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Description: You are invited to explore the trails at Lehigh Gap Nature Center on a guided hike! Join LGNC Caretaker Greg for a moderate level guided hike on LGNC trails. This month, we will be hiking multiple trails within the Lehigh Gap Refuge, totaling about 6 miles. We will be hiking on trails including the LNE Trail, D&L Trail, and more. Learn more about these trails at this link: Trail Map and Guides | Lehigh Gap Nature Center (lgnc.org)
PLEASE NOTE: This moderate hike is suitable for experienced hikers. We will meet at LGNC’s Osprey House at 8:00am. Please wear hiking boots and dress for the weather. Participants are encouraged to pack water and snacks. Microspikes are not needed or required on our trails, but hikers are welcome to pack them just in case. This hike is still likely to happen if there is snow, but emails will be sent the day before if the hike is cancelled due to forecasted weather or overly icy conditions.
Registration: Please register through Zeffy at this link!
Fee: LGNC members: FREE | Non-members: $5 per person
To become a member, please visit our Square store at this link!
Questions? Contact us at mail@lgnc.org or 610-760-8889.
Looking for a group to run our trails with after work? Look no further!
Starting March 4th, lace up your running shoes and meet at Lehigh Gap Nature Center on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:00pm. Each run will explore different trails and vary in distance each time, but will average about 4-8 miles. It is free to join and there is no registration required.
Please meet in the parking lot for the Lehigh Gap Nature Center Osprey House, located at 8844 Paint Mill Road in Slatington.
Questions? Email Michael Martinez at mfmmd@ptd.net for more information.
LGNC’s Ecology Club is open to children ages 9 and older. Join us throughout the year for fun, hands-on nature adventures at the Osprey House and the Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge.
Participation is FREE to all LGNC members and their families! Not a member? Click here to find out how to join today!
Email riley.davenport@lgnc.org if you are interested in attending and have any questions!
2024-2025 Dates:
September 4
October 2
(November Ecology Club cancelled – attending conference)
December 4
January 8
February 5
March 5
April 2
May 7
June 4
Want to learn more about solar in your community? Join PennEnvironment and Lehigh Gap Nature Center on Thursday, March 6th at 11am for a tour of the Nature Center’s rooftop solar array. Click here to RSVP!
Looking for a group to run our trails with after work? Look no further!
Starting March 4th, lace up your running shoes and meet at Lehigh Gap Nature Center on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:00pm. Each run will explore different trails and vary in distance each time, but will average about 4-8 miles. It is free to join and there is no registration required.
Please meet in the parking lot for the Lehigh Gap Nature Center Osprey House, located at 8844 Paint Mill Road in Slatington.
Questions? Email Michael Martinez at mfmmd@ptd.net for more information.
Join us for a discussion of John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather”!
About the Cabin Fever Book Club:
The Cabin Fever Book Club meets once a month during the fall and winter months to discuss fascinating books on such topics as ecology, environmental history, and environmentalism. The 2024-25 Cabin Fever Book Club meetings will take place from 10:00 a.m. to noon on the dates listed below! Books will be available at the Palmerton and Slatington libraries, Lehigh Gap Nature Center, and on Amazon.com (at a cost). Please contact us at mail@lgnc.org if you have any questions, or if you would like to lead a discussion!
2024-2025 Cabin Fever Book Club Reading List:
“Investigating the Food Web at Lehigh Gap”
Description: Join us in person at Lehigh Gap Nature Center for a Speaker Series presentation from Jeff Stratford and Ned Fetcher from Wilkes University. In this month’s program “Investigating the Food Web at Lehigh Gap” Jeff and Ned will be discussing research that has taken place here at the Gap – Over ten years ago, a team of faculty and students from Wilkes University used stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen to investigate the food web of the restored grassland at LGNC. They showed that both warm season grasses and herbaceous plants contributed to the food web along with a smaller but significant contribution from the detritus. Since that time, the vegetation at LGNC has changed, with more woody plants colonizing the site. How have these changes affected the larger ecosystem? In the summer of 2024, the Wilkes University team returned to the site and repeated the study. What changes have occurred? This talk will discuss the major findings and some of the surprises they found.
Registration: Please register through Zeffy at this link!
Fee: LGNC members: FREE | Non-members: Suggested donation of $5 per person
To become a member, please visit our Square store at this link!
Questions? Contact us at mail@lgnc.org or 610-760-8889.
Please join us on March 22-28 for the LGNC Nature in Art Show at Lehigh Gap Nature Center in Slatington, PA! The Art Show is free for the public to attend, and no registration is required.
Click here to register your artwork for the Art Show! The deadline to submit is February 27th
- Thursday, March 20 – Drop off work and payment at LGNC 4:30-6:30pm
- Friday March 21 – Drop off work and payment at LGNC 10:30am-1:00pm
- Saturday, March 22 – Opening Reception 4:00-5:00pm
- Saturday, March 22 – March 28 – Show from 10:00am – 4:00pm
- Friday March 28 – artist pick up and member clean up 4:00-5:00pm (ID checked for release of artwork)
Registration: Artists may register now through Thursday February 27 at midnight. No late entries will be accepted.
- LGNC Members– $5 entry fee for each piece, up to 4 per person
- Non members – $10 entry fee for each piece, up to 4 per person
- *Make checks payable to Lehigh Gap Nature Center
- *Please drop off your artwork on March 20 or 8th with your registration payment included as cash or check.
Location of Art Show:
Lehigh Gap Nature Center
8844 Paint Mill Road
Slatington, PA 18080
Looking for a group to run our trails with after work? Look no further!
Starting March 4th, lace up your running shoes and meet at Lehigh Gap Nature Center on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:00pm. Each run will explore different trails and vary in distance each time, but will average about 4-8 miles. It is free to join and there is no registration required.
Please meet in the parking lot for the Lehigh Gap Nature Center Osprey House, located at 8844 Paint Mill Road in Slatington.
Questions? Email Michael Martinez at mfmmd@ptd.net for more information.
LGNC’s Ecology Club is open to children ages 9 and older. Join us throughout the year for fun, hands-on nature adventures at the Osprey House and the Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge.
Participation is FREE to all LGNC members and their families! Not a member? Click here to find out how to join today!
Email riley.davenport@lgnc.org if you are interested in attending and have any questions!
2024-2025 Dates:
September 4
October 2
(November Ecology Club cancelled – attending conference)
December 4
January 8
February 5
March 5
April 2
May 7
June 4