Pennsylvania Volunteer News
December 2016
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“Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.”
- Victor Hugo
The Nature Conservancy would like to thank our wonderful volunteers, interns, and partners
for all their help in November!
Work accomplished included grassland maintenance, data entry, online research, planting trees, filing, attending
committee meetings, trash clean-ups and so much more.
We wish to specifically thank the following for all their help:
Peter Appel
Elisa Barbis
Bob Barker
Shalon Baylis
Radel Bengiomo
Dave Clemens
Daniel DePersia
Melinda Emerson
Andy Gardner
Rocky Gleason
Paul Glover
Sam Griffin
Hank Hartman
John Joseph Henstie
Isabella Hobbs
Chris Hoess
Trebbe Johnson
Gene Katapski
Renee Kemmerer
David & Joshua Kouassi
Bernard Kueny
Marta Lynch
Stephanie Mayes
Nicole Metas
Tina Mills
Monica Morgan
Ron Notvest
Meaghan Pogue
Tracy Raymond
Stephen Rifici
Kathleen Roland
Renee Romero
Todd Romero
Pohl Schroder
Dawson Smith
Bob Snyder
Kelsey Speer
Marc Steiner
Janet & Tim Tedesco
Kent Wagner
Mike Waltz
Carol Weisl
Henry Whitesel
Bill Whittaker
And as always, many thanks to all of the members of the Friends of the State-Line Serpentine Barrens, Woodbourne Stewardship
Committee, Florence Shelly Wetlands Preserve Committee and the Tannersville Cranberry Bog Preserve Committee for all their help
in managing these various preserves and for their ongoing outreach efforts.
Photo Credits: Grassland maintenance at the Chrome Barrens Preserve © Molly T. Anderson/TNC; Tree planting and garden project at the
Monumental Baptist Church in Philadelphia © Molly T. Anderson/TNC.
Workday Schedule
Monday, January 16th – 10:00 AM
MLK Day of Service Trash Clean-up at the Bristol Marsh Preserve
Please join us in celebrating the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday with our annual trash clean-up
along the Delaware River at the Bristol Marsh Preserve (Bristol, PA in Bucks County).
To sign up and/or for more information/directions, please contact Molly Anderson at
[email protected] or (717) 418-9518.
For the complete list of scheduled workdays for this winter season, please visit our website
at www.nature.pavolunteer.
Hunting in Pennsylvania
Hunting in Pennsylvania is upon us. Two-week rifle season took place November 28th through
December 10th, but there are extended seasons in certain areas. For a complete list of hunting
seasons and bag limits for the 2016-2017 fiscal year as well as a map of the wildlife
management units, please contact the Pennsylvania Game Commission at (717) 787-4250 or
visit their website at the following link:
http://www.pgc.pa.gov/HuntTrap/Law/Pages/HuntingandTrappingDigest.aspx
Happy Holidays
On behalf of all of us at The Nature Conservancy,
we wish you and yours peace on Earth and many
blessings for the New Year ahead.
Cheers to you!
For the Birds
Birds don’t recognize borders. And those migrating across state boundaries and between the
U.S. and Canada don’t need to thanks to the Migratory Bird Treaty, which is celebrating its 100th
year. In the current edition of the Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, read stories of how The
Nature Conservancy is advancing the protection of a Globally Important Bird Area – The
Kittatinny Ridge as well as how our very own Land Steward/Fire Specialist/Bog Turtle
Researcher/Naturalist/Photographer/Carpenter (the list goes on and on), George Gress has
made advances in an important bird study in Alaska over the past two years. To read the full
details, please click the following link:
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/pennsylvania/penn
sylvania-nature-news-dec-2016-jan-2017.pdf?src=e.gp.local.Dec2016.Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Travel Guide
Traveling for the holidays? On the way to your destination, consider taking a nature break at one
of the places featured in our Travel Guide. From hiking and biking to kayaking and fishing, to
view our top ten list of destinations for outdoor recreation in the Keystone State, please click the
following link:
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/pennsylvania/explor
e/pennsylvania-travel-guide.xml?src=e.gp.local.Dec2016.Pennsylvania.
Field Trips/Events
Check out our Public Events Webpage for updated listings of events, field trips, and other
opportunities. And if you haven’t already, be sure to “like” us on Facebook, and follow us on
Twitter and Instagram, to stay up to date on happenings across the Keystone State and share
your involvement with us with your friends by clicking the link below:
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/pennsylvania/even
ts/index.htm
More News
Welcome
We wish to extend a very warm
welcome and many thanks to our new
volunteers who have recently registered
to join our great team.
Please join me in welcoming
Ellyana Gomez, Jen Friel, Haley
Fitzgerald, Jennifer Robinson, Allison
DeBoer, Leah Dempsey, Sean Mooney,
Kim O’Neill, Hilary Christensen, Kathleen
Kolos, Liz DiFelice, Elaine Schmidt, Shana
McGlone, Stephen Stevenson, Kayla
Overton, Scott OIsen, Grace Aftandilov,
Sachel Sengupta, Kim Maiolo, Kaitlin
Schafer, Eric Brasseaux, Diane Keeley
and Donald Corey, Darin Horst, Brandon
Morgan and Emily Georgis.
We look forward to working with you all.
Welcome to the team!
The Nature
Conservancy
Preserving
Pennsylvania
Canada’s Reindeer
Cherry Valley Golf
Course Acquisition
Makes News
When it comes to reindeer,
most of us picture Rudolph
dashing across the frozen
North Pole. But a lesserknown cousin called
woodland caribou dwell deep
in Canada's Boreal Forest—
and they're just as magical
as Santa's variety.
To learn the “Seven Things
You Don't Know About
Woodland Caribou—and
How to Save Them”, please
click the link below:
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/r
egions/northamerica/canada/canadasreindeer.xml?src=e.gp.dec2016
The Nature Conservancy in
Pennsylvania announced that
it will acquire the 193-acre
Cherry Valley Golf Course and
then transfer the property, as a
gift, to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service to become part of the
Cherry Valley National Wildlife
Refuge.
To read the full story, please
click the link below:
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/i
ndex.ssf/2016/11/golf_course_closes_to
_become_p.html?src=e.gp.local.Dec2016.
Pennsylvania
Wish List
Nature Trivia
We are currently seeking
donations of the following items:
The first to respond with the correct answer to this
month’s trivia question will win a prize. Please contact
Molly Anderson with your answer at (717) 418-9518 or
[email protected].
Wood chipper
(In good, working condition)
Pickup Truck
(In good, working condition)
Personal Protection Equipment
(helmets & chaps)
If you have these or other items
you would like to donate, please
contact Molly Anderson at
(717) 418-9518
or
[email protected].
December 2016 Question:
What once covered 14% of the Earth's land
area, but by the early 1990s over half had been
destroyed?
Answer for November Trivia: Protecting one acre of mature
forest from destruction is equivalent to taking 30 cars off the
road for one year.
Pennsylvania Volunteer News is produced monthly.
If you have any questions, comments or would like to include an update or announcement in next
month’s edition, please contact Molly Anderson at [email protected] or (717) 418-9518 before the
1st of the month.