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Email: The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania has announced the transfer of 373 acres of land in Canadensis to Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Forestry. That land, along with two previous transfers of 376 and 319 acres totals 1,068 acres that TNC and the Bureau have collaboratively protected since 2017 to expand State Forest lands in the Pocono Mountains. “It’s a great day when more than 1,000 acres of wild, forested land are permanently protected,” said Ellen Lott, Conservation Lands Project Manager for TNC in Pennsylvania and Delaware. “We’re thrilled to transfer these properties to DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry, which manages Pennsylvania’s forests. These additions will provide new recreational opportunities while protecting wildlife habitat, sensitive wetlands and healthy waterways.”
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Did the FBI secretly find $400m in stolen civil war gold buried in Pennsylvania? Lawyer claims cover-up over federal investigation into Union gold bars that vanished while destined for Gettysburg in 1863
Harrisburg attorney William Cluck said Thursday he d learned the name of the federal judge who ordered all records of the March 2018 excavation to be sealed
He said he can now apply to judge in question to unseal the records in the case
Cluck s client is Finders Keepers LLC, treasure-hunters who say they were banned from excavating the area by state officials
The FBI later carried out work at the site but said they didn t find anything
Pennsylvania deepens its commitment to the monarch butterfly
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
A monarch butterfly flies from flower to flower to feed at Cape May Point State Park in Lower Township, N.J., Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.Lori M. Nichols | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently joined the Monarch Joint Venture, a group of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, businesses, and academic programs working to protect the migration of the monarch butterfly across the U.S.
DCNR already promotes populations, including that of the monarch, through habitat creation and education and is in the process of expanding programs to more directly support the butterfly.