Rob Neitz News Today

Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center announced its Homestead Trail would be temporarily closed due to vandalism.

Lehigh Valley waterways offer plenty of shaded spots to dip in a toe or more to cool off, as long as it's permitted and safety precautions are taken.

Wellness is important for a balanced and positive lifestyle. From mental health to the environment, there are many different factors that can affect your overall wellness. On this program, Sally Handlon brings you conversations with experts on the different ways to improve, and think differently about, alternative elements that help people live healthy and fulfilling lives right here in the Lehigh Valley.

Sally Handlon reminds listeners that spending time outdoors can be beneficial to their well-being, and she chats with Rob Neitz from the Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center about some of the available opportunities to get out into nature across the Lehigh Valley.

For the last several decades, Henry’s Woods has been preserved as part of the Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center state park in Northampton County. It was recognized Thursday by the Old-Growth Forest Network, a nonprofit that’s creating a network of protected and accessible old-growth forests, or forests that could someday turn in to old-growth forests.