Mark Nale
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Nature’s Ways: Wild Grapes, Native Fruit of the Vine
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A few narrow-minded foresters might still refer to wild grapes as a detriment to the forest, but they actually are a great benefit. This perennial woody vine provides cover, food […]
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Nature’s Ways: Norway Spruce — A Stately Naturalized Tree
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Norway spruce (Picea abies) is Europe’s most valuable conifer. It favors cooler climates and higher altitudes. This spruce is widely planted in North America — so much so that it […]
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Weekly Treks with OLLI
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A raven called, as if to greet the group of 16 eager hikers gathered at the trailhead parking lot across from the Greenwood Furnace State Park office. It had rained […]
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Nature’s Ways: The Mallard Duck — Common but Beautiful
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If it quacks like a duck … Actually, if it “quacks,” it is almost certainly not just any duck, but a mallard duck or a white domestic duck (which was […]
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Nature’s Ways: Closed Gentian, the Flower That Never Opens
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Easily overshadowed by the showy asters and goldenrods at this time of year is the beautiful and rather unique closed gentian. The plant is also known as bottle gentian because […]
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Nature’s Ways: The Great Blue Heron — a Super Angler
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Humans aren’t the only anglers to wade area trout streams hoping to land a trophy catch. One of the most efficient anglers in the state wears feathers instead of hip […]
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Nature’s Ways: Red-Headed Woodpecker Is a Rare Local Find
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With its striking red, black and white plumage, the red-headed woodpecker is easy to identify. However, it is the rarest of all Pennsylvania woodpeckers. More numerous Keystone State woodpecker species […]
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What to Know as Trout Season Gets Underway This Weekend
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Brooks, browns and rainbows — trout, that is — are the stars of the annual show getting underway on April 1. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will stock a […]
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Nature’s Ways: Sycamore, the Streamside Sentinel
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Sycamore trees stand like tall sentinels lining sections of Penns, Spring and Bald Eagle creeks — protecting their banks from erosion, shading the stream and providing cover for wild brown […]
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Nature’s Ways: Bracket Fungi Are a Visible Part of the Landscape
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Winter is a great time to look at certain elements that are more difficult to see in the forest when all of the trees have their leaves. One of those […]