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Celebrate Girls Scouts Love State Parks (GSLSP) Weekend by joining your DCNR Park Naturalist for a 5 mile nature hike through . We will explore birds, trees, wildflowers and park history along the way as well as covering related GSUSA badge requirements by request. The Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA) will also be on hand to provide an introduction to orienteering. Special 2021 GSLSP patches are available to order from your GSUSA council office for participating in program activities. Dress for the weather along with good walking shoes, water and snacks. Binoculars are a fun addition if you want to bring Girl Scouts Love State Parks along. Registration not Ridley Creek State Park Weekend required. Saturday, September 11th 10:00am Noon Not required In-person Join your DCNR Park Naturalist for a 5 mile nature hike through White Clay Creek Preserve. We will explore for birds and other wildlife, trees, wildflowers, geology and park history along the way. Dress for the weather along with good walking shoes, water and snacks. Binoculars are a fun addition if you want to bring along. Registration not White Clay Creek Preserve Nature Hike required. Sunday, September 12th 9:00am Noon Not required In-person STREAM Girls is Trout Unlimited’s watershed STEM program for girls that builds confidence and breaks down barriers in science and the outdoors. Over the course of multiple sessions, Trout Unlimited volunteers, state, and local educators lead the Girl Scouts in observing a stream, collecting flow data, sampling macroinvertebrates (aka aquatic bugs), fly tying, and fly casting. Each day also gives the girls time to intimately explore their natural surroundings and record their thoughts, feelings, and observations in their handbooks. Participants are required to attend both days. Registration is required and limited to 12 girls ages 10:00am 9:00pm Required - contact Jen 11-14. Contact Jen Moore to Saturday; Saturday; Moore at 814-723- register at 814-723-0259 or Saturday, September 11th and 8:00am 4:00pm 0259 or STREAM Girls [email protected] Sunday, September 12th Sunday Sunday [email protected] In-person This outdoor recreation program is geared toward girls scouts ages 5+. This program aims to expose scouts to healthy lifelong physical activities while creating a sense of stewardship toward our natural resources. Participants will learn basic archery skills. Equipment will be provided. Space is limited. Registration is required. For more information or to register, Required - contact please contact Jared McGary at Jared McGary at Girl Scouts Love State Parks: [email protected] or 724-932- [email protected] or MK Goddard State Park Archery 3142 ext. 109. Saturday, Setpember 11th 2:00pm 3:30pm 724-932-3142 ext. 109 In-person This outdoor recreation program is geared toward girl scouts ages 9+. This program aims to expose scouts to healthy lifelong physical activities. Participants will learn basic skills and paddle a section of the lake shore. Equipment will be provided. Space is limited. Registration is required. For more information or to Required - contact register, please contact Emily Emily Borcz at Girl Scouts Love State Parks: Borcz at [email protected] or 724- [email protected] or 724- Pymatuning State Park Kayaking 932-3142 ext. 106. Sunday, September 12th 1:00pm 3:00pm 932-3142 ext. 106 In-person Calling all Girl Scouts, let’s celebrate our shared love for the outdoors, by joining park staff in a fun filled day exploring the natural wonders of ! Gain experience in kayaking by exploring Lake Arthur, see the beauty of the land on a wildflower hike, and try your luck of snagging a big one with shoreline fishing. This event will be run in a group rotation style, so everyone will be able to relax and enjoy all three activities offered. Please bring a lunch. All equipment and materials for each program will be provided. Pre- registration is required. To register call the park office 724- 368-8811. All current health Required - call the guidelines will be followed. park office 724-368- Moraine State Park Girl Scouts Love Moraine Saturday, Setpember 11th 9:30am 2:30pm 8811. In-person Calling all Girl Scouts, let’s celebrate our shared love for the outdoors, by joining park staff in a fun filled day exploring the natural wonders of McConnells Mill State Park! Discover the critters of the creek in a stream study of Kildoo Run, understand the