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At
Powdermill, wildflowers, trees, songbirds, and salamanders
can be examined by eye, ear, magnifying glass, and camera.
Children participate in week-long nature programs during
the
summer months.
The classroom and exhibit areas in the Powdermill
Nature Reserve headquarters building, as well
as the trails outside, provide meeting spaces for
these programs and for school field trips and teacher workshops.
All these programs are supported by the Mudge Environmental
Education
Program and the Martha Edwards Lazear Foundation. |
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 Admission
is free. Two nature trails, the Black Birch Trail and Sugar
Camp Trail, are open daily from dawn to dusk. The hours for
the Powdermill Nature Reserve headquarters building are as follows:
April-October
Wednesday- Saturday 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 pm
Sundays 12-5 p.m.
November-March
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sundays during program times
For additional
program information, call the Powdermill Education Department at 724.593.6105. |
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Nets
were flying on July 4 at Powdermill when 22 adults and
24 children took part in the North American Butterfly
Association’s (NABA) 34th Annual 4th of July Butterfly
Count. The NABA Counts are based on the same procedures
as the Christmas Bird Counts with teams going out to
survey various sections of a 15-mile diameter circle.
At Powdermill, 974 individual butterflies were counted
from 40 different species. The Hackberry Emperor and
Whirl-a-bout Skipper, seen this year, are both new to
the count.
Powdermill
is one of three locations in western Pennsylvania that
participated in the count this year. Others include Sandy
Creek and East Bedford. The count program is intended
to promote interest in butterflies and provide scientific
results for the monitoring of this beautiful and fascinating
group of insects.
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