hydrography

The infamous Pacific garbage patch is changing the balance of life in the seas. At least 37 species of coastal creatures — worms, crabs, shellfish and...

Even though no part of the Chesapeake Bay is in Pennsylvania, the state always has had a higher bar to meet than other states engaged in the joint eff...

The stream, when we arrived, was the lowest it’d been all year, but there was still a good current moving downstream. We half slid, half stumbled, dow...

Playtime isn’t just about playing. It is the way mammals discover and develop innate skills. With green sprouts emerging and spring weather taking hol...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service announced that the River Road Wildfire was 100 percent contained and approximately 447 acres in size as of 3:43 p.m. ...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service announced that a wildfire was reported in Allegheny National Forest on the afternoon of April 12. The wildfire respon...

Sometimes, I’m even surprised how much I enjoy fishing. There’s just something about it that’s soul soothing. Several streams in our area have large s...

AWESOME ENGINEERS. The dam builders have a day set aside in their honor, believe it or not. Yes, International Beaver Day really does exist. The day c...

ONE VEHICLE MVA, SERIOUS INJURIES IN RIDGWAY RIDGWAY — Pennsylvania State Police from Ridgway were dispatched at 2:43 p.m. March 12 to Toby Road in Fo...

Gov. Josh Shapiro recently touted an “open for business” outlook and promised to cooperate with the private sector, beginning right here in the Pittsb...

MARIENVILLE — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service announced Tuesday that they are accepting public comments on a proposal to demolish s...

Life moves on inexorably. Perhaps, it’s a good thing life presents us with so many difficult challenges. Opposition, it appears, is necessary in all t...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Populations of various species of aquatic insects and other invertebrates respond to flooding and waterway drying due to drought in ...

HARRISBURG — Trout season in Pennsylvania opens statewide April 1, following a Mentored Youth Trout Day March 25. As it has done through the past deca...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission and Ducks Unlimited (DU) have partnered to improve 1,600 acres of wetland habitats on 61 state game lands across Penn...

Environmental groups, year after year, argue that Pennsylvania must prioritize more state funding for conservation projects. This time around, however...

NORTH EAST (TNS) — Some 15 years ago,Pennsylvaniaanglers were outraged about a growing trend, the privatization of once-public fishing waters. A once-...

As Californians struggled to deal with a grueling drought that has led to water rationing and other extreme water-conservation measures, Mother Nature...

The US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service announced that District Ranger Rich Hatfield signed two decisions recently that will improve recreati...

EMPORIUM — Applications are being accepted for the 15th round of funding in the Sinnemahoning Watershed Grant Program. There will be $194,518 availabl...