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There will be an interesting presentation at tomorrow evening's Tyrone Borough Council meeting, November 10, at 7pm in the Tyrone Municipal Building, 1100 Logan Avenue. Be there. :flag: :thumb: For those who were unable to attend the last Tyrone Borough Council meeting, below is the statement made ...

Ice Mountain and its surrounding landscape are designated as a "Blair County Natural Heritage Area." Doesn't this mean something ?? Shouldn't this in itself be respected ?? Is this "company" ignoring the fact that this is designated as a Blair County Natural Heritage Area ?? Ple...

The New York Times recently published " Thinking Anew About a Migratory Barrier: Roads" in which reporter Jim Robbins explores the impacts of road development on wildlife habitat at Glacier National Park in Montana. Noting that scientists now understand the impacts of roads crisscrossing t...

DEP wants drilling ‘myths’ put to rest By SANDY LONG PENNSYLVANIA — When Tom Rathbun, spokesman for the Office of Mineral Resources Management, PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) contacted The River Reporter to ask that we help put some myths about gas drilling in Pennsylvania to rest,...

Although most of Marcia Bonta's talk was devoted to her family's 30+ years of living in Plummer's Hollow on Brush Mountain east of Tyrone, she did show several slides showing the devastation caused by industrial windplants on forested ridgetops. Marcia expressed her opposition to this kind of develo...

Congratulations, Ice Man, on making the 2,000th post on this topic!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bluebounce:

DEP SECRETARY SAYS MARCELLUS SHALE HOLDS TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S COMMUNITIES, ECONOMY Assures Committee that Environmental Safeguards Will Protect Land, Water HARRISBURG – Environmental Protection Acting Secretary John Hanger told a state House panel today that the department is wo...

One hour walk on the Albemarle Nature Trail this evening: 12 Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 3 Winter Wren 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermi...

Penn State Altoona's Hawthorn Building, Room 150 at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 1st Marcia Bonta , naturalist and author of nine books and over 300 magazine articles, will offer a reading from her newly expanded and reissued book, Escape to the Mountain: A Family’s Adventures in the Wilderness ...

:shock: I cannot believe this.... speaking of wind turbines ( which I have tried so hard to put that disaster into a file somewhere) I just got a shock of all shocks a few minutes ago !!! I am watching the Steeler's football game... it looks a little overcast out in Pittsburg. So, wondering what ou...

One hour walk on the Albemarle Nature Trail this morning: 2 Canada Goose 1 Mallard 1 Great Blue Heron 3 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 American Woodcock 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 7 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 4 ...

Did anyone ever stop to consider why they are calling it "The Sandy Ridge Wind Farm" and not, Tyrone/Snyder/Taylor Township, or Ice Mountain Wind Farm ?? They have no plans to just put in a measly 'lil 'ole wind farm here.... they will come back with the "excuse" of needing more...

From the Allentown Morning Call http://www.mcall.com/sports/outdoors/all-berg.6552109aug19,0,6524914.column Be wary of the ''green'' label on renewable energy Christian Berg | Outdoors August 19, 2008 There's an old journalism adage that goes: ''If your mother says she loves you, check it out.'' Asi...

DATE: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 TIME: 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. LOCATION: Bloomsburg University's Kehr Union Ballroom ADDRESS: 400 East Second Street, Bloomsburg PA 17815 This is the first public meeting about the new nuclear reactor proposal in PA - part of the new wave of reactor proposals that're swe...

I agree with ex-councilman Bill Fink that the threat that an industrial windplant poses to Tyrone's water supply is being downplayed by Gamesa and underestimated by many people. This threat includes many additional miles of roadway; clearing of forest for transmission lines; additional clearcuts for...