Saturday afternoon at the WVU Core Arboretum, leaves of orange and brown crunched underfoot, and the scent of fried dough carried on a warm, slightly overcast breeze […]
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Pawpaw Festival celebrates fall fruit’s longtime cultural and historic roots in Appalachia
The pawpaw fruit. Green, pear-shaped, backed by a natural history of tens of millions of years and the largest native fruit in West Virginia. Some folks find […]
Arboretum’s annual Moth Night showcases insects’ under-appreciated beauty, honors the passionate biologist who inspired it all
Right now, in your backyard and along the roads you traverse every day, dozens and dozens of caterpillars are preparing for the greatest challenge of their lives. […]
MFD conducts rope rescue training at Arboretum
The hilly landscape of Morgantown, while beautiful, can create a tricky situation when someone has been injured or stranded on a steep incline and cannot be carried […]
Nature Connection Series kicks off at WVU Core Arboretum
Everyone is welcome to visit the WVU Core Arboretum woodland amphitheater for its Nature Connection Series talks on Tuesday evenings this summer. Local and regional experts on […]
WVU Core Arboretum hosts spring nature events
WVU Core Arboretum is starting its season of nature programming. Some of the events that will be happening soon are WVU Department of Biology spring ephemeral wildflower […]
Spring brings wildflower explosion, migrating birds to WVU Core Arboretum
If the recent spring weather has you itching to get outside, the WVU Core Arboretum might be a good place to start. WVU Core Arboretum hosts several […]
Sept. 18 letters to the editor
Thanking businesses for supporting festival As a volunteer of The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival, I would like to thank the many Monongalia County and Marion County […]
Summer series looks at health
The summer Nature Connection Series continues this week at the WVU Core Arboretum’s woodland amphitheater. The talk begins at 6 p.m. today. The series runs each Tuesday […]
Spring Festival in the Arboretum
The WVU Core Arboretum will host its Spring Flower Festival from 2-6 p.m. Saturday in the lawn area (inside Guthrie Loop Trail, near parking lot). This is […]
