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While the proposed listing of the northern long-eared bat, tri-colored bat and little brown bat on the state’s endangered and threatened species list ...

PESTS : Tree of Heaven. It sounds nice, doesn’t it? However, the Center for Private Forests at Penn State tells us that it is not. It’s a fast growing...

I hadn’t intended to hunt kudu until a magnificent bull leaped the road before us. The bull’s size, horns, gray striped hide, ruffed neck, deep chest ...

RED HOUSE, N.Y. — Nearly everyone has seen fireflies in their backyards or in the fields in the summer months. Imagine a lot of fireflies firing up th...

SALAMANCA, N.Y. — This summer, Allegany State Park’s Environmental Education Department will offer hikes to view the rare Synchronous Fireflies — once...

Landowners and gardeners can play an important role in the prevention of the spread of many invasive species. Some invasive plants have been unintenti...

Invasive species are a national ecological threat to the outdoor places we love; from our backyards to where we hike, camp, fish, hunt, and enjoy. Feb...

BIRD COUNT: A simple joy can be had from the placement of a bird feeder outside a window. If you agree, perhaps you’d enjoy lending your observation s...

HOME RANGE: We’ve known enough local hunters to know the movement of deer is important to finding a spot to perch and wait for prey. One Penn State Un...

GET OUTSIDE: We were very glad a reader passed this along. “Went fishing and found this at Willow Bay,” our reader wrote. “Actually there were several...

(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...

(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...

(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...

(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...

(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...

EMPORIUM —Emporium’s Shade Tree Commission is working with the borough and contractors to remove a number of large trees that are unhealthy or are lik...

SAVING BIRDS: “Birds hitting windows is one of the leading causes of bird deaths in the United States,” according to the American Bird Conservancy. “I...

When it comes to mosquitoes, humans are actually lucky. Not all of the 3,500 mosquito species around the world have a taste for humans, or at least no...