ecology

For those who have a deep love for the Pennsylvania Wilds or who want to safeguard the outdoors for future generations, here is a chance to learn abou...

DUKE CENTER — Students at Otto-Eldred Junior/Senior High School had a day of hands-on learning during a natural resource management program Monday tha...

COUDERSPORT — Potter County officials are asking landowners to take a short survey to provide essential data for the development of their Countywide C...

What could be more natural than going to Mars? So far, civilization’s essential narrative has been exploration, discovery and migration from parts of ...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — The state Department of Environmental Conservation responded Monday night to a crude oil spill on a lease along West Branch Road in t...

WILLIAMSPORT — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that twelve counties in DEP’s Northcentral Region, including Potter C...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District and Allegheny Plateau Invasive Plant Management Area are hosting an Invasive Plant & iMapInvasives...

Earth Day is not a crunchy granola holiday about a utopian future filled with solar-powered cars. It is — and from the beginning has been — about educ...

DCNR FOCUSES ON FORESTS: Over the past few years, DCNR has put a renewed focus on streamside forests, or the implementation of riparian forest buffers...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf, on Earth Day, announced Environmental Education Grants to projects addressing environmental justice, climate change, and w...

Last August, The Era reported on how the Maryland Air National Guard was planning on training pilots in low-altitude flights over the Pennsylvania Wil...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) began its 2021 Black Fly Suppression Program this week. The program involve...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State-led research team has received a nearly $950,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to create the next generation of ...

An upcoming electronics and household waste collection event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 12 at Kane Area High School. Pre-registration is ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Allegheny National Forest is initiating an environmental analysis of the Pleasant Project, located...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District received $2,000 to implement ‘Citizens Helping Watersheds- Protecting McKean County’s Water Resour...

KEEP PA BEAUTIFUL: Since its inception in 1990, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and its affiliates and partners have properly disposed of over one-million...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is accepting grant applications for recreation and conservation projects in Pennsylv...

SMETHPORT — Penn State Extension is now accepting applications for the first Master Watershed Steward Program in Cameron, Elk, Potter and McKean count...

Monarch butterfly, get in line. Federal officials have acknowledged that the once ubiquitous orange-and-black visitor to backyards and gardens is a ca...