Article I, section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution provides as follows: “The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee [...]
Ecology and the Future of the AT Corridor The AT corridor in Pennsylvania is one of the most fortunate places on Earth. It has Blue Mountain, the Appalachian Trail, a farm based economy, state game lands and numerous state forests. From these the life of the area literally flows. The mountain provides an easy way [...]
Environmental Advisory Committees and Historic Preservation At first glance a historic district appears to be separate from the purpose of an Environmental Advisory Committee at the township or county level. For townships without a historic preservation committee or historic zoning ordinances, establishing these ordinances can be an essential tool in land preservation and protection, one [...]
Ailanthus altissima, a Problem Land Managers Can Eliminate Ailanthus altissima is one of many non-native invasive plants that plague land managers in Pennsylvania. In our area, it is the most common non-native invasive tree. Its strengths are It is clonal, a mature female produces a huge number of samaras each year which can spread [...]
Environmental Activism – Why and How An Ecologist Speaks Activism is intimately attached to the profession of an ecologist. To become a part of a discipline that is as important to human survival and quality of life as protecting the natural world from human ignorance, willfulness and greed is to become an activist. To be [...]
The two largest issues in ecology are 1.) that people constantly think that they are smarter than God, that they can Improve on Nature and what God has created and 2.) selfish and short sighted greed, which makes Satan look like an angel of Light. Together these two issues, which are inherent in humans, have [...]
Patriotism and Environmentalism Richard Gardner September 16, 2011 “The health of a country depends on the health of its ecosystems. When a society pushes the carrying capacity of their ecosystems to the limits, a small disruption is all that is necessary for the ecosystems and immediately thereafter, the society, to collapse. In North America, both [...]
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