‘Bird Town’ borough is embracing its new designation as a bird-friendly place to live

WHYYFebruary 23, 2024

Media, near Philadelphia, became the latest Pennsylvania municipality to become a "Bird Town," a program that promotes community-based conservation.

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PA Game Commission tables plans to reintroduce the American marten

Anne DanahyFebruary 22, 2024

Despite overwhelming public support for reintroducing the American marten, the Game Commission wants more input from hunters, who were lukewarm about the plan.

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The turtle takeover of Lake Erie

Points NorthFebruary 22, 2024

So many people have released their pet red-eared sliders into Lake Erie that the turtle is now an invasive species, out-competing native turtles.

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The search for endangered flying squirrels in the Poconos

WVIAFebruary 16, 2024

A group is searching for endangered northern flying squirrels in the Poconos. Last count, there were only 33 in Pennsylvania.

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Plant waste from a botanic garden creates natural habitat for injured birds

Zoë ReadJanuary 4, 2024

Native plant waste helps not only injured birds but the people who take care of them. “It makes me want to get up and come to work."

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We’ve got jellyfish! How the invertebrates got into the Great Lakes

Points NorthOctober 11, 2023

Researchers think the species hitched a ride here on ornamental aquatic plants shipped from China. But we still don’t know all that much about them.

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New Pa. license plate supports conservation and the eastern hellbender

Sydney RoachOctober 11, 2023

“I can't think of a better symbol for the Pennsylvania environment than the hellbender." The plate costs $41 - $15 of which goes toward conservation.

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Bowhunting season in two Pittsburgh parks will begin September 30

Kiley KoscinskiSeptember 28, 2023

After completing accuracy tests last week, the city assigned 30 hunters to designated areas in Frick and Riverview parks.

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Surveying Salamanders in Hopes of Finding an Imperiled Mussel

Julie GrantSeptember 15, 2023

Mussels once numbered the millions in local rivers. Now researchers are hoping to find a type of salamander that an endangered mussel needs to survive.

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State amphibian may get another shot at federal protections

Rachel McDevittSeptember 15, 2023

A federal judge vacated a 2019 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision that the eastern hellbender does not warrant a status as an endangered species.

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