Pollinator Party
Pollinators are essential for humans’ way of life and for the stability of nearly our entire ecosystem. They perform an essential portion...
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May 21, 2020
Invasive Plants
Invasive species pose a serious threat to the ecosystem balance of Pennsylvania. Invasives usually out-compete native plants in the same...
May 14, 2020
Marvelous Mammals
Mammals represent a fun clade of organisms. You and I belong to this group mostly due to our fur and babies, though scientifically it has...
May 7, 2020
Flower Power
Spring time is synonymous with flowers. The smaller spring-time plants produce a tremendous variety of colors, shapes, and textures...
Apr 30, 2020
Bemusing Bugs
Let's explore the beneficial, beautiful, busy, and bemusing world of bugs! Bugs form the backbone of a heathy ecosystem, all without...
Apr 23, 2020
Native Plants at Home
Native plants are awesome! You’re likely aware of the many fantastic reasons to use native plants around your home – they’re easy to care...
Apr 16, 2020
Trees! Trees! Millions of Trees!
There are around 200 common species of trees in Pennsylvania, and about two-thirds are natives. Many of the introduced species were...
Apr 15, 2020
Pennsylvania Master Naturalist
Presentation by Emma Keele
Apr 13, 2020
Native Plants for Your Home Landscape
Ready to get started with your native landscaping at home? Native Garden tips Always purchase native plants from a reputable nursery...
Apr 8, 2020
Birds in Your Backyard
From the first signs of spring, with the return of robins, to their eggs produced around Easter, spring is synonymous with birds. While...
Apr 2, 2020
Walk Like a Woodcock
The American woodcock is a fascinatingly strange bird. Commonly referred to as the timberdoodle, the American woodcock inhabits wet,...
Mar 27, 2020
Amphibian Adventures
Our first weekly feature will focus on amphibians and their migration to vernal pools, a type of seasonal pond, in and around the Scotia...
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