Browsing: Outdoors

A Walk in the Woods: Beaver Lake Nature Center’s director wants visitors to head for the trees

By Mae HarringtonJuly 1, 20180

Beaver Lake Nature Center, located in Baldwinsville, features nine miles of trails and offers hundreds of programs in the wilderness…

Boy Scouts Evolves: Additional scouting programs to accept girls

By Kira MaddoxApril 10, 20180

The words “ boy scout” tend to summon an image of a kid in a tan button-up shirt, green shorts…

Nature skills teach young people about the Earth — and themselves

By Kira MaddoxApril 6, 20180

It’s the middle of summer on a hot June day. A group of kids trek through Arnot Forest, a 4,000-plus-acre…

Start your Garden: Planting seeds indoors extends your growing season

By Laura Livingston SnyderMarch 1, 20170

Spring may be just around the corner, but it will still be a while before we’ll be able to get…