Earlier this month Hawk Mountain Sanctuary biologists published a new paper in collaboration with researchers in Canada and across the United States that suggests global climate change is creating long-term shifts in …Read More
Author: Jeanne Ortiz
Cutting Environmental Programs Bad For Economy
Plainfield Protects A.T. From Energy Development Impacts
Plainfield Township will create new zoning ordinances that protect the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (A.T.) from the negative impacts of energy development projects. The new ordinances will create a buffer that will …Read More
Kittatinny A Top Ten Priority For A. T. Partnership
The Appalachian Trail Landscape Partnership selected the Kittatinny Ridge as one of the Ten Priority Focus Areas during the second Annual A.T. Landscape Conservation Initiative Conference last fall. One of the most important …Read More
Plans for Condominium and Hotel Threaten The A.T.
BOILING SPRINGS, Pa. (June 1, 2017) – On Tuesday, the Lower Towamensing Township Zoning Hearing Board in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, granted seven of eight variances requested for Blue Mountain Ski Resort, allowing …Read More
Audubon PA Welcomes GOP Climate Resolution
AUDUBON, PA—Today, seventeen Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced a resolution to “create and support” solutions to study and address the causes and effects of a changing climate. In response to this resolution, …Read More
Trout Unlimited: Searching For Trout On The Kittatinny
In the summer of 2016, Trout Unlimited, in partnership with Audubon Pennsylvania and the Kittattiny Ridge Coalition, electroshocked 41 streams in Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, and Schuylkill counties. Survey teams led by TU …Read More
EAC Conference Scheduled For May 6, 2017, Lancaster, PA
If you are on an Environmental Advisory Council, if you would like to learn about establishing one in your community, or if you are a municipal official who is interested in learning …Read More
Waggoner’s Gap Sets A New Bald Eagle Record!
At 12:28 on December 9th, an adult Bald Eagle flew past the Waggoner’s Gap hawkwatch; counted as number 536, a new season record for the hawkwatch. Four more bald eagles flew past …Read More