Celebrate the beginning of Summer – and gentle breezes along the riverbank – wearing tropical garb and sipping sangria while being entertained by captivating vocal artist CHANTAL JOSEPH returning to Lincoln Hall with the Steel City Calypso band for an evening of Afro-Caribbean music on Saturday, June 6 at 7:30 PM in Foxburg in full bloom in the beautiful […]

Own a 4x4 vehicle or are a big fan of 4x4s? Free registration from 12-4p, with giveaways, live music from Ramble On (2-5 pm), and a food truck from Vintage Cafe (12-6 pm). Street legal vehicles only!

Children 12 years and under are permitted to fish freshly stocked Tom’s Run from the Swinging Bridge to the Children’s Fishing Pond. Registration and prize give-away will be held at the Children's Fishing Pond behind the Park Office. This event is sponsored by the Marienville Rod & Gun Club, PA Fish & Boat Commission, Cook […]

The PA Firefly Community Science Firefly Blitz in Clarion County is a summer-long community science initiative running from June 1 through September 1, 2026. This program enlists local residents or campers to search for and document the diversity and distribution of firefly species across the county's varied landscapes—from backyards, campsites, farm fields and the banks of […]

   Brian M. Wargo is best known for being a hawkwatcher. He was a counter at Cumberland Gap Hawk Watch in Maryland and is currently a counter at Allegheny Front Hawk Watch. Along with birds, butterflies have become another serious interest for Wargo. He regularly spends time when the weather is warm, and the sun is […]

Join the Keystone Trails Association for a long weekend of hiking, paddling, and adventure in the heart of Cook Forest and the Clarion River region. The KTA Clarion Slackpack is a three-day, fully supported event featuring some of the most scenic trails in western Pennsylvania, with accommodations at the beautiful Cabins at Cook Forest. ​ […]

One of the founding fathers of our country.  Science, glass music, and  philosophy are only part of Doctor Franklin’s life.  Join the elderly statesman as he reminisces about his involvement in the French & Indian forts of the 1750s.  Please bring your chairs & blankets and meet at the Ridge Camp Park Amphitheater.

Please meet at Shelter #2 to learn about our crepuscular friends while helping  scientists survey bats & moths along Tom’s Run.  Please bring a light (headlamps with a red or green night-vision filter are best) and a refillable water bottle - we'll have bat & moth masks for the kids to color.  Program is free […]

Cook Forest State Park will host a series of living history events depicting life during the French & Indian War. Highlights of this full two-day encampment include woodland natives, cannon and musket firing, cooking, primitive skills, blacksmithing, tinsmithing, pottery, children’s games, sutler camp, renown living historians, French & Indian War Era artisans, and live tactical […]

Join the Clarion Conservation District (CCD), PA American Water, Iron Furnace Chapter #288 of Trout Unlimited, National Trout Unlimited, Mill Creek Coalition (MCC), Watershed Association of Lower Clarion (WALC), Pennsylvania Sea Grant, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC), and the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC) for a workshop of hands-on activities covering topics such as water […]

Enjoy an evening nurturing your mental and physical health. Moderate level hiking. Approximately 2 hours long.  Open to all women (ages 14 & up). Please meet at the Log Cabin Inn Environmental Learning Classroom. For more information, please contact Meredith Reinhart at (814)-319-4621.