Nature is noisy. Tweeting birds, chirping frogs, crunchy leaves, dripping water, and wind, the list goes on. For nature lovers, these sounds are a form of music. Like music, they can convey emotions and meanings as the music changes with the time of day, seasons, or weather. Everyone has ...
The average age of the American service personnel who were killed in Vietnam was just over 23 years old. Many were younger. But many were also older. Paul Harold Abraham, a Pittsfield native, was 38 when he was killed in Bien Hoa province on April 2, 1969 as a member of D Co., 2nd ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is offering a free, public program guided by its Jess Scutella, its fall artist-in-residence, on Saturday at noon on the Timberdoodle Flats Interpretive Trail in the Allegheny National Forest. The public is invited to join Scutella on a one-hour hike where participants will explore and share their thoughts and emotions while out in nature. Participants will learn about Shinrin-yoku, a study of human interaction with the forest. The term Shinrin-yoku was coined by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries in 1982, ...
MARIENVILLE — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is accepting public comments on a proposal to stabilize the stream bank along Gilfoyle Run by felling or uprooting six trees (spruce and red pine) to create a large wood structure to stabilize the bank and the Penoke ATV Trail. The proposed project is located in Allegheny National Forest seven miles east of Marienville in Warrant 2021, Howe Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania. “Gilfoyle Run is currently eroding the stream bank adjacent to the Penoke ATV Trail and has caused erosion of the trail surface just east ...
It feels odd to think about spring as we come upon the fall equinox, but plants are preparing for colder weather. Many of them are also preparing for the following spring as well. Many people purchase seeds for summer gardening in early spring or, for those with full vegetable or fruit ...
People have all kinds of rituals to celebrate life that I think animals would just find weird. There are weddings, where large groups come together to celebrate a couple getting together. Animals have more personal rituals, experienced only by the pair, sometimes for a moment, sometimes for a ...
