nature conservation

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Black bears, deer, bobcats and other wildlife used to cross Route 220 in the forests near State College, sometimes to their detrime...

(TNS)— Good news for nature! A species that was once declared extinct is making a comeback. ABC Mildura-Swan Hill News reports how the olive perchlet ...

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

KANE — The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum will be held April 10 in Wilcox at the Jones Township Community Center. John Dzemyan, leader of the Kinzua Quali...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, bison once roamed the Great Plains in the millions be...

PANDAS: They’re back! Well, not the same ones, but Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., has giant pandas...

UNIVERSITY PARK — In February, Penn State Extension will offer an event aimed at helping woodland owners understand sustainable management options to ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Hundreds of landowners, natural resources and forestry professionals, and conservationists interested in forests will gather at the ...

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

One of the most beloved species of nature lovers in the Twin Tiers — the monarch butterfly — has received support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv...

Read the local list of fall 2024 C2P2 grant recipients in the PA Wilds region below. County-specific project funding totals $4,812,900. In Cameron Cou...

UNIVERSITY PARK — In early 2025, Penn State Extension will offer a webinar series aimed at helping individuals create and enhance natural areas around...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The 107.5-acre, Shaw Family Nature Preserve in Lancaster County is growing by nearly 19 acres. The nature preserve in Mount Joy Tow...

Penn State Extension will offer a Tree Tenders training in early 2025. The classes, which will be held via webinar, will be held from noon to 1 p.m. W...

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 ...

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...