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Ecological news and stewardship efforts underway within Pennsylvania's state park system and protected lands.
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Northeast Philadelphia residents frustrated by ongoing rat problem: "You can't live like this"
13+ hour, 46+ min ago (374+ words) October 9, 2026 / 11:39 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia Residents in several lower Northeast Philadelphia neighborhoods say a growing rat problem is disrupting daily life, damaging property and raising health concerns. Now, City Council is calling for a more aggressive response. Residents in Oxford…...
Opinion: New York can stop filling its parks with doomed 'pet' birds
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (471+ words) New York City Council Member Harvey Epstein speaks at a press conference in support of legislation protecting wild birds. Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit By Harvey Epstein and Liz Cabrera Holtz Every month, New Yorkers report dozens of escaped…...
Swiss glaciers lose over 5% of ice volume in 2026 as heat waves, low winter snow accelerate thaw
1+ week, 1+ day ago (690+ words) ZURICH, Switzerland — Glaciers in Switzerland — the home to the most in the Alps — lost 5.5% of their ice volume this year, the second-biggest percentage drop on record due to heat waves and low winter snowfall, experts report. “Alpine glaciers have no…...
Earth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now
1+ week, 2+ day ago (661+ words) THE ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — Spring has finally arrived in the Southern Hemisphere and, in Chile, even the desert is blossoming. Known as the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, a massive portion of the Atacama Desert has been covered in flowers…...
Letter to the editor: Truths about fracking
1+ week, 3+ day ago (256+ words) Recently, 336,000 gallons of toxic frack flowback contaminated 37 acres in Indiana County, polluting Whiskey Run; the casing split. A frack tank valve failure caused a 4,610-gallon spill of contaminated water in Butler County. In Marietta, Ohio, toxic injected frack brine is…...
A Pennsylvania family protected a 30-acre farm beside 1,300 acres of preserved land; its mature oaks and hickories now provide habitat for turkeys, bats and hundreds of caterpillar species
1+ week, 5+ day ago (397+ words) A 30-acre farm in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County has been placed under a conservation easement, creating another protected link beside the 55-acre Russell-Mandel Preserve and a wider network of roughly 1,300 acres of preserved farmland and open space. Heritage Conservancy announced the…...
Snakes in Pa., including its 3 venomous species, really just want to be left alone
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Washington County outdoors organization sues PennDOT and DEP, claiming damage to local creek
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Ross considering which township parks to include in a deer cull with firearms
2+ week, 3+ day ago (595+ words) Ross commissioners are considering which township parks to include as they add firearm hunting of deer to their archery program to control the population. The deer cull would be run this winter by Suburban Whitetail Management, which conducts the archery…...
Young peregrine falcon dies weeks after being found injured in Oakland
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