JERSEY SHORE – The heat was flirting with triple digits on Friday, and the fact there weren’t many clouds in the sky didn’t do those in attendance at the Whitetail Recreational Parking Area any favors in terms of getting shade. But, despite the heat and sun, nothing was going to make ...
Pennsylvania state representative Jamie Flick, R-South Williamsport, represents the 83rd district and the City of Williamsport, but he’s more than familiar with Jersey Shore and the Pine Creek Rail Trail. That’s because he was a former Bulldog, having graduated from Jersey Shore, and ...
The ivory-billed woodpecker, long-thought extinct, has been found to be alive and well — at least a few — by our very own Pennsylvanian Steve Latta. The largest woodpecker in North America, the ivory-billed woodpecker historically ranged from the Carolinas to Texas and up the Mississippi ...
Green spaces flourish, healthy landscapes thrive, when trees and plants conducive to wildlife species are introduced, according to a noted entomologist and environmental figure. Doug Tallamy, professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, recently addressed a local audience on ways for landowners to be good stewards of the environment by tending to their own properties. His message during a recent evening lecture at Lycoming College was a heartening message to anyone concerned about doing their part for the planet at a time when the ...
HARRISBURG — Those birds you see in the backyard, around camp, while hiking or otherwise outside? They’re more important than you think. Reporting your observations of them is, too. The Game Commission, together with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, is conducting the third Pennsylvania Bird Atlas in state history. Between now and February 2029, it will document what birds live in Pennsylvania, where and in what numbers. “The atlas will provide a snapshot of the population status and distribution of birds in the Commonwealth,” said Game Commission Ornithologist Sean Murphy. “No ...
While walking along the water’s edge, I watched as frogs, one after another, jumped into the water and disappeared. I wondered how long a frog could stay underwater, so I sat down and waited. About five minutes later a frog appeared. Scientists tell us that the frog’s ancestors were the first creatures to survive the drying up of the ancient oceans. They survived by crawling out onto the land and in doing this, they developed the ability to breathe through their lungs. Our word frog comes from the days of King Arthur. The small men of the forest were called frogga, which was ...
