Exploring & Preserving Maryland's Natural Treasures
Join us for the naturalist version of seek and find: flip a log, find a salamander. We will walk the trails, looking for potential hiding spots under logs and debris. Being gentle with the forest floor, we will return any salamanders we find safe and unharmed to their hiding spots. More amphibians may be found […]
Cost: $10-25
If truffles are out of your price range, morels are the next best thing. Prized for taste and versatility by chefs worldwide, morels emerge for only a short time in spring. Knowing where to look for morels is one important factor in the hunt. Lucky for us, Nick Spero knows all the clues. He knows […]
Cost: $35-48
Let’s look for the little. We’ll explore the tops and bottoms of logs, branches, and debris, grubbing for early spiders, such as lace weavers, smaller wolf spiders, and some early orb weavers and their webs. There should be a variety of other arthropods, including various beetles, centipedes, millipedes, and isopods. We will also probably encounter […]
Cost: $5-20
Please note: This event listing is for informational purposes only. The registration link will only unlock Bob Ertman’s contact info so that you can get in touch with him. Bob says: “Signup needs to be by email directly with me because I need to be sure that everyone knows the ground rules and the limits […]
Cost: $0
Time to rotate our buffet menu to the late spring category of tasty nibbles. Join master forager Nick Spero to discover locally found plants that can add flavor to your cooking and apply that know-how to your own backyard. We’ll be on the lookout for late-spring plants such as wild ginger, ramp, and spicebush. We […]
Cost: $35-48
Spend the day along the Susquehanna River exploring three historical sites. Our first stop, the Indian Steps Museum, occupies land where over 10,000 years ago early people carved steps in the river bank to fish for shad. The area was a popular destination for early settlers to collect items such as arrows and spearheads made […]
Cost: $25-40
Join NHSM Herp Club member Howdy Knipp for a hike through Oregon Ridge Nature Center. Bring a packed lunch and enjoy a picnic afterwards! We’ll meet in the nature center parking lot near the reservoir and take a short walk to a small pond where we’ll look for signs of her activity. Note that the […]
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Centralia, PA was a small coal mining community in central PA that had to be abandoned after the coal beds under it caught fire in the 1960s. Today nothing is left but the streets and sidewalks and some cemeteries. The surrounding area has several strip mines with numerous plant fossils. These are typical Llewelyn formation […]
Cost: $0
Come celebrate World Turtle Day with us on the Lower Susquehanna River in York County, PA. With the help of expert guide Howdy Knipp, we will be on the lookout for map turtles that inhabit the river, with a chance to catch hatchlings and some adults to get a closer look at the turtles. Howdy […]
Cost: $55-80
Bees and other insects
Cost: $10-15