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Birds Take Center Stage at a New Observatory at Presque Isle

Kara Holsopple·April 13, 2018

The Erie Bird Observatory will continue the long-running bird banding program at Presque Isle. One of the founders, Mary Birdsong, says studying birds is the first step to learn and appreciate the natural world.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania

Fish, Birds and Mussels Get Their Own Business Plan in Pennsylvania

Kara Holsopple·April 6, 2018

Western Pennsylvania has rich biodiversity and large chunks of forests, but looming threats. A new effort will prioritize funding to save wildlife like brook trout and golden-winged warblers in key regions to restore forests and waterways.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

The Nun With a “Green Habit”

Kara Holsopple·March 30, 2018

A life of serving the poor, teaching and making sure no one uses more than one paper towel.

Conservation Culture

Can This Bird Survive Climate Change? The Answer Could be in its DNA

Rebecca Williams·March 9, 2018

The hope is that understanding the genome of the yellow warbler could help protect other vulnerable species from a rapidly changing climate.

Bird Files Climate Change Conservation Your Environment Update

Have You Seen This Bad Bug?

Julie Grant·March 1, 2018

Agriculture officials are asking people who see a spotted lanternfly in any form -- egg masses or full grown insects -- to double bag them, throw them away - and report it to the state at BadBug@pa.gov

Conservation Economy Food and Agriculture Your Environment Update

Are Pipelines to Blame for Decline in Ancient Salamanders?

Julie Grant·February 2, 2018

Eastern hellbender salamanders need clean streams with high water quality and silt-free stream beds to find their prey and avoid predators. Pipeline construction isn't making that easy.

Energy Follow the Pipeline Wildlife Your Environment Update

How Pipelines are Changing the Dynamics of PA Forests

Kara Holsopple·February 2, 2018

A new study finds gas pipelines and access roads carve up more forest land and have a bigger impact on wildlife habitat than the drilling well pads themselves.

Follow the Pipeline Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

The Incredible Shrinking Monuments

Julie Grant·January 26, 2018

The Trump administration is shrinking the size of some national monuments, and opening other public land to industry like drilling. For some, that flies in the face of history.

Conservation Podcasts Politics

Industry Gets a Pass on Accidental Bird Deaths

Kara Holsopple·January 19, 2018

The new rule is a reversal of the 100-year-old conservation law that was sometimes used to prosecute industries for accidentally killing or failing to safeguard migratory birds.

Bird Files Wildlife Your Environment Update

little brown bat with White-nose Syndrome

UV Light Could be a Ray of Hope for Bats with White-Nose Syndrome

Rebecca Williams·January 12, 2018

The disease caused by a fungus is killing millions of bats in the U.S. and Canada. But scientists now think they know how to help the little guys.

Conservation Wildlife

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U.S. Steel: Gas-valve failure likely cause of deadly explosion at Clairton Coke Works

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In Clairton, a community deals with a fatal explosion at the U.S. Steel plant

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