Lancaster County Bird Club (LCBC) has formed a strategic partnership with the North Museum of Nature and Science with the aim of enhancing ornithological education and outreach in southcentral Pennsylvania. The partnership will put special emphasis on finding ways to share the science of ornithology and the hobby of birding with residents of southcentral Pennsylvania and help youths develop an understanding of wild birds and the conservation issues they face.

As part of the partnership approved by the LCBC board of directors in December 2023, LCBC will now hold its September through March programs at the museum on the second Thursday of each of those months at 7 p.m. The programs are free and open to the public, and feature a speaker on a topic related to the science of ornithology and the hobby of birding.

LCBC and the North Museum will also look at ways to collaborate on enhancing existing educational offerings related to wild birds and their conservation as well as expanding birding-related offerings to particularly target youths through engaging a variety of youth-focused organizations. The partnership will also open ways for both entities to collaborate on birding-related offerings at Millport Conservancy; the museum recently took charge of oversight and support roles at the conservancy and will utilize the conservancy as a permanent outdoor classroom space. LCBC and the North Museum will also explore ways to work together to see that the museum's world-class ornithological collection - with most specimens dating back to the 1800s - will continue to be available for generations to come.

LCBC has a long history of involvement and association with the museum resulting from the club's early ties to Franklin & Marshall College and ornithologists and staff members at the college who were key to the museum's founding. LCBC remains one of the longest-supporting financial contributors to the museum, supporting the museum's natural history program and ornithological collection since its founding.

LCBC has been dedicated to securing the cultivation of public sentiment in the preservation of Lancaster County's native bird life since its founding in December 1937. The club is a nonprofit membership organization with a mission focused on bird observation, conservation and education, and promoting the recording and dissemination of bird observations. The club consists of more than 350 members and fulfills its mission through building partnerships and a variety of offerings, such as field trips, lectures, programs and scholarships. More information is available at http://www.lancasterbirdclub.org.