Picture a 1,500-mile trail connecting Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York. The trail would connect 51 counties, establishing one of the largest multi-use trail networks in the country. There’s only one essential piece of the trail network missing: Beaver County. The Industrial...
A half-dozen new biking exploration routes and one in-person event on gravel roads and mixed-surface trails have been added to the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s Public Lands Ride program for 2021. The in-person event will return on Oct. 2 to Black...
The bipartisan infrastructure bill currently under debate in Washington includes a new, $4.7 billion program to address a significant environmental legacy of the fossil fuel industry — the plugging and remediating of orphan oil and gas wells. Orphan wells have...
A hiking and biking trail that would run from Phoenixville to Great Valley could be a possibility in five or six years. Details of the proposed Devault Trail Activation Project were unveiled at an open house hosted by officials at...
With the onset of paddling season, the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership (SGP) is excited to release another great tool for the paddling public. The Susquehanna Greenway Vessel Identification Stickers (ID Stickers) were produced in May 2021 and are a free resource...
In March of 2020 when COVID-19 took over our everyday world, keeping people at home, closing gyms and severely limiting indoor gatherings, many headed outdoors to trails for exercise and a pleasant distraction. Since then, the habits of biking, hiking...
Today, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn joined the Shenango River Watchers Spring Paddle Fest to celebrate the Shenango River being selected as the 2021 River of the Year. “The Shenango River is a...
What if Spring Garden Street actually lived up to its name? Instead of an 80-foot-wide expanse that cuts a dreary and dangerous furrow across Philadelphia’s midsection, what if there were sidewalks edged with rain gardens, tree-shaded bike lanes, and planted...
President Biden’s commitment to slice carbon emissions by more than 50% by the end of the decade will likely have a substantial impact on Pennsylvania and its reliance on fossil fuels like coal and natural gas, but analysts and others...
Developers are continuing to focus on the future of the Hazelwood Riverfront Master Plan, and they’re asking the public for feedback. The Environmental Planning and Design and Pennsylvania Environmental Council spent six months gathering community input to come up with...
Philadelphia’s Spring Garden Street Greenway could soon see much-anticipated safety updates under President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. The White House last week unveiled details of Biden’s substantial $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan to create jobs and improve the country’s highways, colleges and bridges...
The plan to connect the Delaware and Schuylkill River bike trails is finally making some headway. The Spring Garden Street Greenway plan was conceived 10 years ago. Now, with President Joe Biden’s commitment to upgrading the country’s infrastructure, biking advocates...