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Programs at the Park in July!

by friendsofyellowcreek@gmail.comNews July 16, 2015Comments are Disabled

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015 – BEGINNING ORIENTEERING

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Meet beside Lakeview Pavilion (Main Day-Use Area)

Join Jim Wolfe, President of the Western PA Orienteering Club. Learn to read a map, basic compass skills and how the sport of orienteering works. This introduction will be followed by an exercise in which participants use their new skills to find marked locations in the park. There will be approximately 30 minutes of instruction and 60 minutes of exercise. (Friends of the Parks program)

SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2015 – VENOMOUS SNAKES OF PA

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Environmental Learning Classroom

Don’t let their scales and appearance fool you…snakes play an important role in the environment. Find out what’s real and what’s not, from the poisonous to the perfectly harmless and much, much more. Live snakes will be on hand, so don’t miss out on this grand opportunity. (Friends of the Parks program)

Park Road Repair – Notice 5/12-17

by friendsofyellowcreek@gmail.comNews, Uncategorized May 13, 2015February 7, 2024Comments are Disabled

The access road the FOYC Sailing Base is being repaired over the course of this week. During that time, there will be no vehicular access to the base area. (Walk-in may be possible) Access should be restored by Monday 5/18. This should result in a major improvement in the road condition.

Open Meetings

by friendsofyellowcreek@gmail.comNews February 18, 2015February 18, 2015Comments are Disabled

Volunteers get together once a month to plan FOYC projects and identify park needs. The FOYC board provides leadership but all FOYC members and prospective members are welcome to attend. Come see what FOYC is about. Share your perspectives. Find out how you too can contribute to the improvement of Yellow Creek State Park. See meeting schedule on the main calendar. Meetings are generally held in the Dragonfly Classroom building at the park.

Repairs at the Sailing Base

by friendsofyellowcreek@gmail.comNews February 18, 2015Comments are Disabled

As part of the FOYC sponsored project to renew the sailing base on the north shore, the Friends teamed up with volunteers from the IUP Sailing Club and DCNR on this demolition and rebuild activity. In late Fall, a dozen IUP students gathered to pull the roof off the boat rack on the sailing base. The Friends assisted by purchasing materials for the replacement. In spring, DCNR employees and volunteers will put the new roof in place. The roof officially covers sailboat and canoe racks for the community base. But there will be room under the shelter to enjoy a picnic or take a break from the summer sun or rain showers, once the new roof is on.

Early fall, clearing brush to access the “beach.”

Stripping the roof from the boat rack, this past fall.

New Mailing Address

by friendsofyellowcreek@gmail.comNews, Uncategorized December 23, 2014February 7, 2024Comments are Disabled

So as to better serve our members, the Friends group will now collect mail at a PO Box. Please mail your membership renewals and other correspondence to

Friends of Yellow Creek

P.O. Box 1401

Indiana, PA 15701

Septemberfest Music

by friendsofyellowcreek@gmail.comNews, Septemberfest, Uncategorized September 23, 2014February 7, 2024Comments are Disabled

This year we will feature four musical group playing on the beach at Yellow Creek State park. We’re happy to have “Mu,” Brandon Payne and Friends, Sean Howard, and JR Shanty Co. Come join with us to enjoy this great music amid the autumn setting of Yellow Creek State Park.