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May 29, 2024 | 1:18 PM

Hikers celebrate Pennsylvania Native Species Day at Lackawanna State Park

By Isabella Weiss/WVIA

April 11, 2023 | 2:38 PM

Annville kidney donor climbs one of the world’s tallest mountains to encourage organ donation

Mandi Smith, Annville resident and kidney donor, and her transplant surgeon at UPMC, Dr. Vijay Menon, joined us on The Spark Tuesday to share her story and the importance of organ donation.

By Aniya Faulcon

April 19, 2021 | 5:26 AM

A boom in use during the pandemic fuels expansion of trails in Montgomery County

The project has been in the works for nearly 20 years. In 2018, the county completed a vital portion of the trail near an industrial highway. Now, the new connector looks to loop under the Route 422 Bridge and extend into Chester County.

By Kenny Cooper/WHYY

April 5, 2021 | 5:36 AM

Cool for the spring: Pennsylvania park programs are open again

Outdoor and in-person park programs have resumed and are limited to 40 participants per program.

By Hannah Chinn/WHYY

February 8, 2021 | 5:16 AM

Virginia community hopes for Appalachian Trail festival despite COVID-19

Trail Days, a popular festival that features a parade, auction, music and more, was canceled last May in Damascus, a small town of about 1,000 near Virginia’s border with Tennessee.

By Bristol Herald Courier

December 30, 2020 | 11:28 AM

Black women’s groups find health and healing on hikes, but sometimes racism, too

A Black sisterhood of hikers in Colorado now has chapters across the U.S. and Canada, and includes other sports.

By Chandra Thomas Whitfield/Kaiser Health News

September 11, 2020 | 7:30 AM

The theater of walking: Short hikes can change your world

“Follow the perimeter, see what’s out there, look at something different.” - Michael Schill

By Peter Crimmins/WHYY

April 17, 2019 | 5:11 PM

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