Heritage News
May 10, 2013
Wild Heritage News
The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes articles on winter field and museum work, and botanical work supported by the Wild Resource Conservation Program. View the issue here.
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February 27, 2013
Wild Heritage News
The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This issue includes the Erie County Natural Heritage Inventory update, the Pennsylvania Botany Symposium, photos captured by trail cameras used in mammal surveys, and a new address for our Middletown staff. View the issue here.
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November 13, 2012
Wild Heritage News
The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. This quarter, the newsletter highlights PNHP projects in the far eastern and far western parts of the state. View the issue here.
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August 17, 2012
Wild Heritage News
The latest edition of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is available. Our feature articles for the second quarter of 2012 include a Bioblitz survey at Kings Gap State Park, a new database called FIND, and unique insect life at Slaughtering Ground Barrens. We have also included a new section that highlights collaborative projects. View the issue here.
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May 24, 2012
Statewide County Natural Heritage Inventory Map Update
29 Natural Heritage Areas from the Cameron County Natural Heritage Inventory have been added to the interactive CNHI map. View the updated map
here.
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May 9, 2012
Wild Heritage News
The latest issue of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is avialable. Our feature articles for the first quarter of 2012 include the recently completed Cameron County Natural Heritage Inventory, a mussel study of the Allegheny River Navigational Pools, and an often overlooked group of plants, the Bryophytes. We also have an update on some interesting work on Bureau of Forestry Lands. View the
issue here.
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March 5, 2012
Cameron CNHI Complete
PNHP is pleased to announce the completion of the Cameron County Natural Heritage Inventory, the 66th inventory of its kind. This project began in 2008, with fieldwork wrapping up in 2011. Sixty-one extant element occurrences have formed the basis for twenty-nine Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs).
Cameron County is part of the "big woods" section of Pennsylvania and is the third least densely populated county in the Commonwealth. Much of the County is owned by DCNR and PGC, with most of the remaining land in large parcels under the ownership of timber management organizations. The southern portion of the county is famous for the reestablished elk population, which along with hunting and fishing opportunities supports a healthy eco-tourism industry.
Cameron County serves as extremely important habitat for a number of big woods' species, including the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) and northern water shrew (Sorex palustris albibarbis), as well as several species considered "globally vulnerable" to extinction, such as the mountain earthsnake (Virginia pulchra) and northern barrens tiger beetle (Cicindela patruela). While development pressure is relatively low in Cameron County, the region faces challenges relating to the recent boom in shale gas development.
The Cameron County Natural Heritage Inventory is complete and available to download here.
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February 2, 2012
Wild Heritage News
The latest issue of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is avialable. Our feature articles this quarter highlight the green salamander and the Butler County Natural Heritage Inventory Update. View the
issue here.
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January 12, 2012
Rare Plant Forum Meeting
The Vascular Plant Technical Committee of the Pennsylvania Biological Survey will be holding its Rare Plant Forum on April 21 2012 at Juniata College in the Ellis ballroom. Registration details including time, location and possible field trips will be posted here and at the Rare Plant Forum website when available. Minutes from previous meetings can be found here.
The Rare Plant Forum is a function of the Vascular Plant Technical Committee of the Pennsylvania Biological Survey, and for over thirty years has served in an advisory role to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for issues related to the conservation of the native flora of Pennsylvania. All people interested in the conservation of Pennsylvania's native flora are encouraged to attend this meeting.
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November 2, 2011
Butler 2011 County Natural Heritage Inventory Update
The Butler County Natural Heritage Inventory Update has been completed.
This project was an update to the original Butler CNHI of 1991.
Download a copy of the Butler report here.
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November 2, 2011
Wild Heritage News
The latest issue of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is avialable. Our feature articles this quarter highlight PNHP activities focused on the Water Shrew, Wetland Plant Community Classification, and the Pike and Delaware County Inventories. View the
issue here.
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August 19, 2011
Delaware 2011 County Natural Heritage Inventory Update
The Delaware County Natural Heritage Inventory Update has been completed.
This project was an update to the original Delaware CNHI of 1992. The project was funded by DCNR's
Wild Resource Conservation Fund and additional funding provided by the County.
Despite several centuries of habitat modification by agriculture and development, Delaware
County still retains essential fragments of distinctive habitats that support species of concern.
Delaware County has 215 individual occurrences of species tracked by PNHP, including those listed
as rare, threatened and endangered. It falls 19th out of the Commonwealth's 67 counties for the
number of species of concern. Two of these, bog turtle and serpentine aster, are considered globally
rare. The county also contains much of the small part of the state that falls within the Atlantic Coastal
Plain physiographic province and the tidally influenced portion of the Delaware River.
Download a copy of the Delaware report here.
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August 15, 2011
Wild Heritage News
The third issue of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is avialable. Our feature articles this quarter highlight PNHP activities focused on the Northeastern Terrestrial Habitat Classification System, the Pennsylvania Rare Plant Forum, and Implementation Plans for Conservation Greenways. View the
issue here.
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August 10, 2011
Climate Change Vulnerability Index Update
Climate change vulnerability assessments were conducted for 85 species
in Pennsylvania using the Climate Change Vulnerability Index. The updated list can be viewed
here.
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August 9, 2011
Statewide County Natural Heritage Inventory Map Update
47 new sites in Indiana county and over 400 new site descriptions throughout Pennsylvania have been added to the interactive CNHI map. View the updated map
here.
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August 9, 2011
Pike 2011 County Natural Heritage Inventory Update
The 2011 update of the Pike County Natural Heritage Inventory
is now available here.
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August 9, 2011
Aquatic Community Classification Map
A new interactive map features data from the Aquatic Community Classification report. View the map
here.
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May 5, 2011
Wild Heritage News
The second issue of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter is avialable. Our feature articles this quarter highlight PNHP projects focused on vernal pools and private landowners, a new web application in our County Inventory Program, and a collaborative approach to resource management in the Big Pine Flats area within Michaux State Forest. View the
issue here.
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March 8, 2011
Wild Heritage News
We are pleased to provide the first issue of the PNHP Quarterly Newsletter "Wild Heritage News".
This issue is the first in our new format that includes feature articles, updates from the field,
and PNHP measures of progress. Our feature articles this quarter highlight PNHP projects focused
on the Blanding's turtle and Scotia Barrens. View the first
issue here.
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July 30, 2010
Statewide County Natural Heritage Inventory Map
The sites of the more than 60 existing County Natural Heritage Inventory have been merged together to create a statewide planning resource. The County Natural Heritage Inventories identify, map and discus areas that support species of concern, exemplary natural communities and broad expanses of intact natural ecosystems that support components of Pennsylvania's native species biodiversity. As of April 2011, 63 of 67 counties have been inventoried.
View the interactive map here.
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July 30, 2010
Venango County Natural Heritage Inventory
The Venango County Natural Heritage Inventory report is now available. Download it here.
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May 25, 2010
Armstrong County Natural Heritage Inventory
The Armstrong County Natural Heritage Inventory report is now available. Download it here.
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January 30, 2010
Warren County Natural Heritage Inventory
The Warren County Natural Heritage Inventory report is now available. Download it here.
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January 30, 2009
Lancaster County Natural Heritage Inventory Update
Beginning with Lancaster County in 1990, PNHP has been conducting County Natural Heritage
Inventories around Pennsylvania to provide comprehensive information to the counties on the rare species and
important habitats within their borders to help guide planning and conservation efforts throughout the state.
The County Natural Heritage Inventory Program has come full circle with the completion of the 2008 update to the
Lancaster County inventory. Completed county inventories are posted online here.
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