6-2-2013 Late Spring Bird Walk
Our Glen Providence Park Bird List is up to 100 species, so… it’s time to look for some more! June is a beautiful time...
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1941 Nature Guide!
We were delighted and amazed to find a copy of the 1941 Nature Guide to Glen Providence Park in the Media Historic Archives, after...
read more1.1 Acre Project – February
Here is the first installment of the 1.1 Acre Project, where we are documenting the plants, critters and other points of interest in...
read more4-6-2013 A 1941 Nature Guide & Spring Ephemerals Walk!
See Glen Providence Park through the eyes of a park ranger from 1941! We were intrigued during our historical research to find this...
read moreWinter Photojournal
We didn’t get any substantial snowfall in Glen Providence Park this winter, but we did get several dustings and light coverings-...
read more2-23-2013 Naturalist Walk & Talk
Glen Providence Park has been studied by naturalists for many years, dating from T. Chalkley Palmer’s 1889 essay about Scroggie...
read moreThe 1.1 Acre Project
It’s our 2013 project to document the plants and wildlife in Glen Providence Park! We’ll continue our photojournal of...
read moreOur 2012 Birding Big Year!
The numbers are in… we spotted 83 species in the park during our 2012 Birding Big Year, and we are up to 99 total bird species...
read more2013 Schedule of Events
Mark your calendars! We have planned our 2013 Friends of Glen Providence Park events for most months, including History...
read more1-19-2013 Winter Tree Identification
Winter is a wonderful time to appreciate the landscape and trees of Glen Providence Park. With the leaves down, we have a clearer view...
read moreChristmas Bird Count 2012
It was a beautiful, crisp, sunny winter morning for our second year participating in the Christmas Bird Count in Glen Providence...
read moreAmerican Chestnuts in Glen Providence Park!
This fall, we were delighted to confirm that we found two healthy young American Chestnut trees in Glen Providence Park! At the...
read moreFall Photojournal
Every season is beautiful in Glen Providence Park– but Fall is just magical! After our first year of monthly photojournals, we...
read more12-15-2012 Christmas Bird Count
Join Friends of Glen Providence Park in our second year participating in the Christmas Bird Count, the world’s longest-running...
read moreThanksgiving
Following the example of some of our friends, throughout November we have been counting down to Thanksgiving by posting daily thanks...
read moreA Year in Pictures
For one year, we kept a monthly photojournal of Glen Providence Park– walking through the park a few times a week looking for...
read moreA Bountiful Bird Walk
What a productive bird walk in Glen Providence Park yesterday! Thanks to the expert assistance of cousins Nick Pulcinella and Nick...
read moreGhosts & other park frights
We were in the Halloween spirit at our Nature & Ghost Walk on October 14 with tales of extortion, poison theft, witches, arrests,...
read moreJuly Photojournal
We just passed the first anniversary of Friends of Glen Providence Park, and now we have one year of monthly photojournals! It was...
read moreAn Illuminating Nature Walk!
It was such a hot and humid morning for our Nature Walk led by naturalist Tom Reeves on August 4, even the wildlife seemed to protest...
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