The Hemlock is a publication of the Environmental Focus Group, whose goal is to help the LHU community develop a deeper sense of place.  Such a sense of place involves stewardship of natural resources (environmentalism), meaningful outdoor experiences, and appreciation for the heritage of the region.  The articles are contributed by LHU faculty, students, staff, and administrators, as well as by members of the central Pennsylvania community.  If you would like to contribute, please contact Bob Myers.

All previous Hikes of the Month can be found at Hemlock Hikes.

Hemlock 1.1 (March 2008)

• "What You Can Do About Global Warming" by Danielle Tolton
• "Recycling at LHU" by John Crossen
• "What is a Sense of Place" by Jeff Walsh
• "Hike of the Month: Lick Run" by Bob Myers
• "Winter Lace" by Elizabeth Regan

Hemlock 1.2 (April 2008)

• Our River: The West Branch of the Susquehanna" by Md. Khalequzzaman
• "Rails to Trails" by Lenny Long
• "Rock River and Trail" by Amanda Alexander
• "Hike of the Month: Where Your Water Comes From" by Bob Myers
• "The Durwachter Alumni Conference Center Goes Green" by Paula Kistler
• "A Paddle Park in Lock Haven" by John Crossen
• "How to Speak Pennsylvanian" by Bob Myers
• "Beyond the Surface" by Vincent Goodwin

Hemlock 1.3 (May 2008)

• "Kayak Paddle Fishing" by William Shetler
• "LHU Outing Club" by Danielle Tepper
• "Waiting to Return" by Zach Fishel
• "Wilderness Warning" by Kyle Essick
• "Hike/Paddle of the Month: Fishing Creek" by D. J. Scott
• "Book Review: Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods" by Melissa Novak
• "Two Haikus" by Emily Smith

Hemlock 2.1 (September 2008) 

• "The Unraveling Ecosystem in State Game Land 295" by Barrie Overton
• "Hike of the Month: State Game Land 295" by Bob Myers
• "Nature Photography" by Nate Fought
• "pH and Paradox" by Mark Smith
• "Marketing Students Interview Travel Agents About Clinton County" by Marlene Jensen
• "Reflecting upon Our Relationship with the Environment or R-E-S-P-E-C-T" by Joan Whitman Hoff
• "Book Review: Bill McKibben, The End of Nature" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 2.2 (October 2008)

• "A Vanished History Unearths a New Beginning: Eagleton Mine Camp Trail" by Robert G. Zakula
• "Hike of the Month: The Eagleton Mine Camp Trail" by Robert G. Zakula
• "Getting Started in Mountain Biking" by Caleb Sizemore
• "A Sense of Place at LHUP" by Jeff Schaffer
• "Getting to Know Your Local Conservation District" by Steven Putt
• "Book Review: Tree Guides" by Bob Myers
• "Energy Conservation at LHUP" by Dave Proctor

Hemlock 2.3 (November 2008)

• "The True Cost of Coal" by Todd Nesbitt
• "Worms in the Kitchen" by Lisa Cass and Mark Cohen
• "Lock Haven History" by Danielle Tolton
• "Pennsylvania Clean Water on the Ballot" by Md. Khalequzzaman
• "America Recycles Day – November 15th" by William Shetler
• "Hike of the Month: Bald Eagle Mountain" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 2.4 (December 2008)

• "Americorps" by Anne-Marie Turnage
• "A Pennsylvania Winter" by Zach Fishel
• "Recipe" by Carroll Rhodes
• "Hike of the Month: Staying on Campus" by Bob Myers
• "Book Review: Breaking the Backcountry" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 2.5 (February 2009)

