State offers free guided hikes on New Years

To promote a healthy start to the new year, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will sponsor free, guided hikes in 23 state parks on New Year’s Day as part of America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative in all 50 states. “For the fifth consecutive year, First Day Hikes offer a great cure for cabin fever and a chance to burn off those extra holiday calories, and what...

Natural Lands Trust announces Stroud app

New smartphone/tablet app allows for info and games at Stroud Preserve Designed for “kids of all ages” the new Natural Lands Trust app for the Stroud Preserve can both teach and entertain. EAST BRADFORD — Hiking through some of Chester County’s nicest preserved open spaces? Yeah, there’s an app for that. The Natural Lands Trust, which manages a number of local nature preserves, launched...