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.
Conservation
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.
Flight 93 Crashed Among Coal Mines. Treating the Water There Was No Ordinary Project
Treatment ponds were the answer to a problem that briefly threatened the creation of the memorial itself. How they came to be still carries weight for the people involved in the work.
Three scenic waterfalls worth the trip near Pittsburgh
Our Environmental Travel Guide Through Pennsylvania continues with the best waterfalls near Pittsburgh for a perfect day trip. Discover the beauty of Fall Run Falls and more.
The secret life of a Great Lakes mushroom hunter
Tony Williams gives talks sharing what he knows about morels. But there’s one thing he absolutely will not share: his secret hunting spots.
How the fungi beneath our feet help decide the trees overhead
A lawsuit over a plan to regenerate oaks in the Wayne National Forest cites mycorrhizal fungi as evidence that the plan won't work. We find out why.
