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September 3, 2024
Wild Heritage News
The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on invasive species management and aquatic mushrooms. View the issue here.
July 8, 2024
PNHP 2023 Annual Report
The Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program's Annual Report for 2023 is available here.
July 8, 2024
Pennsylvania iMapinvasive Spring/Summer 2024 Newsletter
Tracking Invasive Species with Pennsylvania iMapInvasives. The latest issue of the Pennsylvania iMapInvasives newsletter is available. View the issue here.
May 30, 2024
Wild Heritage News
The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on seepage wetlands, the Lake Eire cisco and vernal pool critters. View the issue here.
Issue |
Date |
Brief |
| 47 | May 30, 2024 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on seepage wetlands, the Lake Eire cisco and vernal pool critters. View the issue here. |
| 46 | December 6, 2023 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on the rare dragonflies, damselflies and tiger beetles of Pennsylvania. View the issue here. |
| 45 | September 13, 2023 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on conservation genetics and monitoring Pennsylvania's rarest plants. View the issue here. |
| 44 | May 31, 2023 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on the importance of flood plains and the weasels of Pennsylvania. View the issue here. |
| 43 | September 21, 2022 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on old growth forests, climate refugia, evening grosbeak recovery and large yellow lady's slippers. View the issue here. |
| 42 | June 1, 2022 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on the program's 40th anniversary, freshwater mussel surveys and county inventories. View the issue here. |
| 41 | November 17, 2021 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on marsh bird surveys, freshwater mussel reintroduction and recovering white monkshood. View the issue here. |
| 40 | September 1, 2021 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on boulder fields, invasive plants and Pennsylvania sumacs. View the issue here. |
| 39 | June 2, 2021 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on new natural heritage areas and tracking Evening grosbeaks. View the issue here. |
| 38 | November 4, 2020 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on the ecology and restoration of fens in Pennsylvania. View the issue here. |
| 37 | September 2, 2020 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on searching for salamanders and more. View the issue here. |
| 36 | June 12, 2020 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on freshwater mussels of the Ohio River and more. View the issue here. |
| 35 | November 15, 2019 | The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on field learning experiences for young scientists and more. View the issue here. |
| 34 | August 16, 2019 | This issue includes articles on surveying for globally rare butterflies and more. View the issue here. |
| 33 | May 31, 2019 | This issue includes articles on Changing our minds about Fungi and documenting insect declines. View the issue here. |
| 32 | November 7, 2018 | This issue includes articles on climate change and a recently discovered moth species that is new to Pennsylvania. View the issue here. |
| 31 | August 13, 2018 | This issue includes articles on mysterious plant populations and emerging invasive plants threats in Pennsylvania. View the issue here. |
| 30 | May 18, 2018 | This issue includes articles on invasive species and the large yellow lady's slipper. View the issue here. |
| 29 | March 8, 2018 | This issue includes articles on networking with conservation organizations. View the issue here. |
| 28 | November 3, 2017 | This issue includes articles on the return of the Piping Plover and Peat Moses of Pennsylvania. View the issue here. |
| 27 | August 24, 2017 | This issue includes articles on the peatlands of the Poconos and species threatened by the loss of ash trees. View the issue here. |
| 26 | May 19, 2017 | This issue includes articles on Wood Turtle populations in Pennsylvania and Vernal Pool habitat restoration and construction. View the issue here. |
| 25 | February 22, 2017 | This issue includes a summary of the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program's work in 2016 and an article on species distribution modeling. View the issue here. |
| 24 | November 7, 2016 | This issue includes articles on threatened and endangered mussel recovery efforts and interior birds of the PA Wilds region. View the issue here. |
