botany

MARIENVILLE — The USDA Forest Service is accepting public review and comment for the Otter Vegetation Management Project on the Marienville Ranger Dis...

SMETHPORT (EC) — Brice Benson, principal of the Smethport Area Junior-Senior High School, has announced the honor rolls for the fourth nine-weeks mark...

Maybe it’s the sun shining and at least momentary lack of rain. Maybe it’s because this has seemed like a very long week. But on Friday, all I could t...

WARREN — Allegheny National Forest will be initiating a five-year non-native invasive plants treatment contract this summer. The first year will have ...

PORT ALLEGANY — Susan Wright, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Sarah Ruffell’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, will discuss harmful...

JOHNSONBURG — Domtar Corp. has announced the creation of two wildlife habitats to be certified by the National Wildlife Federation. Employees from Dom...

Spring has ripened for the farmers market season to kick off today in Bradford. The weekly markets will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturda...

An old reverting field on our camp property supports a number of apple trees along with three pear trees. Come fall the pear trees are the first to dr...

CANONSBURG — Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania provided a $2,500 donation to the non-profit organization, Wildlife for Everyone Foundation to provide the F...

As you drive or walk by local forests, you may look at the greenery and tall trees and think all is well, and that the forest is healthy. What you may...

AUSTIN — A program on invasive plants, and how fields, forests and streams are under attack by the vegetation, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturd...

By virtue of being a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Jackie Stanley figures someone will give her a hanging flower basket for Mother’s Day ...

MARIENVILLE — The Allegheny National Forest will be treating glossy and common buckthorn in the Laurel Mill Trail Area through mid-November to reduce ...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Signs of spring in the Twin Tiers usually include the blooming of daffodils, budding trees, the opening of Rock City Park — and the stag...

GARDEN: Have you prepped, cleaned, sharpened and limbered up? We’re talking, of course, about gardening tips from the Penn State Extension. If you’ve ...

Students from the Bradford Area Christian Academy celebrated Earth Day and National Arbor Day this year by participating in the Seedlings for Schools ...

MORE TIPS : We left off with getting in shape to tackle your garden, in a list of tips from the Penn State Extension. The next tip is to make sure you...

SMETHPORT — A knotweed workshop will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Friends Memorial Public Library in Kane. The workshop is hosted by the All...

LAUREL : We know that mountain laurel is Pennsylvania’s state flower, but what else do we know about it? The Penn State Extension tells us the common ...

KANE — From 6 to 8 p.m. May 6, Maddie Stanish will present a program on invasive plants for an audience at Friends’ Memorial Public Library in Kane. T...