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How volunteers are restoring Pennsylvania’s trails to withstand climate change

StateImpact Pennsylvania·August 28, 2024

Trail managers are rethinking management strategies as climate change brings more heavy rains, flooding and invasive species.

Climate Change Conservation Recreation Wild Pennsylvania

New law requires native vegetation on Pennsylvania highways

Ella Katona·August 16, 2024

PennDOT must select native plants that will thrive in plant hardiness zones and under environmental conditions along highways.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania

A woman in blue t-shirt and shorts stands in front of a building.

Pa. mom starts non-profit to help everyone get healing power of nature

Kat Bolus·August 9, 2024

The new nonprofit Wild Wellness promotes outdoor recreation as a key component of overall health and well-being in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Health Recreation Wild Pennsylvania

A small turtle on yellow lines in the middle of a road

A new report recommends ways to keep Pennsylvania wildlife and drivers safe

Kara Holsopple·August 2, 2024

Wildlife corridors connect species with habitat and prevent vehicle collisions. Corridors can be anything from culverts or bridges to a series of connected land.

Climate Change Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

A Rare Prairie in Pennsylvania is in Full Bloom Right Now

Andy Kubis·July 24, 2024

The prairie, full of about 225 native plants, is at Jennings Environmental Center. A self-guided walk is available through August 2. Don't miss it!

Conservation Recreation Wild Pennsylvania

A big group stands together in front of the forest. One is holding their induction into the old growth certificate.

A section of Clear Creek State Forest is recognized as old growth

Ella Katona·July 23, 2024

The 20-acre section in Mercer County has been inducted into a national network of old-growth forests.

Conservation Recreation Wild Pennsylvania

Hundreds of yellow lights hang in the air over a stream at dusk

At PA Firefly Festival in Forest County, visitors and researchers experience synchronous fireflies

Anne Danahy·July 19, 2024

At a farm in Kellettville, Forest County, fireflies flash like a wave at a stadium. Synchronous fireflies can only be seen at a handful of places in the world.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

A stream running through a wooded area, the water has a milky-white color

This western Pa. stream is getting federal help to clean up its coal mine pollution

Julie Grant·July 17, 2024

New funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law means big bucks for Pennsylvania waterways polluted by abandoned mines.

Conservation Water Wild Pennsylvania

When Coyotes Come to Town

Kate St. John·July 1, 2024

No, coyotes won't eat your kids. No, coyotes won't lure your dog away to make a meal of it. No, coyotes will not stay away from your neighborhood if you remove the one you've seen. New coyotes will arrive to take its place. That’s totally coyote.

Essay Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

A brownish stream within a channel, with trees along one bank.

Pa. American Water to spend $300K for watershed projects for polluting Lackawanna County waterways

Kat Bolus·July 1, 2024

The company was rehabbing a dam on a tributary of the Lackawanna River, when a valve was opened, sending sediment into the waterways for eight days.

Pollution Water Wild Pennsylvania

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