Culture

April 12, 2021

Reflecting on writing for the Pennsylvania Wilds

Writer Lou Bernard reflects on three years he has spent writing for the PA Wilds. Read some of his favorite articles from over the years. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

March 30, 2021

Native American Paths in the PA Wilds

Hundreds of years ago, Native American tribes roamed Pennsylvania. Across what is today the Pennsylvania Wilds, they walked along the rivers and valleys, and they settled in the mountains. Many paths have become roads now, but they still exist. You can still travel across the PA Wilds, following the same routes that the tribes did centuries ago.

March 26, 2021

How you can support streamside buffer plantings via new Keystone Tree Fund

Pennsylvanians interested in supporting streamside buffer and urban tree plantings can help through the newly established Keystone Tree Fund.

March 22, 2021

In search of the wild leek: The first green of spring in the PA Wilds

Much like the opening day of trout season, the return of the red-winged blackbird and the switch to Daylight Saving Time, the emergence of wild leeks in the Pennsylvania Wilds region is among the true harbingers of spring.

March 19, 2021

PA Outdoor Corps: Investing in the Next Generation and Our Public Lands 

The PA Outdoor Corps is a program designed to cultivate the next generation of stewards and workforce while also improving our public lands. Being home to the largest concentration of public lands between NYC and Chicago, the PA Wilds has seen its fair share of benefits from the program, which can be adapted to any public land spaces in communities across the Commonwealth.

March 12, 2021

Calder: The Elk Country town that never was

There was a community called Calder once, except there wasn’t. It would be located in in Elk Country if it existed. But it never did, and now some of the few remnants of it is visible in the present-day I-80 Frontier.

March 5, 2021

Camp with your favorite four-legged friend in PA Wilds state parks and forests

Pennsylvania campers that enjoy spending time in the PA Wilds with their four-legged best friends will find an expanded number of campsites available to them in the Pennsylvania State Parks system in the 2022 season. 

February 17, 2021

Lynn Hall: ‘Fallingwater’ in the Pennsylvania Wilds

Along Route 6 in the PA Wilds is Lynn Hall, a building with visual similarities and actual ties to Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Fallingwater.

February 4, 2021

5 Valentines Day gifts right from the heart of the PA Wilds

With Valentine's Day around the corner, there is no better place to get a gift for a loved one than the PA Wilds Conservation Shop!

January 29, 2021

In This Sanctuary Called Trees

In this poem published in The Watershed Journal, professor Juniata Smart contemplates the experiences and sanctuary of trees, plentiful in the PA Wilds.