Shaver's Creek Environmental Center

For students in Grades 3-5! Join us for Natural Journal Club to form connections with nature while developing creativity, critical thinking, wonderment, and awe. Nature journaling integrates science and art, and supports deeper observation, curiosity, and connection to the natural world through the development of writing, drawing, and number skills. ... To learn more or to register, visit: https://shaverscreek.doubleknot.com//nature-journa/2764614

Photo-a-day January 14, 2021 One large tree fell along the Black Walnut Trail, but was caught before hitting the ground by just a couple, much smaller trees! What an amazing display of the strength and flexibility of living trees!... photo by Tommy Butler

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Photo-a-day December 11, 2020 Cere's mew update is finished and looking great! Because Cere, our resident Great Horned Owl, is partially flighted we added new high perches for her to explore. ... Check out our Facebook Live video from yesterday for an overview of the updates! photo by Abby Flanders

Photo-a-day December 10, 2020 We bid fond farewell to Shaver's Creek's first ever group of super-interns: Megan, Tommy, Alison and Owen, as they look toward their bright futures!... photo by Doug Wentzel

Join us behind the scenes of our Aviary as we update our Great Horned Owl, Cere's, mew!

Photo-a-day November 1, 2020 Even rainy days are full of beauty!... photo by Tommy Butler

Looking for that perfect Shaver's Creek gift? Our Weidemann Bookstore is now ONLINE. Shirts, hats, mugs, books, and tons of cool gifts check it out!

Photo-a-day October 31, 2020 Happy Halloween! These are Jack-o-lantern mushrooms, bright orange like a pumpkin and with a matching green bioluminescence - how spooky!... photo by Tommy Butler

A few spots have opened up in both our early and later Forest Bathing sessions tomorrow. Join us for a free, therapeutic walk, led by local Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, Lucy Heggenstaller! See you there!

Photo-a-day October 30, 2020 This Amanita Mushroom looks a bit like a tiny pumpkin! ... photo by Tommy Butler

Join Shaver’s Creek School Program Coordinator, Alexa, for a special Halloween version of #discoveryconnection explore the night! Don’t forget to share your adventure!

Get outside and off campus for your spring semester! Our SEED experience features engagement and connection activities that weave together the fabric of each course’s content for a truly unique semester. All students welcome, regardless of major. For more info, head to: https://www.shaverscreek.org/penn-state-stud/seed-semester/

Did you catch our very own Doug Wentzel touring the center with ClearWater Conservancy?

Photo-a-day October 29, 2020 Next time you go for a hike, take a look at the cool patterns that some leaves make as they change color! This Ninebark bush is making a gradient outside-in from the leaves' veins!... photo by Tommy Butler

Only a few spots remain for Saturday's Forest Bathing event. Hurry and claim your spot it's free!

Photo-a-day October 28, 2020 A cloudy morning on Lake Perez means waterfowl on the water! A great day for birding!... photo by Tommy Butler

Photo-a-day October 27, 2020 Coralberry fruit is out right now! This native shrub is a source of food for several species of birds that come through in the fall and early winter!... photo by Tommy Butler

Photo-a-day October 26, 2020 The Giant Leopard Moth is the largest "Woolly Bear-like" Caterpillar in PA. They remain Caterpillars during the winter and find a nice safe place to hide out until the spring when they pupate and eventually become adult moths!... photo by Megan McCarthy

Photo-a-day October 25, 2020 Blue Jays are incredibly intelligent birds! Relatives of Crows, Blue Jays are known to mimic the calls of raptors - especially Red-Shouldered Hawks. It's thought that they may be warning each other about a Hawk in the area or deceiving other birds into believing there is one!... photo by Nick Bolgiano