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 Riverkeeper note: The following column was written by Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper John Zaktansky, the first in a series of columns under the heading "Lessons from Nature." You can contact Zaktansky via email at [email protected]
Years ago, after a long night of work at the local newspaper, I threw in a load of laundry before heading to bed at 2:30 am when a metallic scratching noise from our oil furnace broke me out of a detergent-measuring trance. Like fingers on a chalk board, yet much more sinister, the sound came again. Screeching, scratching, razorblades on the inside of our metal stovepipe that connected the furnace with the outside chimney. What could be making that noise?
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 Riverkeeper note: The following review of the Feb. 10 Riverkeeper Roundtable was written by Northern Tier Regional Director Emily Shosh. She can be contacted at [email protected].
On Feb. 10, 2025, the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association hosted its second Riverkeeper Roundtable webinar, covering Watershed Volunteerism. Travis Wingard, the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Coordinator of the PA Wilds Region, presented an overview of the Master Watershed program and the program’s recruitment and retention methods that have proven effective in rural areas. Wingard’s large, unique region of Master Watershed Steward (MWS) volunteers covers Elk, Cameron, Mckean, Potter, Tioga, Lycoming, Jefferson, Clearfield, Centre, Clinton, Forest and Clarion counties. The program was launched in 2013 to increase capacity for watershed protection and functions as a collaborative effort between Penn State Extension, County Conservation Districts, and local environmental organizations.  Eight-year-old Hannah Read, of Lewisburg, loved the 2024 Environmental Education Expo at the Montour Preserve so much, that she insisted that her mother bring her back for the 2025 show on Saturday, Feb. 8.
“I was so fun. I begged to come back again,” she said, adding that trips to the preserve are a regular occurrence for the family. “Sometimes, we go for my birthday to the fossil pit!” Her favorite part of this year’s show included “talking to the author of ‘Good Morning Susquehanna’ and the scavenger hunt,” she said. |
AuthorsRiverkeeper John Zaktansky is an award-winning journalist and avid promoter of the outdoors who loves camping, kayaking, fishing and hunting with the family. Archives
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