Podcasts about cook forest

It's 1910 and Anthony Wayne Cook has just inherited his family's land. Over the last 80 years, the Cook family had made their money off the land. It started with his grandfather John Cook - who purchased the land in 1828. He built a sawmill on the property to process the timber he was harvesting from the forest. Andrew Cook – Anthony's father - would go on to build three sawmills, one flouring mill, one planning mill, a boat scaffold, several dwellings and a store on the property. While much of the beautiful landscape had been forested, some of the most stunning examples of ancient forests remained. Andrew passes away in 1891 and now it's Anthony's turn to take over the family business. But he had plans of his own. Anthony Cook wanted to preserve the 300-year-old towering hemlocks on his land for future generations. He wanted everyone to sit at the alter of the so-called “Forest Cathedral.” Over the next 16 years, Anthony Cook and others campaigned to preserve this magnificent landscape. In the 1920s, the Cook Forest Association was formed to save the few areas of surviving old growth timber.Endorsed by national natural resource groups and Governor Gifford Pinchot, the association raised $200,000, which helped the commonwealth purchase 6,055 acres from A. Cook Sons Company in 1927 for $640,000.Cook Forest became the first Pennsylvania state park acquired to preserve a natural area and was later designated a National Natural Landmark. Now, we have the Cook Forest State Park. with its 11 different old growth forest areas. It's been called “The Best Old-Growth Forest” in America. On this episode, I speak with Dale Luthringer. Dale is the environmental educational specialist at Cook Forest State Park.Be sure to support our 2025 sponsors:Keystone Trails AssociationPurple Lizard MapsPennsylvania Parks and Forests FoundationSisters' SunflowersSupport the showVisit our website to learn more about the podcast, to purchase merch and to find out about our incredible sponsors. Follow us on Instagram and Meta to stay connected. Hosting, production and editing: Christian AlexandersenMusic: Jon SauerGraphics: Matt Davis

The week of Ground Hog Day is an opportune time to visit Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Punxatawney, Brookville, and the rest of the region have lots of natural wonder, ties to history, and at least two major sports figures who made claims to fame in their careers. Find out about Cook Forest and Clear Creek State Park, Sparky Lyle and Chuck Daly, and the unique history of a site called Scripture Rocks. Our "Hometowns" series gives you a radio-tour of the communities which make up the Family Life listening area in Pennsylvania and New York.  Your tour guide is Family Life news anchor Mark Webster.

This week, Sean Forker opens his old case files, and the crew discusses a sighting from Pennsylvania's Cook Forest! SASQUATCH EXPERIENCE, SASQUATCH EXPERIENCE CLASSICS, & SASQUATCH EXPERIENCE: STILL SEARCHING are brought to you by Sean Forker and Henry May, with Vance Nesbitt and James Baker. This show would not be made possible without our Executive Producers, Tom Mihok and Brian Corbin. Our show Intro Music “Epic Action Trailer” by Roman Senyk Music is licensed for commercial use. Additionally, “9-11 Bigfoot Call” is used under Fair Use: Intro and Exit Voiceover work credited to Sean Forker and Gabriel Forker. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider becoming one of our supporters: https://www.patreon.com/SasquatchExperience. If you'd like to hear a particular topic or guest, EMAIL US: squatchexperience@gmail.com. Check us out on Social Media:facebook.com/sasquatchexperienceTwitter.com/SquatchEXPInstagram.com/sasquatchexperienceVisit Our Website: http://www.sasquatchexperience.comSasquatch Experience by Sean Forker, James Baker, Henry May, and Vance Nesbitt is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.Based on a work at https://www.spreaker.com/show/sasquatch-experience.Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.sasquatchexperience.com/permission.

Kasie Fields and Pet Berger for Western PA Cares for Kids talk about their upcoming race in Cook Forest fundraiser, plus what the organization does throughout the year for kids who are dealing with abuse.

Get Outdoors Cook Forest And Parker Dam - June 3 2021 - Contact by Connect FM

Nature Series: Cook Forest Part 2 by Connect FM

Nature Series: Cook Forest Part 1 by Connect FM

Just because it's winter doesn't mean you can't see animals and enjoy nature at Cook Forest and Clear Creek State Parks! There will be a free interpretive driving tour on the Clarion River Winter Wildlife Expedition on Saturday, Jan. 11, starting at 7:30 a.m. at the park office. See migrating birds, river otter, fisher, and more! Listen to the full interview with Dale Luthringer is the Environmental Education Specialist for Cook Forest State Park.

