OUTDOORS
The Outdoor Discovery Series sponsored by the Butler County Parks and Recreation Department will feature "All About Bees" at 7 p.m. today at the Carousel Shelter at Alameda Park, off New Castle Road. A Moraine State Park environmental specialist will conduct the interactive program. Admission is free. Call 724-284-5383.
Jennings Environmental Education Center, Route 528 near the intersection of Routes 8 and 173, Slippery Rock, will be the site of the Awesome Spirit of Wildlife organization presenting a reptile and amphibian presentation at 2 p.m. July 12. The program will showcase species of reptiles and amphibians both native and exotic. Live animals will be featured. Admission is $5 for those age 15 and older, $3 for children 7 to 14. Jennings is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and on weekends as scheduled. The trails are open from sunrise to sunset. Call 724-794-6011 to confirm programs.
Moraine State Park will be the site of "DiscoverE Day Camps," 10:30 a.m. July 10 and 17 for children ages 6 to 12. Age groups run alternately at McConnells Mill State Park. To register, call the 724-368-8811.
Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and noon to 1 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 15 as well as 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through August. The exhibit is "Lookin' Good Then and Now." Admission is free. Call 412-621-6566.
<B>McConnells Mill State Park</B>, Slippery Rock Township, just over the Butler County line into Lawrence County, will be the site of DiscoverE Day Camps 10:30 a.m. July 10 and 17. Age groups run alternately at Moraine State Park. Call to register. An iConserve Hike is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday. Meet at the Hell's Hollow parking lot from where the group will take the trail toward Slippery Rock Creek and back, about three hours. Call 724-368-8091.<B>Powdermill Nature Reserve</B> at 1847 Route 381 in Rector, the biological research station of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is the site of the traveling exhibition "Art for Nature's Sake," which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Federal Duck Stamp Program. The exhibition contains 36 signed waterfowl prints and accompanying U.S. postal stamps, created by noted nature artists like Maynard Reece, the Hautman brothers, John Ruthven, Nancy Howe, and Adam Grimm. Call 724-593-6105.
