Van Scott Nature Reserve
571 Perkins Pond Rd, Beach Lake, PA
Join the Conservancy at the Van Scott Nature Reserve as we learn Chainsaw Safety with a Game of Logging instructor. The training focuses on introducing open face felling and the development of techniques to safely use it. Topics covered include personal protective equipment, chainsaw safety features, chainsaw reactive forces, bore cutting, pre-planning the fell, and understanding hinge wood strength. There are two opportunities to learn: Saturday, September 17: A Women and Their Woods Event Sunday, September 18: Open to all […]
Van Scott Nature Reserve
571 Perkins Pond Rd, Beach Lake, PA
Join the Conservancy at the Van Scott Nature Reserve as we learn Chainsaw Safety with a Game of Logging instructor. The training focuses on introducing open face felling and the development of techniques to safely use it. Topics covered include personal protective equipment, chainsaw safety features, chainsaw reactive forces, bore cutting, pre-planning the fell, and understanding hinge wood strength. There are two opportunities to learn: Saturday, September 17: A Women and Their Woods Event Sunday, September 18: Open to all […]
Van Scott Nature Reserve
571 Perkins Pond Rd, Beach Lake, PA
Join the Conservancy and Bright Kids Yoga instructors from The Cooperage Project for a gentle and all-age appropriate outdoor yoga practice designed to heighten our awareness of our thoughts and surroundings. A short walk and nature-themed craft will accompany the experience. The event will be held outdoors at the Van Scott Nature Reserve. Dress comfortably and bring something to sit on (blanket, yoga mat). Registration is required for each program participant and is limited to 20 participants. Suggested registration fee […]
Van Scott Nature Reserve
571 Perkins Pond Rd, Beach Lake, PA
Join Delaware Highlands Conservancy directors and staff for a memorial bench dedication and reception in memory of our dear friend and founding member Ed Wesely on Saturday, October 8, 2022 from 10am-1pm at the Conservancy’s Van Scott Nature Reserve in Beach Lake, PA. Ed’s partner and Conservancy Founder Barbara Yeaman, her daughter Suzanne, and son Bill will join us for the day. Ed’s Bench is placed along the Butterfly Trail at the Van Scott Nature Reserve, surrounded by meadows of […]
Van Scott Nature Reserve
571 Perkins Pond Rd, Beach Lake, PA
Our region is home to one of the largest wintering populations of bald eagles in the northeast. Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy at the Van Scott Nature Reserve for "Eagles and Their Habitat," presented by Don Hamilton, National Park Service biologist and Natural Resources Chief, and Paul Gamer, Eagle Watch volunteer and bus tour guide. Learn about the resident bald eagles in our region that live here year-round and the migrants that arrive in the winter from Canada and upstate […]
The Delaware Highlands Conservancy's Annual Board Meeting is open to Conservancy members. Join us to hear about our accomplishments this year and plans for the future. Meeting will be conducted virtually by Zoom. Advance registration is required; please email bethany@delawarehighlands.org to register and receive the Zoom login information.
Boiler Room at the Hawley Silk Mill
8 Silk Mill Drive, Hawley
Join Michael Cann, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, University of Scranton, and Delaware Highlands Conservancy Director, for the presentation "Environmental Sustainability and the Delaware Highlands Conservancy." Dr. Cann writes, "Population growth, affluenza and unfettered technological advances have created the 'perfect environmental storm' battering the shores of environmental sustainability across the globe. Land conservation is a fundamental and vital bulwark to this perfect storm, protecting our environment by ensuring essential ecological services. For more than a quarter century the Delaware […]
View the winning photos from the Conservancy's Confluence: Land, Water, Wildlife summer 2022 photo contest in a gallery show at The ARTery Gallery. The winning photos will be exhibited alongside artwork created by ARTery member artists. The show begins with a reception on Saturday, November 12th from 2-4pm; the reception is open to the public. The ARTery is a gallery located in the historic Forest Hall building in Milford, Pennsylvania. It is a cooperative owned and operated by successful and […]
Highlights Foundation Retreat Center
362 Boyds Mills Rd, Milanville
The winter Eagle Watch program runs through January and February, weekends only. Volunteers cover morning or afternoon shifts at the Eagle Observation Areas. New and returning Eagle Watch volunteers are invited to join us Saturday, December 10 from 10am-12pm at the Highlights Facility at Boyds Mills for an in-person training and opportunity to pick up training manuals and other materials for the winter season. Following the gathering, volunteers are invited to visit the Van Scott Nature Reserve for a guided […]
Van Scott Nature Reserve
571 Perkins Pond Rd, Beach Lake, PA
Get ready for winter Eagle Watch season! Join the Conservancy's Education and Volunteer Coordinator Rachel Morrow for a Biology of the Eagle presentation at the Van Scott Nature Reserve in Beach Lake, PA. Learn all about bald eagle behavior, how to identify eagles at different ages, how to tell the difference between bald eagles and other similar birds, and their conservation history and recovery from the brink of extinction. This event is free and open to the public, but space […]
Winter Field Office
135 Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, PA
Learn about eagles and their habitat! Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and take a scenic drive on a heated bus throughout the Upper Delaware River region while you look for and learn about eagles and their habitat. Tours will begin at the Conservancy’s Winter Field Office inside the Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen, PA. Seats are limited and advance reservations are required. $20 for Conservancy members; $30 for non-members; kids under 12 free. Make Reservations Now Become a Conservancy Member Dress warmly in […]
Winter Field Office
135 Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, PA
Learn about eagles and their habitat! Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and take a scenic drive on a heated bus throughout the Upper Delaware River region while you look for and learn about eagles and their habitat. Tours will begin at the Conservancy’s Winter Field Office inside the Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen, PA. Seats are limited and advance reservations are required. $20 for Conservancy members; $30 for non-members; kids under 12 free. Make Reservations Now Become a Conservancy Member Dress warmly in […]
