earth sciences

UNIVERSITY PARK — For those deciding where to start their garden or orchard, Penn State Extension is offering a webinar, “Living on a Few Acres: Soil ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Landowners with a stream on their property — or anyone interested in streambank repair — can benefit from a live webinar series offe...

The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) announced McKean County is among the 2025 recipients of Friends of NACD grants, during its a...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension will offer a five-part webinar series in February and March focused on reducing stormwater around the home. The...

SMETHPORT — Join the McKean County Conservation District, during National Invasive Species Awareness Week from Feb. 24 to 28, in taking some basic car...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension is seeking individuals and organizations to present at the 2025 Dive Deeper Summit for water educators, schedul...

The snow and ice clinging to area roads is a result of more than just sustained sub-freezing temperatures and persistent precipitation, as a road salt...

A million, billion or trillion ... who cares? I care. For decades, teaching and training various disciplines and age groups, I always looked for an ea...

Even Bradford Sanitary Authority has been in on the snow-removal and management efforts in the city, as crews were called out during this last weekend...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District is among 12 projects in the state’s Northwest Region collectively set to receive a total of $2.5 m...

The Willow Creek Sportsman's Club/Stanley Grove Jr. Memorial Scholarship is offering $1,000 to a 2025 graduating senior in McKean County who demonstra...

SUNRISE: Where’s the best place to watch a winter sunrise in the U.S.? Rimrock Overlook in Allegheny National Forest made the list from Mixbook, the #...

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Reps. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., and Chris Deluzio, R-Pa., introduced the Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act, designed to empower sta...

A winter weather advisory is in place from 5 p.m. today until 3 a.m. Sunday due to a mix of slow and sleet that is expected to blanket the area. “Ther...

Now that the Democrats have lost their lock grip on power, what’s a green activist to do? It’s almost comical how the climate left is trying to cloak ...

EAGLES MERE (TNS) — On a recent bluebird Saturday morning here, when the mercury didn't push north of 9 degrees, the sound of chain saws carried far a...

More than 8,600 households in McKean County get their drinking water from a private source. These residents are responsible for testing and treating t...

The forested landscapes of Pennsylvania and New York are vital to local economies, wildlife, and environmental health. To help private landowners bett...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Dropping temperatures and the prospect of snow looming in the forecast have Philadelphians crunching through layers of road salt ...

Santa and his reindeer are back at the North Pole, resting up for another year of visiting the children who behave. With the start of winter coming la...