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Pa. conservationists weigh-in on saving the monarch butterfly

LehighValleyNews.com·September 1, 2022

Conservationists hope that the listing of the monarch as endangered by an international group will inspire Pa. lawmakers to protect land for the butterfly.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

Purple Martins Get a Helping Hand from Humans

Jack Austin·September 1, 2022

A conservation group is working to save the bird that relies on human-made colonies, as it faces a loss of habitat, invasive species and climate change.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

Goats do the hard work at South Side Park

Andrea Laurion·August 19, 2022

Goats have been eating invasive plants along the steep slopes of South Side Park in Pittsburgh for years. Now, native trees are being planted.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania

Outdoor recreation in Pennsylvania just got a new champion

Kara Holsopple·August 4, 2022

Nathan Reigner is Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources first-ever director of outdoor recreation. "I'm recreation first."

Recreation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Gone for a century, American Martens might be brought back to Pennsylvania

Benjamin Winslow·July 29, 2022

The Game Commission's wildlife biologist talks about reintroducing American martens to Pennsylvania. The final approval comes next July.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

Leaving Beaver County as Shell’s ethane cracker sets to open

Reid Frazier·July 29, 2022

Some families have left or are planning to leave the area, fearing pollution from Shell's cracker plant and looking for better opportunities.

Energy The Coming Chemical Boom

Turkeys are in decline in Pennsylvania. The Game Commission wants to know why

Anne Danahy·July 29, 2022

Loss of habitat, predators and even the weather are among the possible reasons turkeys are in decline.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

Eastern Pennsylvania to get 3 new state parks and a park for ATVs

LehighValleyNews.com·July 18, 2022

DCNR Secretary Cindy Dunn told WLVR that eastern Pennsylvania is set to get the new parks. The locations will be announced in late summer or early fall.

Conservation Politics Recreation Wild Pennsylvania

He wanted to help Snitz Creek. Instead, he watched Sunoco pollute it

Rachel McDevitt·July 15, 2022

Russ Collins has been spending his retirement trying to improve Snitz Creek in Lebanon County. When Sunoco began constructing the Mariner East pipeline, he saw the stream turn orange.

Conservation Energy Water Wild Pennsylvania

Researchers are finding spotted lanternflies make a tasty meal for some birds and other bugs

LehighValleyNews.com·July 7, 2022

Newly discovered predators of the spotted lanternfly like praying mantises, spiders and cardinals could lead to biological controls for the invasive bug.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania

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