Books, Beauty, and Doing Better

Books, Beauty, and Doing Better

By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator I love children’s picture books. Their simple, yet often powerful, stories capture my imagination and each illustrated page is a work of art. As a kid, one of my favorites was Miss Rumphius, written and illustrated by Barbara...
The Fascinating History of Collective Nouns

The Fascinating History of Collective Nouns

By Emma Roth Many animals like to stay in groups. After all, safety in numbers is a wonderful survival tactic for wild creatures. Prey animals are safer from predators and the predators can work together with their groupmates to take down prey. But one thing about...
Diverge, Converge

Diverge, Converge

By Chelsea Jandreau Midsummer is a time for flying insects. They can be found deep in the woods and flitting around ponds and rivers, but wherever they may be, they have to land eventually.  Recently, a few other people and I were floating around in a small bay...
Wild Kitchen

Wild Kitchen

By Katie Finch Audubon Community Nature Center’s (ACNC) mission, in part, is to build and nurture connections between people and nature. There are a lot of ways to connect to the natural world. It can happen through physical activities such as walking, biking,...
Change is Natural

Change is Natural

By Sarah Hatfield Mid-summer is typically the time of year that my family reunion occurs, and we come from Texas and Massachusetts and Virginia and closer to settle into Venango County for the weekend. It is where the now-elders grew up and where the childhoods of the...