PennFuture Fall Fundraiser
2025-10-21 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Broadhead Creek Heritage Center, 1539 Cherry Lane Road, East Stroundsburg, PA, 18301, United States
PennFuture invites the community to join them for a fund raising reception to support their Legal Environmental Advocacy Fund. The evening reception costs $50 per ticket and will include local food and beverages.
Penn Future Attorney, Brigitte Meyer, has been an integral part of the effort to make sure the data center proposals in Covington and Clifton townships are challenged. She has been guiding us through the maze of legalities and keeps us focused on the important issues at hand.
Come meet Bridgette and the stellar legal team at PennFuture. Hear from local advocates on how PennFuture’s legal work has helped protect critical headwaters and open space.
Please consider supporting this great organization either with a donation or by attending their fundraiser. Purchase tickets here.

Bamboo Rod Demo Western Pocono Trout Unlimited
2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 | White Haven Library & Community Center, 121 Towanda Street, White Have, PA
Join local master bamboo rod making craftsmen, Brian Farrel and Ed Kania for a display and demonstration of their work. These accomplished rod builders will also explain the history of this unique craft used by early anglers going back
centuries long before the advent of synthetic rods.

Perfect for fly fishing enthusiasts in the off season!

Arrive early for access to over 100 mint condition trout books being sold at bargain prices to benefit WPTU. The books were collected by John Kayak, one of the original founding fathers of WPTU.

Dawn of the Data Centers (Clean Energy for All Webinar)
2025-10-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Webinar please see registration info below
They’re here…This Halloween, there’s nothing scarier than a data center proposal! Across Pennsylvania, data centers are rising up and shambling into our communities, bringing retired power plants back to life and reinvigorating the push to build new polluting facilities. Data centers can be energy- and water-sucking vampires, slipping into neighborhoods under existing siting policies intended to regulate very different industries like manufacturing or warehouses.
In the next episode of the Clean Energy for All series, we tell the spooky story of how we got here, separate facts from fears, and consider how local governments and community members can utilize existing policies to combat current proposals while preparing smart policies in advance of new threats. We’ll also hear from local organizers who are working right now to shield their communities from the worst impacts of data center development.
Organize Before They Rise!

Uncovering PA’s AI + Energy Strategy: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
2025-12-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Webinar please see registration info below
Join PennFuture to learn more about how the fracked gas industry is positioning itself to be the sole energy provider to AI and data centers in Pennsylvania.
Team PA*, a group of unelected economic development professionals, makes decisions about our economic future and has a plan to attract AI and data centers with the promise of cheap fracked gas.
*The Team Pennsylvania Foundation (Team PA) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that works closely with state officials to execute their mission of growing the state’s economy. Since its inception in 1997, Team PA has championed fossil fuels as the key to economic development and prosperity for the Commonwealth.

3rd Annual Western Pocono Trout Unlimited Literature Night
2026-02-19 18:00 - 20:00 | White Haven Library & Community Center, 121 Towanda Street, White Have, PA
Almost as enjoyable as fishing for wild trout is reading it on a cold winter’s night. Join Western Pocono Trout Unlimited for its 3rd Annual Trout Literature Night.
Trout fishing has long been associated with great writing. Early authors like Izaac Walton, and Charles Cotton passed the literary torch to other luminaries such as Theodore Gordon, Sparse Grey Hackle, Gifford Pinchot, Arnold Gingrich and Ernie Schwiebert just to name a few.
Literary giants like Hemingway and presidents Carter and Hoover wrote of their accounts adding and preserving the poetry and lyricism that trout fishing has cast to those who have enjoyed its adventure and romance throughout the ages.
The beautifully renovated White Haven Library and Community Center located so close to the legendary trout waters of the Lehigh River amidst the Pocono Mountains is the perfect venue to enjoy an evening with friends and their favorite books and passages.
Bring your favorite flannel shirt, enjoy some hot chocolate and treats, and kick back for an enjoyable evening with WPTU friends and even some who have locally added to trout lore and literature.
The public is invited free.
Call Mike at 570-926-2535 or 570-454-4682 or the White Haven Library at 570-443-8776 to inquire about cancellations or inclement weather contingency plans.

The Wonders of Waterfowl
2026-04-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Thornhurst Fire House, 351 Old River Road, Thornhurst, PA, 18424
Molly Giles, Biologist, PA Game Commission will cover interesting facts about ducks, geese, and swans, including topics like the food resources they use, how they nest and raise young, special adaptations that help them live in aquatic environments, and the awesome annual migration that these birds undertake every fall and spring. We will also discuss how the Pennsylvania Game Commission manages waterfowl populations using various surveys and by marking birds with leg bands and GPS transmitters. Lastly, we’ll talk about the importance of wetlands and the benefits they provide to wildlife and to humans as well. Great program for kids and families!

Choke Creek Falls Trail Walk
2026-05-17 11:00 - 12:30 | Meet at Phelps Road/Choke Creek Parking Lot, Phelps Road, Thornhurst, PA, 18424, United States
Julian Maza, Service Forester, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry, Pinchot Forest District will lead a walk and discussion of current forest management projects and provide an opportunity to ask questions about changes in our forest. Meet at the parking area for Choke Creek Falls off Philips Road.

Trout Unlimited White Haven Trout Festival
2026-06-13 10:00 - 16:00 | White Haven Library & Community Center, 121 Towanda Street, White Have, PA
Join the Western Pocono Chapter of Trout Unlimited and other organizations and individuals in celebrating the Lehigh River with informational displays, fishing demonstrations, activities and food. NP CARE will have an informational table there.
Please note date is TBD!

Marvelous Macroinvertebrates (Bugs!)
2026-06-20 10:00 - 12:30 | Wincek Residence, 610 Old River Road, Thornhurst, PA, United States
Come to collect and identify the bugs that fish eat in the Lehigh River. Bring wading shoes and a towel.
Wonderful hands-on program for kids and families!

The Beauty of our Forest
2026-08-01 10:00 - 12:30
Join Matt Schultz, Stewardship Manager, Pocono Heritage Land Trust, and the Barton family for a tour of the 737 acre Barton Brothers Property in Clifton Township. Learn how vernal pools, wetlands and the forested lands create a unique environment.
Meet up spot to be announced in mid-July, 2026. Hope to see you there!

Live Birds of Prey and other Wildlife
2026-10-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Thornhurst Fire House, 351 Old River Road, Thornhurst, PA, 18424
Susan Downing of Wilderz at Pocono Wildlife will bring raptors, small mammals, and reptiles for you to see up close and will talk about their Amazing Animal Adaptations.
This popular program is great for kids and families.
