Making Master Naturalists

PENN TWP — Encompassing 50 acres filled with hundreds of animal and plants species, Succop Nature Park is already a haven for “nature nerds,” who enjoy exploring the woods to seek out the most unique-looking birds and trees Butler County has to offer.

A few self-described nature nerds are making the park even better for those people by bringing a Pennsylvania Master Naturalist course to Succop and other Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania parks in Butler County for the first time.

The course, similar to the Master Gardener course, not only gives people a base of knowledge for identifying animals and plants, it is meant to teach people about their characteristics.

On Thursday evening, Sept. 18, the group of Master Naturalist-hopefuls crouched on the ground

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