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Volunteers are needed to do projects, such as picking up trash on land and water, improving trails and making bird houses in state and federal parks in Westmoreland, Fayette and Somerset counties as part of a nationwide effort to improve public lands. During National Public Lands Day on Saturday ,
If you are pining for that nostalgic white Christmas depicted on holiday greeting cards with billowing swirls of clean snow, don’t look to the Pittsburgh region this weekend. Christmas Day will be unseasonably warm, with a potential high of 57 degrees and a low of 42, said David Shallenberger, lead
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Gypsy moths can cause widespread foliage loss in forests. TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A 2,472-acre piece of game lands in eastern Westmoreland County will be sprayed to prevent the infestation of leaf-eating gypsy moths, which damage trees and impact wildlife habitat, the state said Monday. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is targeting state Game Lands No. 42 as one of the state’s 25 game lands spreading across 50,000 acres that are to be sprayed. Game...
The recent norâeaster that bedeviled much of the Northeast was a godsend to the Alleghenies. About a foot of wet-based powder descended upon Laurel Ridge, creating nearly perfect conditions for cross-country skiing atop Laurel Summit â conditions that have been exceedingly rare there for the past two or three winter seasons. Rarer still was that those conditions persisted into the weekend, giving my close friend, neighbor and outingsâ companion, Tom Gray, and me the opportunity to âgo out and play.â Just the drive in along Laurel Summit Road was worth the trip. Snow l...
speak on the 2-year-old arizona law due to be challenged tomorrow at the u.s. supreme court. more on that and surprising facts from the u.s./mexican border. there's little drama but don't tell voters. voting is under way in republican primaries in rhode island, connecticut, delaware, pennsylvania and new york. mitt romney, of course, appears to have the nomination in the bag. santorum is dropped out, but his name is on the ballot. for now, gingrich and ron paul vowing to fight on. romney right now has 695 of the 1,144 delegates needed to clench the nomination. president obama focus...