Nestled away in the various hand-crafted enclosures of the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia’s (ACCA) Outdoor Classroom are approximately 20 birds, including bald eagles, turkey vultures, an American crow and more. Visitors to the Outdoor Classroom can learn about these resident ...
A couple of months ago, my dad mentioned he missed seeing those colorful, decorated rocks that began popping up in random places during the pandemic. Fueled, I suppose, by more folks getting outside to avoid crowds and potential contagion, a trend started where people would leave these ...
Saturday afternoon at the WVU Core Arboretum, leaves of orange and brown crunched underfoot, and the scent of fried dough carried on a warm, slightly overcast breeze — a clear sign that fall is on its way. Hundreds of people lined up, stretching all the way to the arboretum’s parking lot. ...
The pawpaw fruit. Green, pear-shaped, backed by a natural history of tens of millions of years and the largest native fruit in West Virginia. Some folks find it to have a smooth, tropical taste reminiscent of banana, mango or pineapple, but attendees of Saturday's seventh annual West ...
Summer may be over, but Monongalia County’s Mason-Dixon Historical Park is as hot as ever. Last month, the West Virginia Department of Tourism announced the property would become just the second county-operated park in West Virginia to receive a coveted “Almost Heaven” ...
Down a winding country road in Brookhaven, nestled among trees dappled orange-red-brown, Mayfield Farm has been hard at work preparing for its second Fall Fest. This Sunday, join the organic homestead in celebrating the dawn of another uniquely wild and wonderful fall in West ...
