OUTDOORS
Jennings Environmental Education Center, Route 528, Brady Township, hosts an outdoor adventure workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 9 for participants age 12 and older. The workshop will cover basic map, navigation and compass skills, plus a basic orienteering course. Registration is free, but is required by Sept. 6 by calling 724-794-6011, or online at http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/Calendar.
The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania has planned the following events at the Succop Conservancy, 185 W. Airport Road, Penn Township. Some programs are free and some have small fees. Call 412-963-6100 or visit www.aswp.org to register. Fledglings: Cricket Cacophony will be from 10 to 11:15 a.m.Sept. 1 and 18, and a naturalist led morning walk will begin at 9 a.m.Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 27.
Moraine State Park will be the site of a kayak program called Blue Moon Paddle from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. To register or reserve a kayak, call 724-368-8811.
Moraine Preservation Fund conducts summer cruises on its Nautical Nature pontoon boat from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 28. There also are Wednesday Night pizza cruises that begin at 5 p.m. Fees are involved. Call 724-368-9185 or 724-368-8811 for reservations.
McConnells Mill State Park in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, will be the site of Art in the Park from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 9, an historic bread baking class from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 22, and “A Taste of History: Dutch Oven Cooking” from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 16; register by calling 724-368-8811. The historic gristmill is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through October. Admission is free.