| 23 | August 17, 2016 | This issue includes articles on conducting ecological inventories in State Parks and the plants of Ohiopyle and the Youghiogheny river gorge. View the issue here. |
| 22 | May 20, 2016 | This issue includes articles on the plants and animals of Spring and freshwater mussel inventories. View the issue here. |
| 21 | February 22, 2016 | This issue includes articles on peatland wetlands and the 2015 Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan. View the issue here. |
| 20 | November 9, 2015 | This issue includes articles on Pennsylvania Natural Communities and Emerging Diseases in PA Amphibians and Reptiles. View the issue here. |
| 19 | August 11, 2015 | This issue includes articles on the Pennsylvania Mammal Atlas, the Pennsylvania Conservation Explorer Planning and Environmental Review tool and Bryophyte and Lichen Diversity. View the issue here. |
| 18 | May 15, 2015 | This issue includes articles on Beaver and Chester Natural Heritage County updates and the Natural Communities and Heritage of Raccoon Creek State Park. View the issue here. |
| 17 | February 20, 2015 | This issue includes articles on Freshwater Mussel Surveys and the Aquatic Vegetation of the Delaware River. View the issue here. |
| 16 | October 28, 2014 | This issue includes articles on the Berks County Natural Heritage Inventory update and Pennsylvania Crayfish. View the issue here. |
| 15 | August 11, 2014 | This issue includes articles on tracking the West Virginia White Butterfly, Piping Plovers on Presque Isle, and volunteering in data management. View the issue here. |
| 14 | April 30, 2014 | This issue includes articles on Bryophytes and Lichens of Dry Oak Heath Forest Communities, plants at the edge of their range, and preserving species records. View the issue here. |
| 13 | February 18, 2014 | his issue includes articles on Northeastern bulrush, conservation planning on state game lands, and dragonfly skins. View the issue here. |
| 12 | November 15, 2013 | This issue includes articles on invasive aquatic plants, limestone habitats, and the fly poison borer moth. View the issue here. |
| 11 | August 30, 2013 | This issue includes articles on conservation planning in the Lehigh Valley Greenways and the giant swallowtail. View the issue here. |
| 10 | May 10, 2013 | This issue includes articles on winter field and museum work, and botanical work supported by the Wild Resource Conservation Program. View the issue here. |
| 9 | February 27, 2013 | This issue includes the Erie County Natural Heritage Inventory update, the Pennsylvania Botany Symposium, photos captured by trail cameras used in mammal surveys, and a new address for our Middletown staff. View the issue here. |
| 8 | November 13, 2012 | This quarter, the newsletter highlights PNHP projects in the far eastern and far western parts of the state. View the issue here. |
| 7 | August 17, 2012 | Our feature articles for the second quarter of 2012 include a Bioblitz survey at Kings Gap State Park, a new database called FIND, and unique insect life at Slaughtering Ground Barrens. We have also included a new section that highlights collaborative projects. View the issue here. |
| 6 | May 9, 2012 | Our feature articles for the first quarter of 2012 include the recently completed Cameron County Natural Heritage Inventory, a mussel study of the Allegheny River Navigational Pools, and an often overlooked group of plants, the Bryophytes. We also have an update on some interesting work on Bureau of Forestry Lands. View the issue here. |
| 5 | February 2, 2012 | Our feature articles this quarter highlight the green salamander and the Butler County Natural Heritage Inventory Update. View the issue here. |
| 4 | November 2, 2011 | Our feature articles this quarter highlight PNHP activities focused on the Water Shrew, Wetland Plant Community Classification, and the Pike and Delaware County Inventories. View the issue here. |
| 3 | August 15, 2011 | Our feature articles this quarter highlight PNHP activities focused on the Northeastern Terrestrial Habitat Classification System, the Pennsylvania Rare Plant Forum, and Implementation Plans for Conservation Greenways. View the issue here. |
| 2 | May 5, 2011 | Our feature articles this quarter highlight PNHP projects focused on vernal pools and private landowners, a new web application in our County Inventory Program, and a collaborative approach to resource management in the Big Pine Flats area within Michaux State Forest. View the issue here. |
| 1 | March 8, 2011 | Our feature articles this quarter highlight PNHP projects focused on the Blanding's turtle and Scotia Barrens. View the first issue here. |
