One step away from joining 30 other states with public smoking bans, the Pennsylvania state Senate today passed anti-smoking legislation in a whopping 41-9 vote. Governor Ed Rendell said that he will sign the bill. The ban on smoking in most bars, restaurants, schools, arenas, theaters, office buildings and bus and train stations will go
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The American toad (Bufo americanus) is one of the most common toads in western Pennsylvania. They’re common across their entire range. They’re small, around 3 inches long, with short legs and are usually a shade of brown to green. Like most toads, they do have warts with a mildly poisonous (to us) milky fluid that Caution: Photos of a dead animal are on this page. Often mistaken for mice, moles or even sometimes rats, voles are little gray rodents that thrive in suburban backyards. While there are many species, 40 I think, of voles, in western Pennsylvania the predominant species are meadow and woodland voles. Meadow voles are the Will this little guy turn into a caterpillar? I think so. This caterpillar was photographed last week at Jennings State Park in Butler County, Pennsylvania near their constructed wetlands to treat a stream fouled with acid mine drainage. It’s a lovely state park and well worth the visit. It seems that there is bipartisan blame to go around in moving forward with climate change legislation. Looks like the nation’s legislative priorities won’t change until the Senate does. Supporters of a bill that would require greenhouse gases to be cut markedly and nudge the nation’s energy priorities away from fossil fuels acknowledged privately Thursday that |
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