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How treated drinking water could be impacting local streams

Kara Holsopple·December 3, 2025

A study looked at phosphorus levels in Pittsburgh streams before and after drinking water was treated with a chemical to prevent lead corrosion in pipes.

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Artifact or trash? Thoughts on what we leave behind.

Kara Holsopple·November 7, 2025

A writer has collected found items on her Westmoreland County farm for decades.

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Help wanted: Stop the spread of invasive round goby fish in Pa.

Kara Holsopple·October 31, 2025

The Eurasian round goby is causing big problems in Lake Erie, outcompeting native fish. Pennsylvania is looking to anglers to help stop it from spreading to inland waterways.

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A man in a yellow jacket stands on a truck overlooking a burning field

Beating back an invasive plant with fire

Kara Holsopple·October 24, 2025

After months of planning, the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden completed a prescribed burn on its Dogwood Meadow to inhibit the spread of a plant dubbed the “plague on the prairie.”

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This group wants to help you make your yard more wild

Kara Holsopple·October 23, 2025

Wild Ones wants to help people plant yards and gardens that nurture the Earth rather than harm it. This fall, try leaving the leaves in your yard to help wildlife.

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View from the Mon: Climate change’s impact on native brook trout

Kara Holsopple·October 10, 2025

A study compared the impact of climate on native brook trout in 11 streams in the Laurel Highlands in the Monongahela River watershed.

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Heinz Award-winning environmental justice leader says the EJ movement is ‘not over.’

Kara Holsopple·October 3, 2025

Sacoby Wilson, Ph.D., does environmental research for the people, working with impacted communities to get the data they need to take action.

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View from the Mon: Mapping the river

Kara Holsopple·October 3, 2025

John Detisch started an online mapping project of the Monongahela River to advocate for its health and future.

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View from the Mon: Industry, historical pollution and prosperity

Kara Holsopple·September 26, 2025

Ron Baraff of Rivers of Steel says without the Monongahela River, the Pittsburgh region would not have developed into an industrial power.

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A tug boat pushes a barge full of coal up a river.

The muddy Monongahela River is working its way back to health, but still bears a heavy burden from the past

The Allegheny Front·September 26, 2025

The Monongahela River began to recover in the early '70s, but still bears the marks of coal mining and other heavy industries.

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