LAKE ARIEL, PA — The Lacawac Sanctuary is planning to construct a new environmental education center to serve more students and teach them year-round with both indoor and outdoor activities. …
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LAKE ARIEL, PA — The Lacawac Sanctuary is planning to construct a new environmental education center to serve more students and teach them year-round with both indoor and outdoor activities.
The Lacawac Sanctuary is deeply rooted within the community. It offers science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and conservation-based educational programs, workshops and summer camps, along with courses for educators. Lacawac works with colleges and universities, providing research partnerships and a location for undergrad research. Beyond education, the sanctuary is open to the public and offers historic landmarks and eight miles of hiking trails across various habitats, including wetlands, lakes and forests.
In 1966, the Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation was formed around pristine natural resources and, two years later, was designated as a National Natural Landmark. Spanning 545 acres, the protected land includes two ponds, over a mile of shoreline along Lake Wallenpaupack, a mature second-growth forest, and a 52-acre glacial lake, Lake Lacawac. The lake is one of the country’s southernmost glacial lakes and has remained protected and unaffected by human impact.
Lacawac Sanctuary Field Station and Environmental Education Center is a non-profit organization with the mission to “preserve the natural beauty of Lake Lacawac, its watershed and surrounding lands, to conduct long-term research on natural systems as part of a global effort to understand and protect the Earth’s biodiversity and to increase appreciation of this effort through innovative, field-based educational programs for students, teachers, and the community.” It operates on program fees, memberships, sponsorship, grants and private donations.
For the education center, Lacawac is seeking funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), along with community support of private donations.
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