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Conservation corridors are essential to wildlife survival | Letter Updated Feb 03, 2021; Facebook Share Nature has always been a source of solace for me during hard times. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic I find myself turning to nature as a calming outlet more and more. We are currently facing a huge environmental crisis. The fragmentation of wildlife homes throughout the United States has already resulted in the loss of biodiversity and species extinction. The creation of roads and highways and the utilization of fossil fuels at the current rate are leading to fragmentation and ulti...

Cynthia Fernandez of Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — It looked like Rep. Steve Samuelson’s proposal had a bright future. In 2017, he co-authored a joint resolution to turn over legislative redistricting power to ordinary people, rather than lawmakers. At its peak, the measure had 110 co-sponsors, he said, including dozens of Republicans — more than enough support to pass the House. But instead of getting a floor vote, the measure languished in committee for months, as Samuelson pleaded with the panel’s chair, Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R., Butler), to bring it up for a vote. With time running out...