Last year, members of the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania were busy putting a state grant to work through their certified backyard habitat program, familiarizing residents with the positive benefits of native plants. This year, they are combining funding from a federal grant, the Pittsburgh Foundation and R.K. Mellon Foundation
About a decade ago, Audrey Krzeminski drove across the Freeport Bridge and saw construction workers pointing skyward. Out of nowhere, a mature bald eagle flew over her car, then — “thud!” — the bird accidentally dropped a fish on her hood. “We almost ran into each other,” she said of
For the 123rd Christmas Bird Count, several hundred people scoured all types of habitats from Pittsburgh’s three rivers to the brushy fields of Hartwood Acres in Indiana Township to the Laurel Highlands for the annual census of the birds. There’s never enough boots on the ground for the longest-running community
West Penn Township supervisors Monday paid tribute to the two New Tripoli volunteer firefighters killed in a blaze in the township on Dec. 7.
At the board’s morning meeting, supervisors held a moment .