By ROSE FRANKLIN For The Express SPRING MILLS — When 15 white Monarchs appeared among the butterflies being raised at our butterfly farm last September, and then some of our customers reported finding white Monarchs among the butterflies they had reared from caterpillars obtained from ...
There are plenty of books and articles written about the changing nature of children and outdoor play. Today’s youth don’t interact as much with their outdoor environment compared to other generations and some have hypothesized that it may be linked to a rise in various health issues such ...
Year-end statistics Team Standings Markovich Const. Inc. 20-0 782.900 Liberty 14-6 770.250 Strouse Electric 12-8 767.270 Mill Hall 8-12 749.900 Avis 6-14 ...
OLE BULL STATE PARK - SMART Fishing Program— Sunday, May 26, 3:30 p.m. This program is geared toward teaching others to be responsible anglers. Bring a fishing pole. Extra fishing poles and bait will be provided. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Meet at the ...
METRO — The mood-boosting feeling of rejuvenation many people experience while spending time in nature is not in their heads. In fact, researchers in parts of Asia have long since studied and documented the benefits of spending time in nature. Developed in Japan in the 1980s, the practice ...
METRO — Bees, birds and butterflies play integral roles in pollinating many of the crops humans rely on for sustenance. The National Pollinator Garden Network, through the National Wildlife Federation, recently launched the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, an effort to increase the amount ...
UNIVERSITY PARK— Pennsylvania has had the highest number of total Lyme disease cases in the United States since 2000. That’s according to a study by Penn State scientists who analyzed 117 years’ worth of specimens and data submitted primarily by residents from around the state. The ...
By KATHRYN DORMAN Hello, Clinton County! I am writing for the Express for the very first time. I have been a Master Gardener for two years. I retired in 2016 from teaching science and math in Keystone Central School District. I am now free to play in the dirt – all the time, if I ...
In 2014, the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect native to parts of Asia, was discovered in Berks County, Pennsylvania. This planthopper feeds on the sap of a variety of plants and has the potential to cause significant damage to many valuable commodities in Pennsylvania including forest ...
STATE COLLEGE — Expert advice and a variety of unique plants will be two of the features at the Saturday, May 18, plant sale put on by Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Centre County. The annual event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Penn State Ag Progress Days venue on ...
All you gardeners, there is a very important date that you must add to your calendar, so you won’t forget. May the 4, which is a Saturday, is World Naked Gardening Day. All you dedicated gardeners, now is your chance to enjoy Mother Nature at her finest, hot sun on pale skin, cool breezes ...
Hunters across the Keystone State are anxiously awaiting the approach of spring turkey season. If weather cooperates, they won’t be disappointed. Even though widespread rain and colder-than-normal temperatures discouraged some turkey hunters last spring, those who ventured afield set the ...
Matches for 4/9/19 Mill Hall 7-11 @ Liberty 14-6 Mill Hall Karen Woods 100-3 Lynn Woods 99-3 Jim Baney 97-6 Milt Geyer Jr. 96-1 Keith Bitner 95-4 Jeff Koch 94-2 Steve Walker 93-3 Andy Kotzyr 92-1 Team 766-23 Liberty Emory Gunsallus 100-7 Lance Bowman 100-5 Rick ...
RENOVO—Kettle Creek State Park celebrates the spring migration with the “Fifth annual Birding Festival” Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the day use area of the park. Highlights of the festival include pontoon boat rides to explore habitat features that attract waterfowl and ...
CROSS FORK — The Susquehanna River Valley Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society is seeking volunteers to help plant native trees and shrubs on state forest land in Potter County Saturday, April 27. The tree-planting project coincides with Arbor Day weekend and is part of the Greenlick Grouse ...
LITTLE PINE STATE PARK Saturday, April 27, programs at Little Pine State Park include a program on the Bald eagles that have been nesting at the park since 2004. This year we know we have at least two hatchlings. Binoculars and spotting scopes will be available for use during the program, and ...
Growing up, I can’t remember ever uttering those three words, “I’m so bored.” And even if kids might feel bored back then, it certainly wouldn’t be up to our parents to get us “un-bored.” No siree - it would be up to us kids to find something to do, for ourselves. Like most ...
STATE COLLEGE — Pests and diseases are taking a substantial bite out of the world’s five major food crops - in some cases, up to 40 percent - according to a recently released publication, one of the first to inventory the impact on a global scale. “Declining crop health affects everyone ...
By DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - Harmful nitrogen pollution is drifting onto fragile, high-elevation ecosystems in Rocky Mountain National Park from Colorado highways, power plants and livestock operations, state and federal agencies said. Nitrogen pollution was ...
UNIVERSITY PARK— A new online tool and community, called Beescape, enables beekeepers, or anyone interested in bees, to understand the specific stressors to which the bees in their managed hives, home gardens or farms are exposed, according to researchers at Penn State. “Pollinators, ...