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Tionesta, Pa.: Mark Saturday, 4/1, on your calendar if you want to help create wildlife habitat at Tionesta Lake. Volunteers are needed.
No special skills are needed by volunteers to help on this project – come on out and help pile cuttings to create brush piles for wildlife! If volunteers are willing to help on this project, please contact Jed Hamberger at jedhamberger@gmail.com because we need to know what kind and how many of tools to bring to support the volunteer effort.
The meeting spot will be the parking lot of the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church at 2048 German Hill Road, Tionesta, 16353. Volunteers should be at the parking lot by 10:00 a.m. and plan on two to three hours of work. We will caravan to the alder site from the parking lot. Please contact Jed if you want to help wildlife on this project, but cannot make the tentative dates, because we have a retired person willing to meet volunteers for a work day outside of a Saturday. Park staff and RGS Volunteers will be available to answer any questions.
The project day in March was supported by volunteers from a local outdoor club, the NE Ohio Chapter of the American Woodcock Society, and four Chapters of the Ruffed Grouse Society: French Creek, Greater Pittsburgh, Neshannock, and Upland Bird Hunt Chapters.
Woodcock, ruffed grouse, warblers, rabbits, mice, voles, bobcats, and fox all use the habitat created by an alder thicket. As alder grows and gets too old, it starts to ‘lay down’ and roots will decay. But, a simple and proven wildlife habitat management technique of stump cutting will remove the older stems and put abundant sunlight back on the ground and cut stump, and cause the alder to put up abundant new growth. This new growth will provide habitat for many birds and small mammals over the next thirty years after the stump cutting.
The alder renewal process involves volunteers working in teams of three. One person with all the required safety equipment will operate a chainsaw to cut stumps that are one to five inches in diameter. A second person piles brush and uses loppers to cut stumps less than one inch in size. A third volunteer piles brush. Alder will be cut within an area of 30 feet square adjacent to a user-created trail through the thicket. Boots, jackets, gloves, and hats will be required of volunteers. The Ruffed Grouse Society will furnish any needed equipment.
Penn College golf tee time near
ON THE HORIZON:
After a fall season that saw his team take one first- and two second-place finishes in six multi-team outings, and with everyone returning, Pennsylvania College of Technology golf coach Rob Lytle has his squad primed for more success.
“We’ve been able to get out (practicing) quite a bit. The late winter has been fairly mild. Even though we got a couple of snows, we’ve been out. We’re good,” the second-year coach said.
The Winter Outings Series ends next Friday, March 31 with the Telescopes and Planetarium Open House from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
On the 31st will be a free, short program suitable for all ages in the planetarium. Explore the winter night sky, Orion’s belt, and distant galaxies, all from the comfort of the Strait Planetarium, which is part of Grant Science Center at the Mansfield campus of Commonwealth University (formerly Mansfield University).
If skies are clear before or after the program, look through telescopes provided outdoors by the Pennsylvania Wilds Astronomy Club to take a closer look at the planetary lineup of Saturn, Venus and Mars.
Leaders are Mansfield University’s Dr. Elaine Farkas, a physics professor with the MU Department of Chemistry and Physics, and Tim Morey of the Hills Creek State Park Complex. Registration is not required. See Mansfield.edu for a campus map to locate the building and parking options. To learn more about Winter Outings series events or for updates on trail conditions, directions and other information visit http://www.stepoutdoors.org
Photo by Maike Schulz Keith Nelson swallows a sword.
Next Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m., Mr. Pennygaff’s One Man Cirkus for children and adults will be on the Coolidge Theatre stage at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro. UPMC is sponsoring this show.
Featured is Keith Nelson, a solo performer who has traveled the world, bringing a unique hybrid of vaudeville, circus and sideshow spectacle to audiences of all ages. Experience a vaudevillian plate-spinning act and mind bending juggling, sword swallowing, acrobatics, fire-eating, bottle and glass tricks and other feats set to live music to create an interactive evening of fun for the entire family.
Tickets are $10 for adults and children ages three and up. Children, ages two and under, are admitted free. Come one, come all and get your tickets now for the Cirkus by calling the Deane Center at 570-724-6220 or visiting deanecenter.com.
