• Wildlands Conservancy Summer Camp 2024, June 10-Aug. 23. At Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary (Emmaus), Hopewell Park (Center Valley), and Lone Lane Park (Allentown).For details and to register, please visit: https://www.wildlandspa.org/camp/. Program questions? Contact Denise Bauer DBauer@wildlandspa.org. Registration Questions? Contact Arianna Kohler, AKohler@wildlandspa.org.

• Wildlands Conservancy, April 7, Get Out! for Wellness: Swiftwater Forest Preserve, 1-3 p.m. Swiftwater Forest Preserve, 239 Donaldson Rd, Cresco. 2.5-mile hike. Questions? Contact Arianna Kohler, AKohler@wildlandspa.org. Event is free; register on-line at: https://www.wildlandspa.org/events/.

• April 9, Pre-K Pathfinders: Botany, Trexler Nature Preserve, 10-11 a.m. Trexler Environmental Center, 4935 Orchard Rd., Schnecksville. For children ages 3-5 and their grown-upsQuestions? Contact Arianna Kohler, AKohler@wildlandspa.org. Event is free; register on-line at: https://www.wildlandspa.org/events/.

• April 13, Wildlife of the Watershed: Seasonal Series, 10-11:30 a.m., Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary, 3701 Orchid Place. Spring is in the air! Join us and learn all about the native wildlife of the Lehigh Valley: seasonal wildlife migration, offspring, and behavioral changes. Afterward, take a binocular hike around the Sanctuary, looking for signs of wildlife and listening for bird songs. Questions? Contact Haley D’Agostino at HDAgostino@wildlandpa.org. For ages 6 and up. There is a fee; register online at: https://www.wildlandspa.org/events/.

• April 13, Get Out! for Wellness: Bear Swamp Boardwalk and Minsi Lake, 10 a.m.-noon. Bear Swamp Boardwalk and Minsi Lake, 1280 Lake Minsi Drive, Bangor. Hike through a pleasant forest in Upper Mount Bethel Township, then cross Lake Minsi Drive to the Boardwalk around Bear Swamp to view turtles, frogs, tadpoles and spring flowers. Then we’ll drive east to Minsi Lake’s western parking lot for viewing of swallows, great blue herons, and butterflies. Questions? Contact: Arianna Kohler, AKohler@wildlandspa.org. Event is free; register online at: https://www.wildlandspa.org/events/.

• April 20, Get Out! for Wellness: Wildlands’ Black River Sanctuary, 10 a.m.-noon. Wildlands Conservancy’s Black River Sanctuary, 1310 Black River Road, Bethlehem. Wildlands Conservancy recently bought 187 acres across the road from Franko Farm Recreation Area. 3 mile hike, accessing fine views of the Lehigh Valley; this area is a stopover for migrating birds. Questions? Contact: Arianna Kohler, AKohler@wildlandspa.org. Event is free; register online at: https://www.wildlandspa.org/events/.

• April 21, Earth Day Planting at Louise Moore Park, 1-3 p.m. Louise Moore Park, 151 Country Club Road, Easton. For children ages 3-5 and their grown-ups. Questions? Contact: Nicole Landis, Nlandis@wildlandspa.org. Pre-registration is required; register online at: https://www.wildlandspa.org/events/.