environmental conservation

They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rive...

Nalini Nadkarni, a tree canopy ecologist and National Geographic Explorer at Large, will present the program “From Roots to Canopy” at the University ...

ERIE – The Erie Zoo unveiled its new centennial logo, kicking off a year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary. With 2024 marking 100 years of con...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service announced a collaborative project to improve aquatic habitat in the Allegheny watershed. In partnership with the Kinz...

The conservation districts of Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter and Tioga counties, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Sustainable Forestry Initiative (S...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — With recent gold standard accreditation, the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is poised to lead in saving the endangered red panda and rei...

MARIENVILLE — The US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is accepting public review and comment for the North Kane vegetation management project...

The conservation districts of Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter and Tioga, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and G...

NEW YORK (TNS) — It’s routine practice for government officials to kill animals deemed invasive or destructive. For the most part, Americans accept th...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service Eastern Region is now accepting applications for grants that support forest restoration work on non-federal lands. La...

MARIENVILLE — The USDA Forest Service is accepting public comments on a proposal to improve stream habitat along 65 miles of streams in Highland, Ridg...

KANE — Dr. Todd Ristau, researcher in silviculture, will be the keynote speaker when the Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum marks 40 years Oct. 10 at the Wilc...

MOBILE-TENSAW DELTA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of American lotuses carpet the water’s surface, faces turned toward the morning sun. Bright yellow warblers...

More opportunity in more places, that’s what awaits hunters this fall across much of Pennsylvania, thanks to additional state game lands enrolled in t...

HARRISBURG — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced that Benn Carlson has been appointed to serv...

Lilly Kemick of Bradford and Benjamin Porkolab of St. Marys are among four regional students who will share in $2,750 in Sandy Cochran Memorial Schola...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service recently partnered with multiple organizations to rehabilitate and enhance existing wildlife habita...

Liquid manure from Greg Strayer’s beef farm in Cumberland County does not threaten the Conodoguinet Creek any longer, thanks to a 185,000-gallon stora...

JOHNSONBURG — Rolfe Beagle Club members first noticed European buckthorn at the club in the early 2000s. “At first, it was just a shrub here or there,...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Fire can help shape ecosystems, and after a century of suppressing naturally occurring fire that has thrown forests out of balance, ...