The Reitz Theater Presents, next to normal. on the Sawmill Theatre Stage in Cook Forest. Show dates are Aug. 29, 30, and 31 at 8 p.m.  This show contains mature language and situations. Tickets are $15. Listen to the full interview with Jason Valentine, the director.

It's one thing to strive and change to obtain a "dream job." It's quite another to have the clarity and courage to give up that dream job to pursue an atypical path, a stronger calling.Jody Adams-Fesco did just that when she chose to leave an illustrator job at American Greetings in Cleveland, Ohio, and move into Cook Forest, Pennsylvania, to help her mom run a historic 30-room lodge and nearby rustic cabins. Would her artistic skills translate into this whole new world? Would her relationships with family and her then-fiance thrive? Or struggle? And how would such a seismic change in life circumstances change Jody?Learn more in today's episode--"Leaving the Dream Job Behind."You can also learn more about the lodge that Jody helps run with her mom. Just click here for info about Gateway Lodge and Black Bear cabins in beautiful Cook Forest:https://gatewaylodge.com/NOTE: This show transcript is still raw. Once final edits are made, it will be noted right here in the show notes.This episode was recorded 9.25.18. All portions are copyright 2018 Luanne Bole-Becker.

I found this wonderful video on YouTube (here), described by the person who posted it, “I took Steve Reich’s Section I from Music for 18 Musicians and slowed it down by 800%. I got some of the most peaceful ambient music I’ve ever heard. Wonderful for sleeping and meditation or just observing the sky on a summer day.” I also recorded  ambient sounds from Cook Forest and the Clarion River, and layered those on top of the slowed-down Reich piece. In there you will find the introduction to, “Profoundly Unapologetic.” Finally, I continued an exploration of a Tibetan prayer bell and small kalimba…and recorded a piece of prose I wrote and published several months back.  (Here is the piece) If you have 10 minutes, I would appreciate your ears and the time. I present to you, “Profoundly Unapologetic (Story).”    

I just returned from a week in the Cook Forest. More than any ingested substance or pharmaceutical, more than any mental health expert or spiritual guru, the forest, and that forest in particular, provides me both therapy and medicine, immediately and powerfully, impossible to replicate with human intervention and innovation. I biked, kayaked, ran, hiked, climbed, meditated, and had the opportunity to complete sun salutations atop a large, flat boulder on the bank of the Clarion River…as the sun rose. I brought a prayer bell and a kalimba with me.  I played and recorded those outdoor sessions as well as natural sounds around me and across the week.  By Saturday, I had a sonic sampling of my experience.  Playing the kalimba reminds me of my time in Kenya as a Peace Corps volunteer.  You may remember the story, “Moses Chege,” from a recent D2D post.  I revamped that story as a spoken tale and edited in some of the sounds from my time in the forest. I hope you enjoy it. -G   Moses (far right)

