The red pedicels and peduncles of Arrowwood viburnum contrast nicely with the blue fruits. #viburnumdentatum

PennLive Guest Essay: PA Electric Ratepayers Will Foot The Bill From Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart, While Microsoft A.I. Data Centers Get The Power - By Eric Epstein, Three Mile Island Alert www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025...

Help Wanted: Manada Conservancy Executive Director [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4u3pn4zz

In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.

Pennsylvania Wilds: PA Wilds Kicks Off Holiday Shopping Season With Online Makers Market Oct. 25 www.pawildscenter.org/blog/2025-ma...

Human exceptionalism began when we stopped seeing ourselves as part of the food web. Agriculture gave us control, then the illusion of superiority. Every species that outruns its limits believes it’s invincible—until it’s not. phys.org/news/2025-10...

Purple lovegrass and Tall thoroughwort growing on waste rock from an abandoned mine. #eragrostisspectabilis #eupatoriumaltissimum

Utility Dive: US Dept. Of Energy Cancels $7.6 Billion In Clean Energy Project Grants In States That Voted Against President tinyurl.com/4w6za8m3

Inside Climate News: Shale Gas Was Supposed To Lower PA Electric Bills, Instead They’re Higher Than Ever And About To Get Worse [Due To LNG Gas Exports, A.I. Data Center Demand] tinyurl.com/mvza6sct

An American lotus #nelumbolutea colony covers acres of water in the part of the Susquehanna River known as the Conejohela flats--an area once home to thriving Native Nations tribes.

Morning Call Guest Essay: Recycling Is Key To A Stronger PA Economy, Environmental Future - By Darlene J. Robbins, Northeast PA Manufacturers www.mcall.com/2025/08/27/y...

insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...

We know a few things about grasses (and sedges and rushes) 😁

Stand up for your public lands.

The seed capsules of Eastern smooth beardtongue #penstemonlaevigatus are stunning hues of plum and merlot right now. Manheim, Pennsylvania.

An oversized Pearl crescent? Nope--a Silvery checkerspot #chlosynenycteis hanging around the Purple flowered raspberry #rubusodoratus and Blue waxweed #cupheaviscosissima this morning. Bainbridge, PA.

Nature connectedness has dropped 60% since 1800. Hard to feel connected when: 1️⃣ Nature is gone. 2️⃣ Wildlife is gone. 3️⃣ The planet is packed with people. Without reversing all three, “policy change” is just a nice thought experiment. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Chesapeake Bay Journal: The Price Of A.I. - How Is A.I. Impacting Energy Production And Prices? www.bayjournal.com/news/energy/...

You can't go wrong with a Joe Pye weed. #eutrochiumfistulosum #papilioglaucus

LancasterOnline: Residents Push Back Against Proposed $6 Billion A.I. Data Center In Lancaster City lancasteronline.com/news/regiona...

What is one beautiful plant that I regret planting? Purple passionflower #passifloraincarnata. "It's not supposed to thrive this far north, it won't be obnoxious," I thought. *Engulfed by passionflower*

TribLive: Frog Week A Leap Into Education, Improving Habitat triblive.com/local/westmo...

Weaponizing Christianity: The Attack on Democracy | Yardley's Joe Sundeen reviews "Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy" and "The Violent Take It By Force: The Christian Movement that is Threatening our Democracy."

This Snowberry clearwing moth #hemarisdiffinis was moving too fast for my camera, but it was just one of the many kinds of pollinators on the native Wild basil #clinopodiumvulgare this morning.

Warren Times: State, Private, Tribal Forestry Division Proposed To Be Eliminated In National Forest Service That Helps Local Companies tinyurl.com/nhdpet35

A friendly PSA to my fellow native plant gardeners, you don't need to amend your soil to grow Butterfly milkweed (or most native plants for that matter!) Right plant, right place! #asclepiastuberosa

A customer question that I didn't have a good answer for until now..."What flowering perennials will do well under mature Pine trees?" Answer: Starry campion #silenestellata and Hoary skullcap #scutellariaincanum. Any other suggestions?

US. Environmental Protection Agency Declaration Of Dissent Signed By Over 1,240 Employees [PaEN] tinyurl.com/bzbd8jwh

NYT: EPA Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed A Letter Criticizing The President tinyurl.com/47tunuyn

Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 4 Webinar - Rewild Your Yard: How Meadows Support Pollinators And Clean Water [PaEN] tinyurl.com/47c9thw3

DEP Reports It Has No Idea How Many Shale Gas Water/Wastewater Pipelines There Are, The Spills They’ve Had Or Their Impacts [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3u4zre37

Grendel is 14 years old this week! 🥳That's something like 107 in "human years" for a big Alaskan malamute. #alaskanmalamute

Balsam ragwort #packerapapercula flowers look similar to Golden ragwort, but they bloom in late May to June here in the Pennsylvania Piedmont--almost a full month later than Golden ragwort. #nativeplants

“Over 250 million acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the bill, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas and inventoried roadless areas.” www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

"Did you know that you own millions of acres of mountain property? You are co-owner of America’s 640-million-acre public estate.... however, your public lands are under assault," wrote Will Harlan, senior scientist and Southest director for the Center. Read the rest. ⬇️

York Daily Record: Discover Susquehanna Riverlands State Park, Named One Of USA Today’s Best Views In America www.ydr.com/videos/life/...

I'm really enjoying the pink, papery seedpods of Ninebark. #physocarpusopulifolius

TribLive: As President Cuts Research Money, Gov. Shapiro Pitches $50 Million For Science, Innovation triblive.com/news/politic...

Game Commission: Springtime Alert - Leave Young Wildlife Alone www.pa.gov/agencies/pgc...

New York fern shows its characteristic taper, with shorter leaflets at the top and bottom. A fun way to help identify it is to use the saying, "New Yorkers burn the candle at both ends."

On April 16, the Trump amin. issued a proposed rule to rescind nearly all habitat protections for endangered species across the country. We've highlighted 10 species under direct threat from Trump’s proposal from monarch butterflies to whooping cranes and more. Learn more: biodiv.us/4m3ZCia

The Allegheny Front: Ohio Commission Opens More State Land For Shale Gas Drilling, Then Police Officer Physically Prevents A Reporter From Asking Questions www.alleghenyfront.org/ohio-state-l...

Well that’s not illegal at all 🙄 but no one is going to do anything to stop him.

Stop using pesticides

There is a tiny art show at the nursery this week. Thanks to all of you who submitted art for the seed packet art contest! #seedpacketart #nativeplants #panativeplants

(1/2) The Trump admin has announced that tribes will get a mere 7 days to comment on energy infrastructure projects that go through trust land and sacred sites. www.doi.gov/pressrelease...

How about a hillside of Virginia bluebells to put a smile on your face? #mertensiavirginica #panativeplants #nativeplants

BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands. It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.

Boxelder maple (Acer negundo) flowers shimmering in the morning breeze

Rep. Stambaugh: Eastern Box Turtle On Path To Becoming PA’s Official State Reptile tinyurl.com/b2ppcku4