ecology

WARREN — The US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service announced hiring opportunities available through the Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps’ (PAOC) summ...

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s first draft of carbon capture and storage regulation recently cleared a big legislative hurdle – Senate approval. Chief ad...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford honored 50 students for a variety of academic achievements at its annual Honors Convocation held Friday. Loca...

LEAD: The Pennsylvania Game Commission has raised an interesting point about fishermen — pick up after yourself, even when fishing. Fishing line can b...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced limits on toxic PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in the nation’s drinking water. For the Bradf...

HARRISBURG (AP) — The Pennsylvania state Senate on Tuesday approved legislation aimed at helping the nation’s No. 2 natural gas-producing state attrac...

You only have one home. It’s a big one, full of hills and mountains, lakes, rivers, and oceans. Sometimes, it storms there; it can be sunny or cloudy ...

SAN DIEGO — McKean County Conservation District’s Cliff Lane, district director, received the National Conservation District Employees’ Association Ou...

WARREN — The US Forest Service plans to use prescribed fire as a forest management tool from early April until mid-May in the Allegheny National Fores...

Mother Nature has done the washing up this week, now let’s pitch in on the picking up. The “Pick Up Pennsylvania” spring community cleanup campaign ru...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories, “Headwater Heroes,” by Emily Shosh with Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper . The series showcases...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A slew of Pittsburgh area companies, trade and labor groups are advocating that Appalachia’s proposed new hydrogen economy can be b...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A large suburban Philadelphia county has joined dozens of other local governments around the country in suing the oil industry, as...

The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled stricter vehicle emission standards last week, prompting a response from the organizer of a group of car ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Forests and streams are separate but linked ecosystems, existing side by side, with energy and nutrients crossing their porous borde...

KANE — April 4 is the last day to register for the April 11 Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum. They will host two businesses for the upcoming Forum on Innova...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Donald Trump is running against California — again. In his campaign to win a second term, the former president frequently excoriate...

Unless Gov. Josh Shapiro reverses course and abandons his effort to keep proposed energy taxes in play, he could lose the support of trade unions that...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Nature impacts our quality of life, health, cost of living, sense of place and economy, according to organizers of an upcoming Penn ...

JOHNSTOWN — Six-year-old Madison Stephenson was turning one of the Stonycreek River’s most prominent pollutants into colorful chalk Saturday at Bottle...