PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In response to a proposal from the Maryland Air National Guard to conduct low-altitude military training over a significant portion of the Pennsylvania Wilds , the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship is asking the ANG to conduct public meetings in the affected counties-- Cameron, Clinton, Elk, McKean, Potter and Tioga.

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JUNE 22, 2023

For the past seven years, Rachel has slowly been sailing around the world on her boat Agape, capturing the wild beauty of our planet to inspire others to protect and conserve our precious ocean. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

We can view thousands of historical illustrations of marine life thanks to the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). See more weird and wild animals. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © The post 12 Weird and Wild Historical Illustrations of Fish appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The property was immediately conveyed to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to become a new addition to Elk State Forest , one of several popular state forests in the PA Wilds that safeguards water quality, large forests and wildlife habitat for many species including deer, black bear and elk.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2023

The May 12 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on-- -- Insider’s View Of Laurel Hill State Park -- Check Out the Photos Of The Week! -- PPFF Blog: Embrace The Playful Life - Fun Outdoors! -- Reminder: May 16 Awards Banquet Click Here to read the entire Take Five.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Attendees will learn how to confidently identify wild plants using a plant identification key and loupe magnifier and will learn basic botanical terms and plant morphology. Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Conservancy, Like on Facebook and Follow on Twitter. at Prompton State Park in Wayne County, PA.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2022

By Chris Fireston e, Ecological Program Specialist, and Rebecca Bowen , Ecological Services Manager Forty years ago, Pennsylvania declared that it was in the public’s interest to preserve and enhance native wild resources, including non-game animals and wild plants. The Wild Resource Conservation Program was born!

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

In my writings, I usually synthesize the importance (and degradation) of our rivers, lakes, and wetlands — and the fish living in them — into a few startling sentences: While fresh water makes up less than one percent of Earth’s flowing water, it is home to 10 percent of all known species, including a third of all vertebrates.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2021

This MOA proposal would permit training units to fly as low as 100 feet above ground level (AGL) for up to 170 days per year. DCNR echoes these requests as full transparency is imperative considering the nature of this proposal could have lasting impacts on the quality of life and livelihoods of those living in this region.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Foundation, Like them on Facebook or Follow them on Twitter or tune in to their YouTube Channel. Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas near you.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 15, 2021

We now have new close-up footage of a glass octopus in the wild, thanks to a recent expedition in the U.S. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. The glass octopus lives in deep, hard-to-reach places, so there is much we don’t know about this translucent and luminescent cephalopod. Enter Your Email.loading.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. By protecting these valuable ecosystems, we can protect animals like the amazing surgeonfish, keeping our ocean vibrant and full of life. Love ocean content?

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Circle of Blue

JULY 26, 2022

Water, Life, Pollution, And The Future Of The Los Angeles River. This is the state of one of Los Angeles’s most prized and historical symbols, an enduring source of life for the region’s environment, culture, and people. Los Angeles County has come up with a new Master Plan for the river that relies on adding more concrete.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 7, 2022

We can view thousands of historical illustrations of marine life thanks to the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. The post 12 Weird and Wild Historical Illustrations of Whales appeared first on Ocean Conservancy. See more wonderful ocean animals!

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 17, 2021

There’s a rainbow of life blossoming just beneath our ocean’s surface. Sign up to never miss an update! Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. These teeth are made up of one of the strongest biominerals in the world: fluorapatite. Ready for a truly wild statistic? Love our content?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As the temperature of local waters continues to rise, so does the vulnerability of aquatic life like brook trout, the Eastern hellbender, and other species. More flooding means more potential for loss of life and property. Click Here to sign up for Pennsylvania updates (bottom of left column). How Clean Is Your Stream?

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APRIL 28, 2022

But perhaps no one takes the “weird and wild” cake like the tongue-eating louse. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. You may have gone your entire life without knowing about the wonders of the tongue-eating louse, but that ends today.

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APRIL 21, 2022

Buckle up, because these stories are filled with many examples of undersea discoveries, ocean mysteries, historical curiosities and more—so many, in fact, that I’m sure it’ll be a challenge to pick which book to start with. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Major facets of their life stories remain a mystery.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Work to include landowner outreach and engagement; buffer plantings and post-planting establishment; project sign and other related site improvements. Work to include landowner outreach and engagement; watershed forestry plantings and post-planting establishment; project sign and other related site improvements.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Swimming beneath the waves is a sea of creatures even more unique and wild than you could ever imagine—fish that look like horses, whales that are 100 feet long and sharks living to more than 400 years old. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Their colorful and bold exteriors may be a warning sign to predators.

