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KANE — The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum (R-BFF), which takes place on October 13, announced that Thursday, September 29, is the last date to register fo...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes over...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — As it does every year at this time, as part of its ongoing monitoring, the Pennsylvania Game Commission again is asking the public ...

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners at their recent meeting moved onto the next step in bringing the American marten back to Pennsylvania, di...

Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut tre...

PEAK SEASON: According to Marcus Schneck of PennLive.com , the peak bloom season for Pennsylvania’s official state flower, the mountain laurel, is alm...

HELLBENDERS: May God have mercy on your soul if you ever find yourself face to face with… the HELLBENDER! Nah, they are harmless. Unfortunately, due t...

MARIENVILLE — Weather permitting, the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will treat glossy and common buckthorn from mid-May to mid-June to ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The growing number of gardeners growing pollinator gardens may need to dive a bit deeper than the selection of plants they choose t...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — While the name of the target insect has been changed to spongy moth, from the familiar gypsy moth, the attack remains much the same...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford expects to graduate 221 students during Commencement exercises planned for May 1 in the KOA Arena. Local stud...

UNIVERSITY PARK — In the middle of April, we’re experiencing one of the (hopefully) last gasps of winter for the season. While nature can still surpri...

JOHNSONBURG — Jim Pennington, president of the Rolfe Beagle Club, announced that local Boy Scouts with Troop #83 and Troop #410 helped the club improv...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The northern long-eared bat — a Pennsylvania species on the edge of extinction — is being considered for reclassification as endang...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding was joined by the dean of Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences to highlight nearly $1...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Although many wild birds carry Salmonella, the strains of the bacteria they convey mostly do not harbor antimicrobial-resistance gen...

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP DAY on Sunday, Feb. 20 is a day set aside each year to acknowledge the power of leadership and recognize the impact that leaders m...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State-led team of researchers will use a newly awarded $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Inst...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Since the 1990s, scientists have been predicting that North American tree species will disappear from portions of their ranges withi...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A ground-nesting bee family — commonly known as miner bees — could play a heightened role in rebuilding black cherry populations in ...