• "Snowshoeing" by Amanda Alexander
• "Pennsylvania's State Park Cabins"
• "Cotton--Winter's Silent Killer" by Steve Guthrie
• "Rover of the River" by Horace F. "Buck" Hanna, Jr.
• "Some Thoughts on the Origins of Environmentalism: A Tribute to Arne Naess" by Joan Whitman Hoff
• "Groans" by Zach Fishel
• "Country Ride" by Tammy Houser
• "LHUP Scuba Club in Florida" by Bradley Cody Bliss & Nathan Fought
• "Book Review: Bill McKibben's Deep Economy" by Mark A. Smith
• "Environmental Justice Conference"
• "Hike of the Month: The Mid State Trail in Woolrich" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 2.6 (March 2009)

• "Prospects and Challenges of the Marcellus Shale" by Loretta Dickson and Md. Khalequzzaman"
• 40 Years of Natural Gas Production & Storage on State Forest Land" by Butch Davey
• "The Marcellus Shale in Central PA: A Chronology" by Bob Myers
• "A Landowner's Perspective: Leasing for Natural Gas Production" by Ralph Harnishfeger
• "Another Landowner's Perspective: Gas Well Exploration & Development" by Jamie Walker
• "And Justice for All" by Mary Vuccola
• "Tapping Our Super-Giant Gas Field" by John Way and Rebecca Dunlap
• "Hike of the Month: Natural Gas Production in the Sproul State Forest" by Bob Myers
• "What Can You Do?"
• "More Information on the Marcellus Shale"
• "KCNet Contracts with Cartridge World" by John Way

Hemlock 2.7 (April 2009)

• Earth Day 2009
• Outdoor Recreation Equipment Available for Students
• "Wood Frogs and Vernal Pools" by Mark Smith
• "Understanding and Collecting Toadstools and Other Mushroom-like Fungi" by Dr. Barrie E. Overton
• "Song of the Season" by Zach Fishel
• "Looking for the Invisible Green.  Canasorgu No Easier to Find" by Harlan Berger
• "What is Eco-Feminism?" by Joan Whitman Hoff
• "Book Review:  J. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson eds.  The Great New Wilderness Debate and The Wilderness Debate Rages On " by  Bob Myers
• "Hike of the Month:  The Mid-State Trail to Round Top" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 2.8 (May 2009)

• "Over -Development" by Ryan DiGuiseppe
• "Arbor Day at LHUP"
• "Springtime – It's finally here!" by Bill Shetler
• "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: The Three R’s to making a Greener Planet" by Danielle Tolton
• "Summer Outdoor Events from Rock River & Trail"
• "You Have Eaten The Embers" by J. Michael Rinard
• "How Homeowners Can Save Hemlocks" by Dr. Barrie E. Overton
• "Hike of the Month: Little Pine State Park's Lake Shore Trail" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 3.1 (October 2009)

• "Why the Leaves Change Color" by Katie Bastian
• Green Energy Fair
• "Old Farm" by Zach Fishel
• "My Trip to Vesuvius" by Nathan Fought
• "The Closing of State Parks" by Danielle Tolton
• "The Durrwachter Center is Green" by Paula Kistler
• "Marcellus Shale Update" by Bob Myers
• "Climate Change and Politics" by Md. Khalequzzaman
• "Hike of the Month: Get to Know Your State Forest" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 3.2 (November 2009)

• Outdoor Equipment Available
• "Hunting Cabin" by Paul Leah
• "Pine Creek Rail Trail" by Sandra Barney
• "The Story of Job" by Bob Myers
• "Hiking with Emmy" by Bill Shetler
• "Middle Ground" by Zach Fishel
• "Marcellus Update" by Bob Myers
• "Bears" by Don Kramer
• "Night Notes" by Mark Smith
• "Hike of the Month: State Game Lands 255" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 3.3 (December 2009)

• "Cherry Springs State Park" by Adam Russo
• "Snowstorm on the Loyalsock Creek" by Nathan Fought
• "Walking, Birding, Becoming: Ecopsychology" by Lynn Bruner
• "Madisonburg" by J. M. Price
• "The Environmental Impact of War" by Joan Whitman Hoff
• "Hike of the Month: Ole Bull State Park" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 3.4 (February 2010)