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JULY 22, 2022

But from tube worms that thrive on toxic hydrothermal vents to entire communities that pop up around whale falls , animals have employed all kinds of strategies to survive there. Scientists have discovered another weird and wild way animals survive in our ocean’s deepest depths: ultra-black coloring. © Karen Osborn, Smithsonian.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Foundation, Like them on Facebook or Follow them on Twitter or tune in to their YouTube Channel. Click Here to read the entire Take Five. For more information on programs, initiatives, special events and how you can get involved, visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation website.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 1, 2023

All of life is knitted together. Which is what makes this period of epic loss and extinction so dangerous to life on earth. Many kinds of birds, from wild turkeys and cardinals to nuthatches and woodpeckers, rely on a buffet of insects and seeds in ash trees. Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Association.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Foundation, Like them on Facebook or Follow them on Twitter or tune in to their YouTube Channel. Visit the Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you. Click Here to become a member of the Foundation.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

Participants may sign up for the entire trip or for the day(s) of their choice. Registration fees cover the guided river trip, single or tandem kayak rental (with paddle and life jacket), shuttle transportation, educational programs, most meals and optional overnight camping sites. and Skinners Falls, N.Y.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

Tim Ryan Talks Natural Gas Policy, Need For ‘Radical Pragmatism’ -- Schmidt & Clark: Pennsylvania Oil/Natural Gas Field Accidents, Injuries -- EPA Announces Proposed Rule Requiring Cleanup Of Inactive Coal Waste Impoundments, Disposal Areas For Comment [PaEN] -- WHYY: Montgomery County Voters Support New Local Law To Prohibit Public Sewer System (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2023

By Elvira Felix, Lancaster Clean Water Partners & Lydia Martin, Donegal Chapter Trout Unlimited Since the COVID-19 pandemic Lancastrians have come to appreciate outdoor recreation as an essential activity to living a long and healthy life. Clean water gives life to our public parks, trails, and recreational spaces.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2023

As you travel along the Susquehanna River’s upper West Branch in Clinton and Clearfield County, human infrastructure gives way to the thick, forested ridge-and-valley landscape of the Pennsylvania Wilds. Currently, the Pennsylvania Elk herd is the largest wild elk herd in the northeastern United States, at a population of roughly 1,000.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Middle school science teacher Jacob Kratz knew this was a wonderful real-world opportunity to incorporate botany, life science, environmental science, and service learning into his curriculum. Click Here to sign up for your own copy (bottom of page).) Fellow MWS Sarah Newman soon joined Carol in developing the project.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 25, 2021

While much of the fish that we eat still comes from wild caught “capture” fisheries, aquaculture—or fish farming—is becoming increasingly important. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. For billions of people across the world, seafood is a critical part of a healthy diet. See more wonderful ocean animals!

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The November 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation-- Help Pick The Winners Of The 2022 Photo Contest In Each Of The Six Categories-- Young Photographers, Forests, Reflections, Raindrop To River, Caught In The Rain and Water Is Life. Click Here to read the entire Take Five.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Billion In Federal Funding Up For Grabs, PA Environmental Officials Collect Climate Action Plan Suggestions -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Gov. 18 Webinar On New Research On Community Exposures To Oil & Gas Development & Groundwater Contamination In Beaver, Greene & Washington Counties [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Webinar Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Renwand Retires After 27 Years Of Service; Steven Beckman Named Chief Judge; Sarah Clark Added To Board DCNR Awards $290,734 In Wild Resource Conservation Program Grants PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn's Stewards Spring Newsletter Now Available; Interview With Bill Forrey Feb.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 21, 2021

In a sea of chipper dolphins and mellow sea turtles, the hagfish swims along, slick and jawless, living its life. Sign up to never miss an update! Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Hagfish won’t turn up their noses at dead animals. But you do have to admit, these guys are pretty wild!

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Wild & Scenic Film Festival Sept. 24 On September 24 will host the 14th Annual Wild and Scenic Film at the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance’s Myrick Conservation Center, 1760 Unionville-Wawaset Rd, West Chester starting at 5:00 p.m. Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Visit DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed webpage to learn more about cleaning up rivers and streams in Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Click Here to sign up for regular updates on Pennsylvania’s progress. Visit EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program to learn more about this program. How Clean Is Your Stream?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal When 10 volunteers showed up at 2:00 a.m. It’s kind of wild being awake when I’m not usually awake. I want to be a little more connected to it in my life. He decided to stay up “as a little bit of ‘why not?’ — and to say I’ve done it once in my life. How Clean Is Your Stream?

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