: March 3 • By Claire Jantz Native Americans to the Civilian Conservation Corps: Cultural and […]

Penn’s Woods Over Time: People and the Forest Lecture #1 of 2

Church of the Apostles 336 Barnett Avenue, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Claire Jantz, Chair of the Friends of Michaux State Forest Each spring, The Institute presents a pair or series of related programs. For 2022, the lectures will be on March 3 and March 10. Our unifying theme is Penn’s Woods… Spring Lectures 2022—The First in a Duo of Programs Native Americans to the Civilian Conservation […]

Penn’s Woods Over Time: People and the Forest Lecture #2

Church of the Apostles 336 Barnett Avenue, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Andre Weltman, Chairman, Friends of Pine Grove Furnace State Park Each spring, The Institute presents a pair or series of related programs. For 2022, the lectures will be on March 3 and March 10. Our unifying theme is Penn’s Woods… Spring Lectures 2022—The Second in a Duo of Programs Charcoal Hearths, Collier Huts, and Haul […]

StoryWalk® Sundays April 2022

Our series of StoryWalk® Sunday adventures for kids continues in April. This month only, it's on the first Sunday. The story posted on the StoryWalk® trail at Pine Hill Park […]

StoryWalk® Sundays—March 2022

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Our March 13 StoryWalk® Sunday was postponed due to the weather. The event has been rescheduled for March 20. Our series of StoryWalk® Sunday adventures for kids continues in March. […]

Spring Season Family Trail Hike

Appalachian Trail PA, United States

The Naturalist Series of Outdoor Programs Join us for a series of Appalachian Trail Hikes, planned for the last Sunday of each month, January–May 2022 Hike with us along a […]

StoryWalk® Sundays—April 2022

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Our series of StoryWalk® Sunday adventures for kids continues in April. The story posted on the StoryWalk® trail at Pine Hill Park will change monthly, and plans call for a […]

Geology Rocks! Program with Jeri Jones

Church of the Apostles 336 Barnett Avenue, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Geologist Jeri Jones In partnership with the Franklin Co. Rock & Mineral Club Geologist Jeri Jones returns to present another FUN, fascinating look into our shared geological history.  Attend in […]

Geology Field Trip: A Geologic Drive Around the Neighborhood 

Lee's Headquarters 401 Buford Ave, Gettysburg, PA, United States

Devil's Racecourse, also known as Raven Rock Boulder Field A Geologic Drive Around the Neighborhood  Geologist Jeri Jones of Jones Geological Services will lead a field trip, “A Geologic Drive […]

Antietam Watershed Wonders: Nature Photographs

Join us for this joint program of the Antietam Watershed Association & The Institute. Online via ZOOM also available! Led by The Institute's Watershed Science Coordinator/Environmental Educator, Dave Graff. Explore […]

Nature Photography Workshop

Photographer Dave Graff captured this group of deer on a rural property in the Waynesboro area. Learn about the techniques and practices of an expert nature photographer. Illustrated with a photographic presentation, Institute faculty member and photographer Dave Graff will teach you some "tricks of the trade" in the effort to capture nature's most magical […]

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Spring Season Family Trail Hike

Appalachian Trail PA, United States

Spring flower. Beautiful blooming first small flowers in the forest. Hepatica. (Hepatica nobilis) The Naturalist Series of Outdoor Programs Part of a series of Appalachian Trail Hikes, planned for the last Sunday of each month, January–May 2022 Hike with us along a portion of the legendary Appalachian Trail! We are fortunate to live in an […]