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Tag Archives: pollution
Welcome to Paradise
Luckily there was no pearly gate to pass through, just a sign that read “Welcome to Fisherman’s Paradise,” a warm welcome to Spring Creek on a cool October morning. Luckily for me, an entrance to one of America’s most storied … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, Bellefonte, environment, Fisherman's Paradise, fly-fishing, limestone creeks, nature, PA, pollution, Spring Creek, State College, stream remediation, technology, Walt Franklin, wild trout, writing
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Branching Out (from Genesee)
Some readers of Rivertop Rambles may recall that every year, around the Opening Day of the Pennsylvania trout fishing season, I try to fish the three branches of my home river. Again this year, I drove to the state-line village … Continue reading
Brook Land Tonic
A long fine weekend with the family set things moving in the right direction. We made our annual visit to the Maple Tree Inn (unlimited pancakes with maple syrup manufactured on the premises), hit the summit of Alma Hill (the … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegheny Plateau, brook trout, climate change, dry fly fishing, eagles, family, hiking, nature, photography, pollution, small streams, state forests, wild places, wilderness, winter fishing
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A Century Gone
The passenger pigeon was once the most abundant wild bird in North America and, perhaps, in all the world. It’s been said that more than a quarter of all the birds in North America in the 1800s were Ectopistes migratorius, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldo Leopold, birds, community, conservation, extinction, freedom, habitat destruction, history, local history, mobility, nature, old ways, overhunting, passenger pigeon, pollution, sense of place
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First Brook No-Frack Blues
Two decades ago, the regional fight against a proposed nuclear waste dump for Allegany County and New York State was more intense than this struggle. That was passionate arm-in-arm civil disobedience against the state, along with a protractive legal war, that … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-fracking, civil disobediance, EPA, Marcellus Shale, pollution, upper Genesee
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