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Cicadas are back. Brood XIV expected to emerge in parts of Pennsylvania

Anne Danahy·May 23, 2025

After 17 years underground, the large, clumsy insects have started emerging to breed in parts of the United States, including Pennsylvania.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

A lpwed field with trees in the background and people planting trees in the foreground

A former gravel mine in Erie County gets a second chance as forestland

Kara Holsopple·May 19, 2025

The 100-acre site in Erie County is being reforested through a partnership between the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and the nonprofit Bosland Growth.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania

What amendments to the Endangered Species Act could mean for wildlife

Kara Holsopple·May 2, 2025

A bill before Congress seeks to make changes to the Endangered Species Act that environmentalists say would weaken its protections.

Conservation News Politics Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

Students and adults look into white buckets outside

From classroom to creek: students learn about trout by raising and releasing fish

Kat Bolus·April 24, 2025

Through Pennsylvania Trout in the Classroom, teachers and students raise trout to learn about not only the life cycle, but also coldwater conservation.

Conservation News Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

At onset of black fly larva season, Pennsylvania bites back

Glynis Board·April 15, 2025

DEP monitors and treats 48 rivers and streams spanning more than 1,800 miles for black flies, also knows as gnats.

Conservation News Wild Pennsylvania

Rapids in a river flowing next to a hill of fall leaves

A trip down the Youghiogheny River through photos

Kara Holsopple·April 11, 2025

Writer and photographer Tim Palmer returns to a subject he knows well in his new book, "Watching the River Run: A Photographic Journey Down the Youghiogheny."

Conservation Culture Recreation Wild Pennsylvania

Carcus of an old fish, on a wooden table

EPA announces commitment to protect fish in the Delaware River

Zoë Read·April 11, 2025

Parts of the river have low dissolved oxygen levels caused by ammonia discharges from wastewater facilities. The announcement comes after environmentalists took legal action to speed up the process.

Conservation Pollution Water Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

Logging poised to accelerate in Allegheny National Forest under emergency declaration

Next Generation Newsroom·April 10, 2025

The declaration will make it easier to cut more timber as some regulations like endangered species protections and public challenges are curtailed.

Conservation Recreation Trump on Earth Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

A river waterway with an arched bridge in the distance

3 new eastern Pennsylvania parks expected to draw tourists

Rachel McDevitt·March 6, 2025

More improvements are on the horizon for yet-to-be named state parks that include hiking trails, water access and a station on the Underground Railroad.

Conservation Culture Recreation Wild Pennsylvania

Brown eggs and white spongy moths on the bark of a tree

Pa. foresters turn to landowners in fight against oak-killing spongy moth

Glynis Board·March 6, 2025

Seventy percent of Pennsylvania's forests are privately owned. These landowners could help stop the latest outbreak of the pest.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania

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