Lehigh Gap Nature Center will dedicate its new arboretum and trailhead in East Penn Township, Carbon County, at 10 a.m. Friday.

The arboretum and trailhead are located at 226 VanMan Lane in East Penn Township across from Bowmanstown. The dedication is open to the public.Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Ellen Ferretti will be attending and participating in the dedication.Also participating will be Janet Sweeney of the Pa. Environmental Council; Elissa Garafalo, (of the Delaware & Lehigh Heritage Corridor; and state Rep. Doyle Heffley.To find directions to the arboretum from the Osprey House at Lehigh Gap Nature Center, see

www.lgnc.org/maps-directions or call 610-760-8889 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.