About 60% of Pennsylvania is covered with forest and Cassell said that has made the state relatively stable in the past 50 years. “What we are beginning to see is the potential for that we might ...

(WHTM) – There are 20 state forests in Pennsylvania with miles of woods to explore where people can reconnect to nature on National Forest Day on March 21 and beyond. Each forest in the 2.2-m… ...

The Bear Meadows Natural Area in Rothrock State Park is now officially part of a nationwide conservation effort. The area is ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources manages state parks and state forests. In western Pennsylvania, visit Laurel Ridge State Park, Moraine State Park, Ohiopyle State ...

Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, has been inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network, a national organization working to preserve ancient forests ...

This summer has been a good year for viewing lightning bugs or fireflies because of several weather conditions. Here's what ...

Researchers help track the growth of ginseng forest farming in Pennsylvania. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 08 / 210819195051.htm.

, Pa. (AP) — State officials have announced plans to reopen some state park and forest facilities in Pennsylvania. “As the weather turns warmer, DCNR anticipates even greater numbers of people ...

As part of a $33 million effort to plug, remediate and reclaim abandoned oil and gas wells in national parks, national forests and other public lands, 18 wells will be capped in Allegheny National ...

On Jacks Mountain, where the trees showed hints of gold and orange, raptors took flight on an autumn afternoon, hitching a free ride on warm updrafts all along the ridge. Mike Dupuy, a master in ...

Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania’s Great Outdoors; Protecting forests — and adding thousands more trees — the goal of new Pennsylvania plan. Published: ; Jun. 13, 2024, 8:56 a.m.

KELLETTVILLE, Pa. – Picture a moonless June evening, shortly after midnight, deep in a northwestern Pennsylvania forest. Wild sounds echo gently. Stars glow far above through the canopy of trees.