• "A Woolrich Expedition" by Alyssa Davis
• "Presque Isle" by J. M. Price
• "Saving Hemlocks" by Barrie Overton, Amy Kutay, Jason Starr, Tracy Beerley, and Leann Ochrieter
• "The U.S.  Role in the Climate Change Summit" by Md. Khalequzzaman
• "Fossil Foolish" by Carroll Rhodes
• "Bull Riders" by Zach Fishel
• "Book Review: Chris McDougall, Born to Run" by Doug Campbell
• "Hike of the Month: Mid-State Trail" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 3.5 (March 2010)

• "I've Been in the Lowlands too Long" by Carrie Shirk
• "Green Should be More than the New Black" by J. M. Price
• "Marcellus Shale Update #2" by Bob Myers
• "Winter" by Adam Russo
• "Hike of the Month" by Dawn Hamilton

Hemlock 3.6 (April 2010)

• Pennsylvania Culture Festival
• Earth Day
• "PA Trout Season Opening Day" by Marty McCaulley
• Clinton County CleanScapes
• "The Great Region" by Paul Leah
• "Beech Creek Watershed Association" by Jamie Walker
• "Lilacs" by Zach Fishel
• "Toll Route 80?" by Greg Walker
• "Mountains" by J. M. Price
• "Wastewater" by Cliff Harmon
• "Henry Shoemaker" by Bob Myers
• "Hike of the Month: Henry Shoemaker's McElhattan"

Hemlock 4.1 (September 2010)

• "Only a Camper Knows the Secrets of Cook Forest" by Jessica Johnston
• "Appalachia ‘Shine" by Rachael Estudante
• "Other Side of the Window" by Aimee Walton
• "Lost Lilacs" by Tasha Englert
• "The Philodendron" by Leah Gallup
• "The Last Summer of Innocence" by Zachary Smith
• "Eleven Zero One" by Adam Russo
• "A Beautiful Blizzard and a Battlefield" by Justin Rhodes
• "Shaking Free" by Nichole Rene Cozzi
• "Dairy Farm" by Elizabeth Kinney
• "Hike of the Month: Sandy Bottom" by Kevin McKee

Hemlock 4.2 (October 2010)

• "Aramark's Environmental Efforts" by Kenneth Amspaugh
• "Local Fresh Water Diving" by Nathan Fought
• "Save Marcellus" by Adam Russo
• "Riding into Chaos" by Laurie Cannady
• "Marcellus Shale Update #3" by Bob Myers
• "Book Review: Mountain Passages" by John Reid
• "The Road to My House is Still Dirt" by Sarah  Downey
• "Hike of the Month: Panther Run" by Travis Weaver

Hemlock 4.3 (November 2010)

• "Hiking the Appalacian Trail"
• "Environmental Studies"
• "The Marcellus Shale" by Mike Hanna
• "EnviroMuse" by Carroll Rhodes
• "Huntin' Iggles" by Gayatri Devi
• "To Foray or not to Foray" by Barrie Overton
• "Prayer Flags" by Joan Whitman Hoff
• "I Want a Day Off" by Adam Russo
• "Green Energy Fair"
• "Hike of the Month: Castanea Reservoir"

Hemlock 4.4 (February 2011)

• "Fossil Fuel Production & Environmental Degradation " by Robert G. Zakula
• "The 2010 Recreation & Parks Leadership Summit" by Lenny Long
• "Through Clear Windows" by Reginald Pinckney
• "Water-Quality Monitoring" by Md. Khalequzzaman and John Way
• "City Winter" by Zach Fishel
• "The Plug-in Electric Hybrid" by Loretta Dickson and Joseph Hoy  
• "Plain Old Use" by Mark Smith
• "Thou Wanderer" by Adam Russo
• "Hike of the Month" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 4.5 (March 2011)