At 7:30 p.m. next Friday, March 31, Terry Barber, an international countertenor, is presenting “A Tribute to the Best of Broadway” in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro.
Barber will sing hits from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most beloved Broadway musicals, from Hamilton and Les Misérables and a special tribute to Freddie Mercury.
Those who go on the first Saturday Morning Bird Walk on April 1 at Hills Creek State Park may see a ring-necked duck (shown).
Members of the Tiadaghton Audubon Society will lead the Saturday Morning Bird Walks at Hills Creek State Park located on Hills Creek Road in Charleston Township, about seven miles northeast of Wellsboro. The walks are free and open to the public.
All of the nine walks will begin promptly at 8 a.m. on Saturdays, April 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 and May 6, 13, 20 and 27.
Registration is not required. Everyone is invited to participate, including both children and adults and birders of all levels, first timers to experienced.
BRADFORD, Pa. – The Friends of Hanley Library will sponsor a reading by Civil War scholar Dr. Christopher Mackowski at 7 p.m. March 29 in Harriett B. Wick Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
Mackowski, a 1991 graduate of Pitt-Bradford, will discuss his latest book, “Grant’s Last Battle,” and share excerpts and stories from the book, particularly about how the Union general and former president wrote his memoirs while dying of throat cancer.
Mackowski is a professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, N.Y., where he serves as associate dean for undergraduate programs, and works with the National Park Service at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, which includes the Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Spotsylvania battlefields. He is the historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the Spotsylvania battlefield.
He is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of the Emerging Civil War blog and has authored or co-authored nearly two dozen books and edited a half-dozen essay collections on the Civil War. He is vice president and serves on the board of directors of the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust and serves on the advisory board of the Civil War Roundtable Congress.
Earlier this month, he was selected by the American Battlefield Trust as a recipient of its highly regarded Copie Hill Civil War Fellowship.
The Friends of Hanley Library is a non-profit group that supports education and literary programming for Pitt-Bradford and local communities.
A reception and book signing will follow Mackowski’s presentation, which is free and open to the public.
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Shapiro Administration Reminds Older Adults Assistance Is Available After Major Federal Changes To SNAP Benefits The Pennsylvania Department of Aging reminded older adults facing a reduction in their Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that help with meals and other food assistance programs is available.Read More |
As Federal SNAP Benefits Change, Shapiro Administration Steps Up To Provide Resources And State Investments To Fight Food Insecurity Governor Josh Shapiro and Acting Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Val Arkoosh are reminding Pennsylvanians of federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that are taking effect this month that will affect all SNAP recipient households. SNAP Emergency Allotments – which were usually paid in the second half of each month – ended after February due to changes by the federal government. Read More |
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Penn State Extension to Hold “Agronomy Scout School” Penn State Extension will hold an in-person workshop titled “Agronomy Scout School,” aimed at providing crop scouts with an overview of the fundamentals necessary for scouting in corn, soybeans, forages and small grains. The workshop will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at the Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on Penn State’s University Park campus. Deadline: Register by March 29, 2023Learn More |
National Hardwood Lumber Association Training School The Inspector Training School will host a FULL summer class in Oil City, PA. The summer class is made possible by a grant awarded through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s “Commonwealth Specialty Crop Block Grant Program“. A 50% reimbursement of tuition paid by or on behalf of Pennsylvania-based participants will be issued upon successful completion of the program.Learn MoreRegister |
PA Permit Violation Issued to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Tuscarora Twp, Bradford County |
Description: Environmental Health & Safety violation issued on 3/23/2023 to CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC in Tuscarora Twp, Bradford county. CSL 402(b) – POTENTIAL POLLUTION – Conducting an activity regulated by a permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of The Clean Streams Law to prevent the potential of pollution to waters of the Commonwealth without a permit or contrary to a permit issued under that authority by the Department. |
Incident Date/Time: 2023-03-23 00:00:00 |
Tags: PADEP, frack, violation, drilling |
Snowshoe Hare Fun Hunt Followed Breakfast.
Marienville, PA—Joe Ewing Reporting–The second annual Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast was held in the Shamrock Room at the Kelly Hotel in historic downtown Marienville, PA. on March 18th, 2023. Hare hunters from as far away as Tampa, FL, and Buffalo, NY, were in attendance. Fellowship and camaraderie over good food and good conversation were enjoyed by the 26 members attending. After breakfast, the group moved to a secret location on the Allegheny High Plateau known for harboring the elusive varying hare or snowshoe hare.
