Twelve youths paddle Penns Creek while engaging with the ecosystem in June 3 Blue HERYN program

Twelve graduates from the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association HERYN (Helping Engage our River's Youth with Nature) kayaking and fishing day programs paddled a stretch of Penns Creek on the Union/Snyder county border on Monday, June 3, 2024.

The Blue HERYN half-day sojourns on Penns Creek offers a next-level opportunity to connect young people with our aquatic ecosystem. It includes a stop halfway for the participants to hunt for macroinvertebrates and other life and consider how all levels of the creek habitat work together.

Among the highlights on this trip were sightings of an osprey not far from the group swooping up from the water and a mink running along the bank with a small panfish in its mouth. 

You can find out more about the association's introductory-level HERYN program here and the Blue HERYN graduate trips here.

​Photos from the June 3, 2024, program: