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Arts Festival 2012 LIVE set Children Youth Day
7/11/12
July 11, 2012 - Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Children Day - Set for LIVE
Children and Youth Day 2012 for PS Facebook
7/11/12
Town and campus activities during Children and Youth Day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, including animal, science and art demonstrations, hands-on activities for families and booths for children to sell their arts and crafts.
Ann Taylor-Schmidt
New website a valuable resource for wildlife information
2/9/11
Penn State Cooperative Extension wildlife specialists have launched a new website that provides wildlife information for landowners, homeowners, natural resource professionals, teachers and students alike. The Wildlife Outreach Web-center, or WOW, offers in-depth information on a variety of wildlife topics ranging from habitat enhancement to controlling nuisance and damage problems that occasionally occur between people and wildlife.
Pond and lake management webinar slated for March 31
3/23/10
Green, fuzzy water isn't a given when it comes to Pennsylvania ponds, but aesthetic qualities can go down the drain quickly if water features aren't managed properly. Water quality, wildlife and plant control will be featured in "Managing Your Pond or Lake," a Web-based seminar at noon and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31. It is the third of five water-quality webinars being offered by Penn State Cooperative Extension this spring. Other topics include water testing, septic systems and safe drinking water.
World's foremost fire historian to keynote symposium on April 1
2/23/10
Conservation professionals, wildlife enthusiasts, forest managers and government officials are invited to "Fire in the Eastern United States," a symposium featuring Professor Stephen J. Pyne of Arizona State University who is one of the world's leading experts in fire history and ecology. Sponsored by the Penn State Environmental Law Review, this interdisciplinary event will focus on formulation of fire policy in the Eastern United States. The event is open to the public.
Probing Question: What are wildlife corridors?
10/26/09
Imagine that an unknown force hacks your city into two chunks. Because of this new barrier, you can't get from your home to your office or the grocery store. Suddenly, your access to critical resources is restricted and your life is immeasurably more difficult.
After the successful hunt: Venison butchering and preservation
10/14/09
Once hunters have bagged their bucks during hunting season, they still have to decide what to do with their meat. While some hunters leave the choices to their local butcher, many are finding that they can save money and increase their personal enjoyment by butchering their own deer, according to a food-safety expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Young Penn State researcher immersed in Pennsylvania deer study
11/25/08
Andrew Norton, a graduate student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will embark on a two-year study to estimate harvest and survival rates of hundreds of white-tailed deer that Penn State and the Pennsylvania Game Commission captured and fitted with radio collars in several counties. The project will look at what factors -- such as road networks and forest cover -- affect the chances of a deer getting harvested. Results could be used to "test some of the assumptions deer managers make to see whether they are legitimate by comparing them to field observations," Norton explained.
Protect your lawn, garden from deer and rabbits this winter
10/29/08
Deer and rabbits can wreak havoc on ornamental plants during the winter, but outsmarting them is easy with some precautionary measures. "These animals are the primary trouble makers in Pennsylvania, though other animals can cause just as much winter damage to plants that are expensive to replace in their hunt for food," says Jim Sellmer, associate professor of ornamental horticulture in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Pennsylvania's fall bird migration an aerial pageant
10/8/08
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Nature lovers taking in Pennsylvania's fall foliage only have to look up a little farther for another amazing display, as flocks of birds make their autumn migration over the state. An expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences explains why the Keystone State enjoys a unique position in the procession.
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Changes to fall turkey-hunting season urged to bolster research project
3/29/13
Wildlife ecology adjunct associate professor Duane Diefenbach is conducting research on hunter harvests of wild turkeys in fall seasons.
Arts Festival 2012 LIVE set Children Youth Day
7/11/12
July 11, 2012 - Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Children Day - Set for LIVE
Children and Youth Day 2012 for PS Facebook
7/11/12
Town and campus activities during Children and Youth Day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, including animal, science and art demonstrations, hands-on activities for families and booths for children to sell their arts and crafts.
Ann Taylor-Schmidt
New website a valuable resource for wildlife information
2/9/11
Penn State Cooperative Extension wildlife specialists have launched a new website that provides wildlife information for landowners, homeowners, natural resource professionals, teachers and students alike. The Wildlife Outreach Web-center, or WOW, offers in-depth information on a variety of wildlife topics ranging from habitat enhancement to controlling nuisance and damage problems that occasionally occur between people and wildlife.
Pond and lake management webinar slated for March 31
3/23/10
Green, fuzzy water isn't a given when it comes to Pennsylvania ponds, but aesthetic qualities can go down the drain quickly if water features aren't managed properly. Water quality, wildlife and plant control will be featured in "Managing Your Pond or Lake," a Web-based seminar at noon and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31. It is the third of five water-quality webinars being offered by Penn State Cooperative Extension this spring. Other topics include water testing, septic systems and safe drinking water.
World's foremost fire historian to keynote symposium on April 1
2/23/10
Conservation professionals, wildlife enthusiasts, forest managers and government officials are invited to "Fire in the Eastern United States," a symposium featuring Professor Stephen J. Pyne of Arizona State University who is one of the world's leading experts in fire history and ecology. Sponsored by the Penn State Environmental Law Review, this interdisciplinary event will focus on formulation of fire policy in the Eastern United States. The event is open to the public.
Probing Question: What are wildlife corridors?
10/26/09
Imagine that an unknown force hacks your city into two chunks. Because of this new barrier, you can't get from your home to your office or the grocery store. Suddenly, your access to critical resources is restricted and your life is immeasurably more difficult.
After the successful hunt: Venison butchering and preservation
10/14/09
Once hunters have bagged their bucks during hunting season, they still have to decide what to do with their meat. While some hunters leave the choices to their local butcher, many are finding that they can save money and increase their personal enjoyment by butchering their own deer, according to a food-safety expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Young Penn State researcher immersed in Pennsylvania deer study
11/25/08
Andrew Norton, a graduate student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will embark on a two-year study to estimate harvest and survival rates of hundreds of white-tailed deer that Penn State and the Pennsylvania Game Commission captured and fitted with radio collars in several counties. The project will look at what factors -- such as road networks and forest cover -- affect the chances of a deer getting harvested. Results could be used to "test some of the assumptions deer managers make to see whether they are legitimate by comparing them to field observations," Norton explained.
Protect your lawn, garden from deer and rabbits this winter
10/29/08
Deer and rabbits can wreak havoc on ornamental plants during the winter, but outsmarting them is easy with some precautionary measures. "These animals are the primary trouble makers in Pennsylvania, though other animals can cause just as much winter damage to plants that are expensive to replace in their hunt for food," says Jim Sellmer, associate professor of ornamental horticulture in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Pennsylvania's fall bird migration an aerial pageant
10/8/08
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Nature lovers taking in Pennsylvania's fall foliage only have to look up a little farther for another amazing display, as flocks of birds make their autumn migration over the state. An expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences explains why the Keystone State enjoys a unique position in the procession.