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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Hometown Habitat: Stories of Bringing Nature Home—a Movie

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

The public is invited to attend a free showing of “Hometown Habitat: Stories of Bringing Nature Home” in the visitors center at Renfrew Park. The program is presented by Renfrew Institute in partnership with the Antietam Watershed Association. The environmental education documentary focuses on showing how and why native plants are critical to the survival […]

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What’s Up With the Chesapeake Bay?

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

Lane Whigham with an Eastern Hellbender, a species of salamander that live in Pennsylvania waterways. Find out “What’s Up With the Chesapeake Bay?” during a free program on Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. in the visitors center at Renfrew Park. The program is presented by Renfrew Institute in partnership with the Antietam Watershed Association […]

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It’s Not Easy Being Green! The Relationship Between Chytrid Fungi and Amphibians: Causes, Consequences and Conservation Strategies

Dr. Molly Bletz prepares for field work in researching amphibians. This program is presented in partnership with Antietam Watershed Association (AWA). Join us via Zoom for this special Earth Day presentation! With a focus on amphibians, Dr. Molly Bletz has studied wildlife and disease around the globe, from the U.S. to Panama to Germany to […]

Mid-Atlantic Black Bear Biology and Management

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

Brian Eyler, wildlife biologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife & Heritage Service A joint program of The Institute and the Antietam Watershed Association Presented by Brian Eyler, wildlife biologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife & Heritage Service. Black bears are a common resident in the mountains that surround the […]

The Chesapeake Bay, a joint program with AWA

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

Life on the Chesapeake Bay A joint program of Buttonwood Nature Center, Home of The Institute and the Antietam Watershed Association Presented by Lara Lutz, editor of the Bay Journal and executive director of Bay Journal Media. Admission is free. The iconic Chesapeake Bay will be in the spotlight during this illustrated talk. Captain John […]