A long convoy of pickup trucks conveyed the hunters to hare habitat in the Allegheny National Forest. Before launching the pack of beagles, the hunters gathered to listen to two special guest speakers who spoke to the members about game lands and game animals.
Mr. Lane Potts, a wildlife health technician from the Wildlife Futures Program, spoke of the health of Pennsylvania’s game animals, including snowshoe hare, cottontail rabbits, Appalachian cottontails, and ruffed grouse. Lane, an honorary member, discussed Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 (RHDV2) and the proactive measures the PGC is taking to mitigate that threat. In September 2022, the Game Commission established Pennsylvania’s first RHD – Disease Management Area (DMA) that covers roughly a 5-mile radius around where RHD was detected in a domestic rabbit facility.
The Wildlife Futures Program, started in 2019, is a science-based wildlife health partnership between the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine, designed to strengthen the resilience of Pennsylvania’s 480 species of birds and mammals.
Mr. Scott Wolbert, Northwest Regional Forester for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, spoke on the health of Pennsylvania’s forests and the programs the PGC is undertaking to keep our forests healthy. Managing Pennsylvania’s Game Land forests for the benefit of game animals, namely snowshoe hare, was discussed. The Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny understand that grouse and hare habitats go hand in hand. The Grouse Priority Area Siting Tool (G-PAST), which identifies locations where ruffed grouse can quickly take advantage of habitat creation based on landscape variables and nearby source populations, was discussed, and a question and answer period followed each presentation.
The Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny, headquartered in Lucinda, PA, is Pennsylvania’s premier snowshoe hare conservation organization. The members meet annually to advance their knowledge concerning snowshoe hare, rabbit habitat, and beagling by hearing from the experts. The members take the opportunity to renew friendships and promote fellowship. The Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny remain dedicated to preserving snowshoe hare and beagling on the Allegheny Plateau and throughout Pennsylvania.
The Winter Outings Series ends next Friday, March 31 with the Telescopes and Planetarium Open House from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
On the 31st will be a free, short program suitable for all ages in the planetarium. Explore the winter night sky, Orion’s belt, and distant galaxies, all from the comfort of the Strait Planetarium, which is part of Grant Science Center at the Mansfield campus of Commonwealth University (formerly Mansfield University).
If skies are clear before or after the program, look through telescopes provided outdoors by the Pennsylvania Wilds Astronomy Club to take a closer look at the planetary lineup of Saturn, Venus and Mars.
Leaders are Mansfield University’s Dr. Elaine Farkas, a physics professor with the MU Department of Chemistry and Physics, and Tim Morey of the Hills Creek State Park Complex. Registration is not required. See Mansfield.edu for a campus map to locate the building and parking options. To learn more about Winter Outings series events or for updates on trail conditions, directions and other information visit http://www.stepoutdoors.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Parsippany. New Jersey. Ascend Laboratories LLC. is voluntarily recalling Dabigatran Etcxilate Capsules. USP 75 mg and 150 mg to the consumer/user level due to the presence of a nitrosamine. N-nitroso-dabigatran, above the established Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) level. To date, Ascend Laboratories LLC., has not received any reports of adverse events related to this recall.
Second Nature Brands of Madison Heights, MI, is recalling its 4-ounce packages of Gluten Free Reese’s Pieces Brownie Brittle because they may contain undeclared wheat.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to wheat run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
The recalled Gluten Free Reese’s Pieces Brownie Brittle were distributed nationwide in retail stores and through online orders.
Wind Advisory issued March 25 at 3:46AM EDT until March 26 at 5:00AM EDT by NWS Buffalo
DESCRIPTION: …WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
EDT SUNDAY…
* WHAT…Southwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph
expected. In addition, expect southerly winds to gust over 45
mph at times today.
* WHERE…Livingston, Ontario, Cattaraugus, and Allegany
counties.
* WHEN…From 6 PM this evening to 5 AM EDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS…Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
INSTRUCTIONS: Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
Issued By: NWS Buffalo (Western New York)