Yearly Archives: 2017


Laurel Run Stream Restoration Completed!

          Thanks to Adam Cotchen (Indiana County Conservation District), the PA Fish and Boat Commission’s Mark Sausser and his staff, Yellow Creek State Park staff, Phil Hay and Son Excavation  Company, several PASEC and Evergreen volunteers and Eli Long from Trout Unlimited, this project was completed in one day on Sept […]


Indiana County ECO Tour Geotrail 11/4/17 Program

“Muggles” brave cold to learn about geocaching Twenty- five children and adults came to Blue Spruce Pavilion 1 on Saturday Morning November 4th to learn about geocaching.  Being cold and damp didn’t dampen their enthusiasm.  What’s a “Muggle”?  If you don’t know you probably are one. It’s anyone who is unfamiliar with geocaching.  Evergreen Conservancy […]


Fall Trail Clean Up October 14th

HILTON GARDEN INN JOINS EVRGREEN CONSRVANCY MEMBERS IN PICKING TRASH ON HOODLEBUG TRAIL   October 14 was a beautiful day to conduct a clean-up of the Hoodlebug Trail and adjoining route 119 areas. Evergreen members had a nice surprise when staff from the local Hilton Garden Inn arrived to help with the clean-up.  “This our community […]


What’s Buggin’ Our Trees?

An estimated 105 people crowded Blue Spruce Lodge on September 29 to hear a program about threats to our forests presented by board member Dr. Mike Tyree, an Assistant Professor of Plant Physiological Ecology in the Department of Biology at IUP, and several of his students. The program was billed as “What’s buggin’ our trees” […]


Annual picnic in the rain 2017

Our annual picnic broke the record for amount of rain during the event. About 6 board members showed up to get set up about an hour before the scheduled picnic. As it began to rain harder and harder we realized there was a good chance no one would show up and there was no real […]


Evergreen Conservancy: A Piece of Indiana

Diamond Drug recently highlighted the Evergreen Conservancy in their “Piece of Indiana” video series. Click on the post to view the video. You can watch the rest of the video series on the Diamond Drug Stores & Medical Supplies Facebook page to learn about other wonderful pieces of Indiana and Indiana County!