An invasive burrowing beetle threatens pawpaw trees
A local pawpaw farmer says invasive ambrosia beetles have killed three-quarters of the trees in his southeast Ohio orchard.
Conservation
Rufous hummingbirds’ cold weather journey through Pennsylvania
If you spot a tiny bird after October 15, it could be a rufous hummingbird, a western species that has been known to migrate through Pennsylvania.
Learn about owls! Join The Allegheny Front for an owl prowl
Head into woods to look and listen for owls with an Allegheny County park ranger and The Allegheny Front staff. Register today.
Researchers find microplastics in insects from Schuylkill River watershed
Insects were most likely to ingest microplastics by eating algae that contains particles, or by feeding on organic silt along stream edges and in pools.
Film fest in Pittsburgh puts spotlight on train crash, pipeline fight
The Allegheny Front is a sponsor of the Backyard Docs Film Festival that opens Thursday, September 24.
Author writes a love letter to her western Pennsylvania farm
Daryln Brewer Hoffstot's Westmoreland County farm is the inspiration for her latest book, "This Patch of Earth: Observations on a Rural Life."
Chimney Swifts Put on a Show Before Fall Migration
“It’s like watching smoke go back down a chimney. It’s amazing.”
A rule change could shrink ‘roadless’ national forest land
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed repealing a rule that prohibits new roads in certain areas of national forests, like in the Allegheny National Forest.
Decades After Flight 93 Crashed, the Living Memorial Faces Both Old and New Threats
The memorial’s designers set out to restore life at the site, and provide a space for healing and reflection in nature. But maintaining that vision is proving to be a challenge.
Essay: Finding a ‘Field of Innocence’ at the Flight 93 Crash Site
For naturalist Chuck Tague, bluets, a wildflower also known as innocence or Quaker ladies, became a symbolic part of the landscape at the Flight 93 crash site in southwestern Pennsylvania.
