RECYCLE

Do you need recycling and disposal options for televisions, electronics and household hazardous waste? The 2025 collection dates are May 3 and August 23, 2025 for Jefferson County, PA residents. Registration is required. If you have questions, call the JCSWA at 814-328-5361.

Friends of Cook Forest: Women’s Hiking Series

Enjoy an evening nurturing your mental and   physical health.  Moderate level hiking.  Approximately 2 hours long.  Open to all women (ages 14 & up).  Please meet at the Park Office.  For more information, please contact Meredith Reinhart at (814)319-4621.

Measuring the Giants: Seneca & Mohawk Trails

Please meet at the Park Office for a strenuous steep often off-trail hike through the finest known stand of old growth hemlock in the Northeast.  We will be visiting and remeasuring the two tallest known hemlocks in Pennsylvania, the Seneca and Mohawk hemlocks.  Many hemlocks commonly surpass 300 years old with the tallest approaching 150ft high!

Animal Calls

Please bring your chairs, blankets, and your best animal call imitation to the Ridge Camp park Amphitheater for an evening of animal calls.  Join the park naturalist as he demonstrates how and why animals of PA talk to each other.