history of the Slippery Rock Gorge on a geology hike on Kildoo Trail, and take a step back in time on a tour of the gristmill. This event will be run in a group rotation style, so everyone will be able to relax and enjoy all three activities offered. Please bring a lunch. All equipment and materials for each program will be provided. Pre-registration is required. To register call the park office 724-368-8811. All current health guidelines will Required - call the Girl Scouts Love McConnells be followed. park office 724-368- McConnells Mill State Park Mill Sunday, September 12th 9:30am 2:30pm 8811 In-person Join the park educator at the amphitheater to discover how what was once the most common tree in became “functionally extinct”! We will take a short walk to our orchards, where survivors of the battle are being used to American Chestnuts - A Fight in repopulate the forests with this the Forest! mighty tree! Saturday, September 11th 2:00pm Not required In-person

For centuries, the Dutch Oven has been the most versatile cookware in the kitchen (and campsite!) making everything from biscuits & cobbler to Thanksgiving dinner! Discover the basics of using a Dutch Required - Please visit oven, as well as the history of https://events.dcnr.pa the art of cooking in cast iron. .gov/event/girl_scouts Meet at the classroom _love_state_parks_- building. This program is part _dutch_oven_cooking of a larger public event called #.YP_zzI5Ki70 to the East Coast Dutch Oven register for this Gathering. Feel free to attend program. The larger the entire event in addition to East Coast Dutch Oven this program. Gathering does not Codorus State Park Dutch Oven Cooking Saturday, September 11th 12:30pm 1:00pm require registration. In-person Join park educator Rich Gulyas and local Penn State Master Gardeners as you help to create habitat for native pollinators. You’ll be planting a variety of native shrub species to create a pollinator garden next to the park nature center. In addition, you’ll learn about the importance of native plants and pollinators and take a short hike to identify other Mt. Pisgah State Park Planting for Pollinators! local plants, trees, and shrubs. Sunday, September 12th 1:30pm In-person Join the park’s environmental educator for an easy to moderate guided walk at Pinchot Park, as we learn about the history of our forest and its ecosystem. The walk spans roughly 1.5 miles, where we will also observe the seasonal changes in our woods as we transition to shorter days and cooler temperatures. Be sure to dress for the weather, wear comfortable shoes, and bring your own bottled water. Meet at the environmental learning center in the Conewago Day Use area (1202 Alpine Road, Wellsville, PA). The hike is Required - please suitable for Brownies and email ekepley- Juniors. Girl Scouts Hike - Forest [email protected] to Gifford Pinchot State Park Discover Walk Saturday, September 11th 10:00am 11:30am register In-person Join the park’s environmental educator for an easy to moderate guided walk at Pinchot Park, as we learn about the history of our forest and its ecosystem. The walk spans roughly 1.5 miles, where we will also observe the seasonal changes in our woods as we transition to shorter days and cooler temperatures. Be sure to dress for the weather, wear comfortable shoes, and bring your own bottled water. Meet at the environmental learning center in the Conewago Day Use area (1202 Alpine Road, Wellsville, PA). The hike is Required - please suitable for Brownies and email ekepley- Juniors. Girl Scouts Hike - Forest [email protected] to Gifford Pinchot State Park Discover Walk Saturday, September 11th 1:00pm 2:30pm register In-person Celebrate Girl Scouts Love State Parks Weekend by joining the park naturalist for a tree identification course just for Girl Scouts! Scouts will learn the basics of tree identification, basic forest management techniques, and the identification of common invasive plants found Required - register throughout the park. This will each participant be a relatively easy 2-mile hike individually; space is around our Day Use limited. Visit Area. Scouts must be https://events.dcnr.pa accompanied by an adult. We .gov/event/girl_scouts will be meeting at the _love_trees#.YPrHDO Environmental Interpretive hKi70 and select the Center (EIC) for this program. green 'Register' Girl Scouts Love Trees! Saturday, Setpember 11th 10:00am 11:30am button to register. In-person Girl Scouts of all ages are invited