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

Jennings Environmental Education Center, Route 528, Brady Township, will be the site of a Take Back the Woods: Battling Invasive Species from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday; registration is required at events.dcnr.pa.gov or by calling 724-794-6011. The program “Coyote: Friend or Foe” is set for 2 p.m. May 6; admission to this program is free, and no registration is required.

Moraine State Park, Muddy Creek Township will be the site of Earth Day Spring Cleaning Day from 1 to 4 p.m. April 28 from the state park office on the South Shore. Registration is required; call 724 368-8811. Wildflower Wanderings is planned for 10 a.m. May 5 from the McDanel's Launch Area, North Shore.

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McConnells Mill State Park in Slippery Rock Township, just over the county line into Lawrence County off Route 422, will be the site of a Conservation Volunteer Gristmill Clean Up from 1 to 3 p.m. May 6. Call 724-368-8811 if planning to attend.

Star Party, sponsored by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh, will begin at 8:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday, weather permitting, at the Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Regional Park, near the village of Russellton, Frazer Township, Allegheny County. Call 724-224-2510.