The Linn Conservancy Offers New & Exciting Nature Programs in 2025

Please see the schedule below for our 2025 nature programs.

Register for each event by clicking the registration link below the event description.

For more information, please email [email protected] or call 570-524-2959.

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Amphibian Biology Lecture: Spring Breeding Season

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

(Adults and Older Children Only)

Location: Community Room, East Buffalo Township Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA 

Guest Host: Dr. Mizuki Takahashi, Department of Biology, Bucknell University

Join local amphibian expert for this indoor presentation about the natural history of the spring breeding season for salamanders and other amphibians of Pennsylvania. Participants will learn how to identify local amphibian species and discover where and when to look for them. 

For adults and older children only. Parent(s) required to accompany children. Registration required.

Please register at linnconservancy.org/registration.

 

Yoga in Nature

Saturday, April 12, 2025

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

(Nature’s Explorer Program – Ages 4-10 and Their Families)

Location: Dale-Engle-Walker Property, 1471 Strawbridge Road, Lewisburg, PA

Guest Host: Nicole Bingaman

This event is in coordination with the Lewisburg Children’s Museum, Bucknell University Humanities Center, and the Union County Historical Society. Parent(s) required to accompany children. Program fee $7. Registration is required.  Please register for this program with the Lewisburg Children’s Museum by Friday, April 11. 

Please register at  https://www.lewisburgchildrensmuseum.org/natures-explorers.htm .

 

Tree Walk Program Series: Arbor Day Tree Walk in Downtown Lewisburg

Friday, April 25, 2025

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

(Family Program – All Ages Welcome)

Location: Hufnagle Park (start at the pavilion), Lewisburg, PA 17837

Guest Hosts: Dr. Chris Martine, David Burpee Professor in Plant Genetics and Research and Biology Chair at Bucknell University and members of the Lewisburg Borough Shade Tree Commission.

Join Bucknell Biology professor and Certified Tree Expert Dr. Chris Martine on a stroll through downtown Lewisburg. Participants will learn to identify a number of common tree species. Event is co-sponsored by Lewisburg Borough Shade Tree Commission. The walk will begin and end at the Hufnagle Park, where an Arbor Day ceremony will take place at 4:30. 

All ages welcome. Parent(s) required to accompany children. Registration required.

Please register at linnconservancy.org/registration. 

 

Bugs! 

Saturday, May 10, 2025

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

(Nature’s Explorer Program – Ages 4-10 and Their Families)

Location: Koons Trail, 497 N 4th St, Mifflinburg, PA 17844

Guest Host: Dr. Beth Capaldi, Professor of Biology, Bucknell University

This event is in coordination with the Lewisburg Children’s Museum, Bucknell University Humanities Center, and the Union County Historical Society. Parent(s) required to accompany children. Program fee $7. Registration is required. Please register for this program with the Lewisburg Children’s Museum by Friday, May 9. 

Please register at  https://www.lewisburgchildrensmuseum.org/natures-explorers.htm . 

 

Biodiversity, Fossils, and History @ Dale’s Ridge

Saturday, May 31, 2025

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

(Living Landscape Program – Adults and Accompanied Children)

Location: Dale-Engle-Walker Property, 1471 Strawbridge Road, Lewisburg, PA

Guest Hosts from Bucknell University: Dr. Beth Capaldi, Professor of Biology; Claire Campbell, Professor of History, History Department Chair, Affiliated Faculty in Environmental Studies & Sciences; and Dr. Jeff Trop, Professor of Geology. 

This event is in coordination with the Bucknell University Humanities Center, and the Union County Historical Society. All ages welcome. Parent(s) required to accompany children. Registration required.

Please register at linnconservancy.org/registration. 

 

Symmetry in Nature

Saturday, June 14, 2024

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

(Nature’s Explorer Program – Ages 4-10 and Their Families)

Location: Dale-Engle-Walker Property, 1471 Strawbridge Road, Lewisburg, PA

Guest Host: Nathan Ryan, Professor of Mathematics at Bucknell University

Exploring math and symmetry in nature. 

This event is in coordination with the Lewisburg Children’s Museum, Bucknell University Humanities Center, and the Union County Historical Society. For ages 4-10. Parent(s) required to accompany children. Program fee $7. Registration is required. Please register for this program with the Lewisburg Children’s Museum by Friday, June 13.   

Please register at  https://www.lewisburgchildrensmuseum.org/natures-explorers.htm.