How a baseball owner’s sport-shooting range polluted a once ‘exceptional’ Pa. stream with lead
Lead from a shooting range owned by Bob Nutting, the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, contaminated an "exceptional" value stream.
Conservation
In Ohio prisons, incarcerated people rehabilitate orphaned animals
Incarcerated people in five Ohio prisons help central Ohio-based Ohio Wildlife Center raise orphaned baby animals. The program teaches empathy and trade skills.
Keeping Track of Pennsylvania’s Resurgent Black Bear Population
Meet Pennsylvania's bear biologist as she gathers data on one of the state's 16,000 black bears. The population has rebounded in the last 30 years.
Searching for ‘slimy, shiny, brownish stuff’: A retiree’s quest to help track down Pa.’s abandoned oil wells
Thousands of abandoned wells remain across Pennsylvania. One Bradford retiree has spent years helping find the ones the state doesn’t know about.
Get to know your owls
Allegheny County Parks ranger Ben Kehoe shares his love of owls and facts about one of Pennsylvania's favorite raptors.
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.
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.
