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Jennings Environmental Education Center, Route 528, Brady Township, will host the Celebrate the Bloom! Summer Festival from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and free prairie walks at 2 p.m. Sunday and Aug. 6. Jennings is open regularly 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and on weekends as scheduled. The trails are open daily from sunrise to sunset. Visit www.events.dcnr.pa.gov or call 724-794-6011.

The free Outdoor Discovery series at Alameda Park, conducted by the Butler County Parks and Recreation Department, will present “Let There Be Slime Animals” tonight and “Animal Architecture” on Aug. 3. Programs are at 6:30 p.m. in the Carousel Shelter. Call 724-284-5383.

Succop Nature Park, 185 W. Airport Road, Penn Township, has nature walks at 9 a.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Call 412-963-6100 or visit www.aswp.org.

Nautical Nature, the pontoon boat at Moraine State Park, operates cruises on Lake Arthur at 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. For reservations, call 724-368-9185.

Moraine State Park, Muddy Creek Township will host “Frogs and Toads of Pa.” at 8 p.m. Friday in the outdoor classroom on the North Shore (take a flashlight) and “Explore Offshore” kayaking at 9:30 a.m. Sunday (registration necessary). Call 724-368-3612 or 724-368-8811.

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McConnells Mill State Park, Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County off Route 422, opens the mill from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily except closed Mondays. Tours are available at 1 and 2 p.m. Call 724 368-8811 or 724 368-3612.

Star parties sponsored by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh are to begin, weather permitting, at about 8:40 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Regional Park near Russellton. Call 724-224-2510.