Jason Nark

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DOGE closed campgrounds at Pa.’s biggest lake. Now, the locals are suffering.

4 days ago | pennlive.com | Jason Nark

HESSTON, Pa. — On a blustery Memorial Day weekend, customers trickled into Seven Points Bait and Grocery looking for fingerling trout and nightcrawlers, for scoops of sweet and salty caramel ice cream and propane refills. They browsed the racks of tourist sweatshirts, too, most of them emblazoned with " Raystown Lake" across the front.
DOGE closed campgrounds at Pa.’s biggest lake. Now, the locals are suffering

5 days ago | inquirer.com | Jason Nark

HESSTON, Pa. — On a blustery Memorial Day weekend, customers trickled into Seven Points Bait & Grocery looking for fingerling trout and nightcrawlers, for scoops of sweet and salty caramel ice cream and propane refills. They browsed the racks of tourist sweatshirts, too, most of them emblazoned with “Raystown Lake” across the front.
Go Birds: 24 hours inside the World Series of Birding

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Jason Nark

CAPE MAY COUNTY, N.J. — Sleepy college students huddled around their professor in a quiet campground, shuffling their feet and fending off yawns on a cool May night. It was a few minutes before midnight, and moonlight filtered through the pines in Belleplain State Forest. Elsewhere in New Jersey’s southernmost county, other groups gathered much the same way, by dunes, marshes and airports. They stretched their calves and tightened the laces on their hiking boots. They yearned for coffee.
24 hours inside the World Series of Birding

1 week ago | charlotteobserver.com | Jason Nark

A team from St. Vincent College, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, during the World Series of Birding, look for birds at Jake's Landing Road, in North Dennis, New Jersey, Saturday, May 9, 2025. The 24-hour event, held annually in Cape May County, is the premier birding event in the country, bringing in enthusiasts from all over the world.
Go Birds: 24 hours inside the World Series of Birding

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Jason Nark

CAPE MAY COUNTY, N.J. — Sleepy college students huddled around their professor in a quiet campground, shuffling their feet and fending off yawns on a cool May night. It was a few minutes before midnight, and moonlight filtered through the pines in Belleplain State Forest. Elsewhere in New Jersey’s southernmost county, other groups gathered much the same way, by dunes, marshes and airports. They stretched their calves and tightened the laces on their hiking boots. They yearned for coffee.
Go Birds: 24 hours inside the World Series of Birding

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Jason Nark

CAPE MAY COUNTY, N.J. — Sleepy college students huddled around their professor in a quiet campground, shuffling their feet and fending off yawns on this cool May night. It was a few minutes before midnight, and moonlight filtered through the pines in Belleplain State Forest. Elsewhere in New Jersey’s southernmost county, other groups gathered much the same way, by dunes, marshes, and airports. They stretched their calves and tightened the laces on their hiking boots. They yearned for coffee.
Treasure hunting for $4,000 in regional parks

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Jason Nark

If physical fitness, tranquillity, or a deep, abiding love of nature aren’t motivation enough to get outdoors, how about $2,820? Paul and Jeff DuVilla, brothers who grew up in Hammonton, Atlantic County, have turned a passion as old as time — treasure hunting — into a modern business with Veil Hunts, a modern treasure hunt, complete with online clues, that users subscribe to for a fee.
Two iconic shelters on Pennsylvania’s Appalachian Trail will be demolished

3 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Jason Nark

KEMPTON, Pa. - To most people, the Eckville shelter looks like an old tool shed, a throwback to our grandparents' garages of yesteryear. For decades, though, this small building just off the Appalachian Trail in Berks County, a former horse barn, has given thousands of thru-hikers a place to rest their weary legs as they make the long trek north, to Maine, or south, to Georgia.
Two iconic shelters on Pennsylvania’s Appalachian Trail will be demolished

3 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Jason Nark

KEMPTON, Pa. — To most people, the Eckville shelter looks like an old tool shed, a throwback to our grandparents’ garages of yesteryear. For decades, though, this small building just off the Appalachian Trail in Berks County, a former horse barn, has given thousands of thru-hikers a place to rest their weary legs as they make the long trek north, to Maine, or south, to Georgia. × Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
Two iconic shelters on Pennsylvania’s Appalachian Trail set to be demolished

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Jason Nark

KEMPTON, Pa. — To most people, the Eckville shelter looks like an old tool shed, a throwback to our grandparents’ garages of yesteryear. For decades, though, this small building just off the Appalachian Trail in Berks County, a former horse barn, has given thousands of thru-hikers a place to rest their weary legs as they make the long trek north, to Maine, or south, to Georgia.