Wildlands Conservancy PA

Make waves by volunteering for our Stream Team! 🌎 Our upcoming volunteer days need more helping hands to support clean drinking water, improve wildlife habitat, and reduce flooding. 🐟💪 Volunteers will: 🌲 Maintain trees in vegetative streamside areas (riparian buffers) 🌲 Remove invasive vegetation SEE YOU THERE! 🌊 To give the generous gift of your time and make a lasting difference, visit wildlandspa.org/streamteam

Thank you, The Morning Call for covering our Science in Nature summer camp week with special guest, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission! Together, our campers explored the Little Lehigh at our Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus, PA. This is how lasting connections to nature are made for tomorrow's environmental stewards. 🐟🎣 📸: Emma Reed/The Morning Call at https://lnkd.in/eUGrcXYa

🗣 Important message to our VOLUNTEERS, some of our favorite people: Check your inbox and mailboxes for your special invitation to an evening of fun at our Volunteer Appreciation Picnic! We'll gather at Bear Creek Mountain Resort this year to celebrate the generous gift of your time that's made a lasting impact. You won't want to miss it! RSVPs required by next Mon., Jul. 29 For volunteer opportunities like Stream Team, visit https://lnkd.in/dbsCFrH7 🌎🌱

Here are some progress pictures of our recently completed dam removal project, part of larger stream restoration initiatives on the Bushkill Creek in @CityofEastonPA. 🌊🐟 That freely flowing water in the bottom two photos is NOW benefiting wildlife habitat and local water quality. Like this? Our Stream Team is looking for volunteers to steward streamside areas (riparian buffers) along creeks, which waters will flow through here! More information and registration is available at https://lnkd.in/e69KBMJr 📸: Photos by our Kristie Fach, director of ecological restoration, and Kate Ebel, our senior restoration ecologist

These are the smiling faces that our Sojourn was made possible by! In great part and no particular order, it's these individuals and many more we have to say THANK YOU to: 🛶 Our river safety crew 🛶 Our land crew 🛶 Our presenters from Da Vinci Science Center, Lehigh Gap Nature Center, and Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor 🛶 Nicole Landis, Wildlands' senior environmental educator 🛶 Scott J. Cope, Wildlands' VP of Education And importantly, our Sojourners who showed up to paddle 28 river miles with us. See you soon at another get-outdoors adventure with Wildlands!

A whole community of support had a hand in building our new boardwalk at our Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus, PA. We want to give a big THANK YOU to: 🌲 Judith and Joe Kaminski 🌲 Volunteers with Engineers Without Borders USA Lehigh Valley and Lehigh Career & Technical Institute 🌲 Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources & Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development 🌲 John A. and Margaret Post Foundation We look forward to having you back to enjoy the boardwalk, along with every body who now has access to making memories in nature.

Check this out! South Mountain and Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary are in Fig Lehigh Valley, and it’s all because of our community’s appreciation for our local natural places. The article includes photos from our talented nature preserve goers, and a gentle reminder that… “These marvels are all right in our backyard, and a visit to one of these nature preserves is a great way to spend an hour, an afternoon, or a day.”

Jewelweed is a real gem! Do you think it's because of its dazzling, bright flowers? Maybe it's because of the silvery way water glistens when it beads on its foliage. Or maybe it's because its sap can be used to relieve run-ins with poison ivy, stinging nettles, and insect bites. Whatever the reason, you can discover treasures like this gem at any of our 14 nature preserves! 📸📍 Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus, PA

From biking, boating, and birding to bats and creatures in the creek – there’s a world of nature out here. Come explore with us:⁠ ⁠ 🛶 Pedal and paddle with our Bike & Boat from Allentown to Bethlehem along the Lehigh River⁠ 🦇 A bat population survey and bird walk for our birders⁠ ⚡ Learn about lightning bugs' bioluminescence⁠ ☀ FREE, guided hikes (Get Out for Wellness)⁠ ⁠ See something you like? Registration is required! Visit the link in bio for more info and to sign up today!

Friends should always lift each other up, like our Wildlands friends- Joshua Tree Experts. They uplifted our campers and created lasting, lifelong memories connecting to nature at last week's Outdoor Skills summer camp. Thank you!