University Park, Pa. -- The annual Maple Harvest Festival at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 18 and 19. An all-you-can eat pancake breakfast will be held until 3 p.m. both days.
Visitors can learn how our ancestors tapped sugar maple trees and boiled down the sap to make syrup, as well as how to identify a maple tree and create a "spile" that taps into it. Other activities will include live music, concessions, nature walks and live-animal presentations.
The cost of the festival is $5 per person; the pancake breakfast is $4 per person (sausages are included for an extra dollar). Admission and breakfast is free for those age 5 and under.
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, a unit of Penn State Outreach, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. It is located in the Stone Valley Recreation Area, just six miles south of Pine Grove Mills. More information can be obtained by visiting
http://www.outreach.psu.edu/ShaversCreek or calling (814) 863-2000.