Outdoors

Registration is now open for the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Tree Philly Fall Yard Tree Giveaway.

Thousands of acres in an Ocean County, New Jersey wilderness area will never be developed thanks to a land donation, officials announced. 

Upstream Alliance, an environmental group, organized last weekend’s event to show that the stretch between Philly and Camden is safe to float in — sometimes.

The money would come from an unlikely source: the state’s Transportation Trust Fund. An expert called the plan ill-advised.

The survey found that New Jersey bald eagles registered the highest recorded number of active nests and young fledged.

Pennsylvania is under siege.

The work involves the dredging of approximately 425,000 cubic yards of sand from the Townsends Inlet and pumping ashore.

A quick-thinking surfer rescued a swimmer in distress off a Monmouth County beach late Wednesday morning.

A bill pending in the New Jersey legislature would allow teenagers to access beaches at a reduced rate or for free. 

Earning the privilege to ride takes work. Each morning the players wake up at dawn and get to work cleaning the barn, bathing, grooming and exercising the horses.

The $1.6 million stormwater project also includes a curb extension, new sidewalks, a pedestrian crossing, and six Americans with Disabilities Act ramps.

A guarded bathing area in Ocean County's Island Beach State Park will be open for long weekends throughout September.

They said the new policies will inconvenience gun owners, while doing little to reduce gun violence.

Two thirds of Philadelphia public schools don’t have playgrounds, and until now, there were none in the 19120 zip code.

Incidence of chronic wasting disease is thought to be increasing in Pennsylvania.