
Outdoors
A teen phenom is working to protect New Jersey’s watershed
Sonja Michaluk has spent a decade working to preserve wetlands and species along the Princeton Ridge.
2 years ago
Listen 3:58The Regional Roundup: August 15, 2022
The latest on electric vehicles in the Inflation Reduction Act; dispelling myths about organ donation; and keeping your garden healthy and beautiful in extreme temperatures.
Air Date: August 15, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:31Philadelphia trail linking Schuylkill and Delaware rivers closer to taking shape
The Spring Garden Street Greenway would connect the Schuylkill River Trail and the Delaware River Trail, creating safe passage across Philadelphia.
3 years ago
Another heat wave on the way? Multiple 90-degree weather days predicted this week
Temperatures forecasted to hang in the mid-90s for most of the week.
3 years ago
Take me to the river: Academy of Natural Sciences sends visitors outside to the Schuylkill
“How to Get to the River” at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University wants visitors to experience Philly’s watershed first-hand.
3 years ago
More than 350,000 Atlantic sturgeon once migrated to the Delaware River, but now, there are fewer than 250 adults. A caviar rush depleted stocks in the late 1800s.
3 years ago
The heat is on: Philadelphians are flocking to city pools this summer
Philly has opened 50 public pools across the city this summer, with another 20 still closed. But neighbors are loving any splash they can get.
3 years ago
Listen 1:52The state grant is expected to help fund an ADA-accessible path with nighttime lighting.
3 years ago
Parts of the U.S. and Europe are bracing for some of their hottest temperatures yet
Parts of the Great Plains are forecast to hit record-breaking temperatures this week, while in Europe, extreme heat has fueled wildfires and contributed to hundreds of deaths.
3 years ago
Refurbished track has its first race in Camden County
A Camden running track dating back to the 1930s is now a state-of-the-art facility with a composite track that is safer than the gravel track it replaced.
3 years ago
Just in time: Camden opens first of two city pools
The mid-July opening is just a bit behind their normal public pool schedule. Normally pools in Camden open around the Fourth of July.
3 years ago
New playground in South Philly to be named after political trailblazer Anna Verna
Philadelphia’s first female Council President Anna Verna was a longtime South Philly resident and lived near the site of the new playground park.
3 years ago
Pa. funds 3 new state parks, locations yet to be determined
The state’s 2022-23 spending plan includes $56 million to add the new state parks to what is currently a 121-park system.
3 years ago
Delaware’s Center for the Inland Bays brings volunteers each spring to count, catch, and tag horseshoe crabs, in order to track their population levels.
3 years ago
Listen 3:55Does Philly really have the largest mobile Ferris wheel in the world?
Yeah, we didn’t think so either. But the Oval’s new ride is pretty big, if kinda pricey.
3 years ago