Original blog posted by Patrick Starr on 5 May 2025 for PEC Credit: Lancaster County At PEC, we pride ourselves on knowing Pennsylvania like few other organizations. Our statewide perspective is informed by engagement in communities and regions. Many of our staff are lifelong or long-time Pennsylvanians and that lived experience is invaluable. Case in … Read more
Original Post from PA Conservation Heritage Project Sourced from: usda.gov/research Written by Martha Moon The Susquehanna River has been a part of Pennsylvania’s landscape for over 300 million years. Spanning over 400 miles, it originates at Otsego Lake in Cooperstown, New York, passes through Pennsylvania, and reaches its terminus at Havre de Grace, Maryland, at … Read more
Press release on 17 April 2025 by DCNR Newsroom The 24-mile trail in Clarion and Jefferson counties, funded by a $937,900 grant, advances outdoor recreation and economic growth in western Pennsylvania – and builds on the success of similar connectors in other parts of the Commonwealth. Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis and Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural … Read more
Road trips with just two people always have their awkward silences. In Dustland Delivery, my character, a sharpshooter, has tried to break the ice with the blacksmith he hired a few towns back, with only intermittent success. Remember that bodyguard, the one I unsuccessfully tried to flirt with at that bar? The blacksmith was uninterested. What … Read more
The Hanover Trolley Trail will soon be welcoming trail visitors into a very special environment— —the new wetlands of Oil Creek. By Ben Uhler, LandStudies Geomorphologist On a summer evening in August 2021, York County Rail Trail Authority (YCRTA) opened the doors of Nixon County Park’s nature center to the public for a special presentation … Read more