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Fire plan would cut 2.4 million New Jersey Pinelands trees

BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Up to 2.4 million trees would be cut down as part of a project to prevent major wildfires in a federally protected New Jersey forest heralded as a unique environmental treasure. New Jersey environmental officials say the plan to kill trees in a section of ...

Regarding the wild turkey

Thanksgiving is almost upon us, and it is time to acknowledge the splendor, as well as the goofiness, of the central character of the feast! Wild turkeys are very large and heavy game birds, native to North America. This is probably part of what made them so attractive for the first ...

Prescribed fire could reduce tick populations and pathogen transmission

UNIVERSITY PARK — Prescribed fire — a tool increasingly used by forest managers and landowners to combat invasive species, improve wildlife habitat and restore ecosystem health — also could play a role in reducing the abundance of ticks and the transmission of disease pathogens they carry, according to a team of scientists. For a recently published paper, the researchers reviewed the scientific literature on the effects of fire on forest composition and structure and its influence on ticks and their wildlife hosts. They concluded that prescribed burning can help restore forest ...

Grapevines may need help to survive only heavy spotted lanternfly infestations

UNIVERSITY PARK— While heavy infestations of spotted lanternfly on grapevines — especially in successive years — can result in their demise, most vines may be able to survive lighter infestations with few ill effects. That conclusion — reached by a team of Penn State researchers who conducted a new study of the invasive planthopper’s effect on grapevine biology — may reassure vineyard owners nationwide who fear that the onslaught of hordes of the ravenous sap-sucking insects will devastate their businesses. But the jury is still out, pending more research, according to ...

Bald Eagle Rifle League week two

Mill Hall 1-1 vs Markovich Construction 2-0 Mill Hall Jim Baney 99-4 Lynn Woods 97-3 Karen Woods 96-2 Wyatt Corman 96-1 Jeff Koch 95-5 Barry Johnson 90-0 Keith Bittner 89-1 Andy Kotzur 87-1 Team 749-17 Markovich Corey Lucas 100-8 Navara Reynolds 100-6 Tom Reynolds 100-5 Chase Weise 99-7 Kodi Cameron 98-3 Chad Carson 98-3 Zark Markovich 97-6 Scott Sorgen 97-3 Team ...

Bald Eagle Rifle League week three

Tylersville 0-3 vs Mill Hall 2-1 Tylersville Kyle Phillips 97-4 Tyler Lucas 94-2 Eric Brown 92-1 Scott Weidler 91-0 Lane Vonada 90-2 James Jordan 89-0 Geary Walizer 89-0 Bill Meyers 81-1 Team 723-10 Mill Hall Barry Johnson 100-4 Karen Woods 98-7 Jim Baney 98-2 Jeff Koch 97-5 Lynn Woods 97-4 Keith Bittner 94-3 Wyatt Corman 94-0 Tom Hamberger 85-1 Team 763-26 Strouse Electric 2-1 vs Avis 0-3 Strouse Electric Kevin Novosel 100-3 Gib Moyer 98-6 Andy Klaus ...