• "Mindful Birding"  by Lynn Bruner
•   "Spring Paddling" by Brad Dally
• "Truths of Transformation" by Lindsay Repman
• "TerraCycle" by Carroll Rhodes
• "Review: Picturesque America" by Bob Myers
• "The Deadly Amatoxins" by Barry Overton
• "Hike of the Month" by Travis Weaver

Hemlock 4.6 (April 2011)

• "PA Culture Festival"
• "Kakum National Park" by Sharon Stringer
• "Wood Warblers" by Mark Smith
• "Recycling on Earth Day" by Carroll Rhodes
• "Stages of Environmentalism" by Carrie Shirk & Evan Reibsome
• "Clinton County CleanScapes"
• "Domestic Wind Turbines" by Adam Russo
• "Smith's Rebellion" by Karen Ramsburg
• "The Golden Eagle Trail" by Travis Weaver      

 Hemlock 5.1 (October 2011)

• "Earthquakes in Pennsylvania"  by John Way
• "Farrandsville CCC Camp" by Lou Bernard
• "Nature Abounds" by Melinda Hughes-Wert
• "9-11 Memorial Trail" by Dick Martin
• "Our Young" by Guy Graybill
• "I'm Not Leaving" by Sarah Harkleroad
• "Hike of the Month: Rosecrans Bog" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 5.2 (December 2011)

• "John Chatham" by Lou Bernard
• "Recycling at LHU" by Carroll Rhodes
• "Oceanus" by Lee Putt
• "For Nothing" by Zach Fishel
• "Suites on Fairview Green" by Paula Kistler
• "IceWatch USA" by Melinda Hughes-Wert
• "Hike of the Month" by Bob Myers

Hemlock 5.3 (March 2012)

• "John Way" by Md. Khalequazzaman                               
• "Spring" by Zach Fishel     
• "Invasive Species" by Melissa Eldridge
• "Dance of the Squirrels" by Barry Overton
• "Cycle" by Guy Graybill     
• "Ghost of the MST" by Lou Bernard
• "Pine Creek Rail-to-Trail" by Michael Neff
• "Forest Summit" by Melinda Hughes-Wert
• "Donut Hole Trail" by Maribeth Hanna Long
• "Hike of the Month" by Jamie Walker

Hemlock 6.1 (October 2012)

• "Morning on the West Branch" by Rebecca Dunlap
• "Beech Creek Watershed" by Jaimie Walker
• "Childhood Tree House" by Zach Fishel
• "Urban Community Garden" by Will Dowd
• "Pollution in the Marcellus" by James Fricke
• "Environmental Education" by Tom Levendusky
• "Book Review: Growing Stories" by Laxman Satya 
• "Hike of the Month" by Bob Myers   

Hemlock 6.2 (March 2013)

• "Trout Fishing in the Past" by Zach Fishel
• "Review of Nature's New Deal" by Bob Myers
• "Review of At Work in Penn's Woods" by John Reid
• "The CCC in Clinton County" by Rich Wykoff
• "The Farrandsville CCC Camp" by Lou Bernard
• "Hike of the Month: CCC Trail" by Bob Myers
•   "Rafting Adventures" by Mary Jones
• Pennsylvania Culture Festival
• "Review of Nature's Entrepot" by Robert Gary Žakula
• "Campus History:A Lesson in Stewardship" by Joby Topper

Environmental Focus Group
Bob Myers (Chair), Md. Khalequzzaman, Lenny Long, Jeff Walsh, Danielle Tolton, John Crossen, Clayton Snyder, Sandra Barney, David White, Tom Ormond, Ralph Harnishfeger, and Barrie Overton.  The committee is charged with promoting and supporting activities, experiences, and structures that encourage students, faculty, and staff to develop a stronger sense of place for Lock Haven University and central Pennsylvania.  Such a sense of place involves a stewardship of natural resources (environmentalism), meaningful outdoor experiences, and appreciation for the heritage of the region.