to join the hunt for these awesome amphibians. All equipment provided. …meet below the butterfly garden on Girl Scout Saturday: the lower road below Pavilion Frances Slocum State Park Salamander Search #2. Saturday, September 11th 10:00am 11:30am Not required In-person Girl Scouts of all ages will want to view the mounted insect displays. There will be examples of local insects and also a few exotics. …back deck Girl Scout Saturday: Insect of the Solano Education Frances Slocum State Park Display Building Saturday, September 11th 1:00pm 3:00pm Not required In-person Required - please Girl Scouts, come out to register via: Kings Gap to learn the https://events.dcnr.pa basics of archery technique, .gov/event/archery_fo safety, and perfecting your r_girl_scouts#.YRqWD Kings Gap State Park Archery for Girl Scouts skills. Saturday, September 11 9am 11am 4hKiUm In-person Required - please Girl Scouts, come out to register via: Kings Gap to learn the https://events.dcnr.pa basics of archery technique, .gov/event/archery_fo safety, and perfecting your r_girl_scouts#.YRqWD Kings Gap State Park Archery for Girl Scouts skills. Saturday, September 11 1pm 3pm 4hKiUm In-person Learn about animal stewardship and how the DCNR takes care of the native turtles that live on Presque Isle. Girl Scouts will also have the opportunity to meet some of the Regional Science Consortium’s ambassador turtles that live on site. This program is for Girl Scouts grades K-5 (Daisy-Junior) accompanied by an adult. Registration is limited to 20 participants (not including adult guardians). Please register each child individually. There is a $3 fee per Girl Scout. Please register by September 8th. This program may be Required - please modified or cancelled at register via discretion of park staff. Meet http://events.dcnr.pa. at the Tom Ridge gov/presque_isle_stat Girl Scouts Love Turles Environmental Center. Friday, September 10th 4:30pm 5:30pm e_park In-person In celebration of Girl Scouts Love State Parks weekend, girl scouts are welcome to join park staff for an introduction to the sport of orienteering. Learn the basics Required - please of reading a map and using a register via compass to locate points in the https://events.dcnr.pa woods. Registration of all .gov/event/girl_scouts participants (including _love_state_parks_- chaperones/leaders) is _intro_to_orienteerin Introduction to Orienteering required. Saturday, September 11th 10:00am 11:30am g#.YQwZFIhKjIU In-person

Celebrate Girl Scouts Love Stat e Parks weekend with a visit to the famous Boulder Field! Girl scouts will learn about the history and significance of this geologic wonder and the challenges park staff face to protect it for future generations. Participants Required - please will then have the opportunity register via for a small litter pick up service https://events.dcnr.pa project. Registration of all .gov/event/girl_scouts participants (including _love_state_parks_- chaperones/leaders) is _boulder_field_chat#. Hickory Run State Park Boulder Field Chat required. Saturday, September 11th 1:00pm YQwYv4hKjIU In-person We are celebrating Girl Scouts Love State Parks Weekend and the Girl Scouts Tree Promise initiatives at ! Girl Scouts are invited to tag along on this 1.5-mile-long hike to learn about the trees found in Pennsylvania. We will learn the basics of tree identification, Required - please how to recognize our most register via common species, and talk https://events.dcnr.pa about issues impacting our .gov/event/girl_scouts magnificent trees. Meet at the _love_state_parks_- Park Office. Pre-registration _the_trees_of_penns_ Lackawanna State Parks The Trees of Penn's Woods required. Sunday, September 12th 11:00am woods#.YQwo8YhKjIV In-person We are celebrating Girl Scouts Love State Parks Weekend at Lackawanna State Park and we need your help! We are asking Girl Scouts to help the Park Naturalist catch and tag migrating Monarch butterflies as they fly through the park! Not only will you learn about these amazing insects, but you will contribute to a nation- Required - please wide initiative to help register via researchers understand more https://events.dcnr.pa about their fall-time migration. .gov/event/girl_scouts Meet at the Bull Hill/RC Flying _love_state_parks_- Field Access. Pre-registration _monarch_tagging#.Y Lackawanna State Parks Monarch Tagging required. Sunday, September 12th 2:00pm QwphohKjIV In-person

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