The spring raptor migration through the sanctuary is also expected to reach its peak. Staff and interns will be posted at the north lookout to help visitors spot migrating raptors and answer questions. The Trexler-Lehigh County Game Preserve opens for the season Saturday and is planning a series of Earth Day events. Environmental programs will be held Saturday and Sunday. There will be a cleanup of the Lehigh River, which runs through Jim Thorpe, and a concert by the reggae group George Wesley and the Iritations at the historic Jim Thorpe Opera House.
All events are free.
The Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy is planning an annual Earth Day celebration Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Earth Day events and booths selling food are among the day's highlights. Meet at the Wind Gap Plaza Kmart near Routes 33 and 512 at 8 a.m. Sunday. The program is free, and bird-watchers should meet near the center's main parking lot off Belfast Road. The Kittatiny Raptor Corridor Project is offering several field trips this spring, the first on Saturday at Lehigh Furnace Gap on Blue Mountain. Goal of the Saturday trip is to view some raptors heading north, as they do in spring.