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Over the past decade, another disease has been on the rise in a prominent tree species in Northeast forests – American beech. The disease? Beech leaf disease.
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It’s hot out there in the watershed this time of year. Whether you’re experiencing the suffocating urban heat island effect in Washington D.C., Richmond, VA, and Lancaster, PA…or the open fields of central Maryland, the sun is impacting you.
Have you ever noticed wet leaves when you go outside in the morning even when without rain in the forecast? It is not dew. This is Fog Drip.
In 2024, the Alliance began contributing to a blooming workforce development program with the Loysville Youth Development Center (LYDC) in central Pennsylvania. Two years later, Alliance and LYDC staff reflect on the program as it comes to a close.
Noel Dorwart Park was predominantly a parking lot and a large lawn space before the project began. With help from the Alliance’s Forests Team and dedicated volunteers, the park is receiving shade trees, stormwater practices, and a native meadow.
The Baltimore oriole is a dazzling jewel of Maryland’s forests and woodlands, a vibrant songbird whose presence signals the arrival of spring and the renewal of life in our trees.
The Pennsylvania Woodland Resilience Enhancement Network (PWREN) program cost-shares forest practice-plan writing and the implementation of management practices meant to improve the health, resilience, and value of forest land.
As spring introduces more sunlight, warmer temperatures, and a restorative green landscape, we begin to feel a resurrection. People are out, birds are chirping, and smiles feel a little easier.
The Kentucky yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) is on the move, expanding its range northward into regions like Pennsylvania, New York, and even New England—areas that were once too cold for its survival.
The Alliance is excited to welcome our newest Watershed Conservation Field Technicians! Join us for some Technician Q&A below to learn more about the team.
