A free Outdoor Discovery series at Alameda Park, by the Butler County Parks and Recreation Department, will feature “DCNR Presents: Creek Critters” Thursday in the Carousel Shelter and Playthings Etc. on Aug. 8 in theOddfellows Shelter. Programs start at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 15. Call 724-284-5383.

Succop Nature Park, 185 W. Airport Road, Penn Township, will host Birds and More nature walks at 9 a.m. Thursdays. The newly renovated T.W. Phillips Barn features a WindStax turbine that supplies electricity to the building, a nature store, classroom space, a large upstairs area that can be used for programs or rentals, and numerous bathrooms. The barn is one of the major elements of the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania's $7 million Centennial Campaign. Call 412-963-6100 or visit www.aswp.org.

Jennings Environmental Education Center, Route 528, Brady Township, will be the site of moth activities at 8 p.m. Saturday and Life Below the Prairie at 2 p.m. Sunday. Jennings is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and on weekends as scheduled. Trails are open daily from sunrise to sunset. Call 724-794-6011.

McConnells Mill State Park in Slippery Rock Township, just over the county line into Lawrence County off Route 422, has the historic gristmill open from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, including Labor Day. Tours are given at 1 and 2 p.m. Admission is free. Call 724-368-8811.