Right from the start, Greg is half kicked in the ass. Jen?  “Ehhhhh…I’d say about 40%” The beers: To start, we share a Lagunita’s Hop Stoopid bomber. (“A bawmuh, kid.  Like it’s owuh jawb.”) Then, Jen  has a  Southern Tier Gemini and Greg, Ommegang Three Philosophers.  There was also a Sam Smith’s Winter Ale in there somewhere.  Lots of beer.  “Well, we’re anticipating a 40 – 50% chance of kicked-in-the-ass.  Back to you, Ron.” The topics: We start with gratitude.  And whiskey.  (Yep.  After all that beer.) We open a gifted bottle of Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection 1838 Style White Corn Bourbon.  This is a mash bill that would have been used through the infancy of the state of Kentucky, just after our yinzer forefathers moved from Western PA to the newly minted “Kentucky,” when Thomas Jefferson offered, in essence, the very first corn subsidy.  1838 is the year Woodford Reserve erected its first distillery, and indeed it is the oldest distillery in the state of Kentucky. And holy shit is this bourbon good.  Triple distilled in a copper pot still, 45.2% alcohol by volume (90.4 proof).  The mash bill is the same as the typical Woodford Reserve expression, just with the white corn that pays homage to originators and innovators, Dr. James Crow and Oscar Pepper: 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley.  (Today’s bourbons use yellow corn which is cheaper and more ubiquitous.  In the late 1700’s and 1800’s, and indeed in 1838, white corn would have been the grain used by Pepper and Crow.) We dream of hiking mid-winter through snowy forests (…Cook Forest to be precise…), breathing the clean, crisp air that seems to alleviate allergies and chest colds, with flasks of high proof spirits.  Specifically, one flask with this very bourbon and another with Wigle Landlocked Spiced and Oaked…which is akin to rum except using Pennsylvania buckwheat honey instead of sugar or molassas, then spiced with a giant tea bag of sorts, then aged in used whiskey barrels.  Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it. Kate licks her coot-coot, which transitions us into our second topic: New Year’s Resolutions. The resolution that Greg eventually stated in last weekend’s post, “Driven to Resolution (2015),” was not his initial resolution.  Here you’ll hear the initial musings of what would have been a self-serving, shitty resolution that placed Greg firmly in that false, judgmental position of superiority that he seeks to extinguish. “You need to have more acceptance.”  That’s literally what she (Jen) said. Acceptance. To not only strive toward breaking free of fear and judgment but to also acknowledge and accept oneself, and others. Jen’s personal goals, as gleaned from the conversation: To improve myself, to stop feeling like a victim, to bounce back, to empower myself and take control of my life, take control of my health, be more patient and accepting, to cherish the good things, be more present, and celebrate all that’s positive. Big stuff.  Good stuff.  Doable stuff. Musically, you’ll note a “Thank You” sandwich, with Led Zeppelin up front and Dido at the close. Not Dildo.  Dido. Thank you. We present to you, “Gratitude and Resolutions.”

Oh boy. Momma always said, “Drunk is as drunk does.” Greg does drunk exceptionally well. Last week, we regaled you with “Drunk Canasta,” the first part of our Cook Forest decompression. This week, “Drunker Canasta.” The cast iron pizza was amazing, in the Mt. Rushmore of best pizza ever consumed by either Del Duca. Greg can’t find his Lincoln Hawk shirt. Problem is, the world meets nobody halfway. Outside of Stallone, perhaps only Kenny Loggins truly understands this. It’s like a testosterone enhanced Hallmark card. Watch it. Jesus, that guitar solo gets me every time. (Norris understands. Don’t you, Earnest?) Jen becomes annoyed with Greg’s infatuation with and use of Snape’s wand. Greg fucks up the lyrics to, “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” (Kind of like this. Really, you should click that. It’s funny.) Jen gives Greg a Steelhead education and two young Asian girls show off their catch. Greg dives on Jen and Kate, now peacefully slumbering, thus concluding this shit show. Jen finishes strong with, “I’m done with you, fucker fuck face.” Very alliterative. Well played, Jennifer. Well played. We present to you, “Drunker Canasta.”

Jennifer, Gregory, and Kate – the (Jerry) Springer Spaniel, traveled to Cook Forest for a lovely weekend retreat. Greg purchased Pike Creek Canadian Whiskey, Breckenridge Colorado Bourbon (…no, bourbon does not have to come from Kentucky, it just has to have at least 51% corn in the mash bill and fit the definition of American Whiskey otherwise…), both of which proved to be amazing spirits. Really. You should try them if you have the cash and they’re available. Jen made jalapeno-infused as well as sage-infused simple syrups and then, along with Wigle bitters, stretched her bartender muscles to make a jalapeno mint julep as well as a blackberry sage old-fashioned. They were exceptional. Really. You should drink them if someone offers. Kate made noise. Lots of noise. And poo. She’s like a shit factory. (Ultimately, I guess that’s what we all are.) On the second night, as the pizza dough completed its journey to readiness for Jen’s signature cast-iron skillet pie, after the Del Ducas rose from a three hour nap (“A three hour nap. The weather started getting rough. The tiny cabin rocked. If not for the liquor in the two-man crew. The podcast would be lost.”), and as Greg drank half of each of the bottles of previously mentioned spirits, the Canasta cards came out. What you are about to hear spans one glorious, often-hilarious, song-filled round. (Take note: This is part one of a split episode. The second part, will you’ll hear next week, occurs well after the game, and well after any amount of sobriety or topical cohesion.) Greg laughs like the Pillsbury Dough Boy. Jen wins the hand. Kate goes down on herself. We present to you, “Drunk Canasta.”