by Kent Jackson | Jun 13, 2019
Of You don’t have to look hard to see wildlife. A fawn crossed my path as I drove to work this morning. Last night, a rabbit hopped across the career center lawn as I walked into a school board meeting. Like Peter Rabbit eluding Mr. McGregor, the rabbit hid from...
by Kent Jackson | Jun 11, 2019
Deer in Northeast states are more susceptible to chronic wasting disease than deer in the west, where the fatal disease originated, a Penn State study found. The study focused on 11 genetic markers that predict which deer are least vulnerable to the disease and found...
by Kent Jackson | May 29, 2019
National Park Service photoUpper Delaware is a national scenic and recreational river that brings visitors and dollars to Pennsylvania. Think national parks, and Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and Everglades come to mind.But Pennsylvania has a baker’s dozen of...
by Kent Jackson | May 21, 2019
Keith Miller hoists his record trout, caught May 11, 2019 in Lake Erie. An angler from Venango County caught a trout in Lake Erie on that set a new state record. On May 11, Keith Miller, 73, of Cranberry Twp. and friends hooked up with God’s Grace Sport Fishing, a...
by Kent Jackson | May 20, 2019
Bike to Work Week just ended nationally, but not for me.I’ve been bicycling to work most days for 20 years.Round-trip my commute takes about 70 minutes on the bike. It’s 40 minutes by car so a workout of an hour and 10 minutes only costs me a half-hour.The...
by Kent Jackson | May 17, 2019
I just finished reading “The Uninhabitable Earth,” and here’s what author David Wallace-Wells says about global warming. “It’s worse than you think.” That’s the first line of the book. Like global temperatures, my unease rose as I read through the...
