The USDA Forest Service announced that beginning on Monday, gates will be closing on roads that were temporarily opened for hunting season access in the Allegheny National Forest. Some hunter roads on the Marienville Ranger District will remain open, conditions permitting, until Feb. 19 as ...

The snow hasn’t stuck around for very long lately, but the blustering winds remain strong. Wind, of all speeds and coming from any direction, can affect all living things, but when it enters gale warning territory, trees get the most attention, and for a good reason. High winds result in ...

Applications for state grants to fund conservation and recreation projects are now being accepted by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Community Conservation Partnership Program offers funding for a wide range of projects including rehabilitation and new development of ...

This year’s Eagle Watch event will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3. It will feature two birding presentations at the Big Bend Visitor Center and the traditional patient watch for eagles at the wildlife-viewing platform located a half mile south of the visitor center. This ...

The Audubon Community Nature Center will hold its winter day camp on Monday. Winter is a time to go out and explore the natural world that appears to be quiet and still. At Audubon Community Nature Center’s January Camp from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, children between the ages of 4 and 12 ...

Bears are one of the biggest mammals around, so where do they go during the winter? On Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. those interested can find out during the next Audubon Community Nature Center Little Explorers, aimed at children between the ages of 3 and 8 and their parents, to ...