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2 days ago | standard-journal.com | John Zaktansky

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2 months ago | sungazette.com | John Zaktansky

Feb 11, 2025 Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper ​Eight-year-old Hannah Read, of Lewisburg, loved the 2024 Environmental Education Expo at the Montour Preserve so much, that she insisted that her mother bring her back for the 2025 show on Saturday, Feb. 8. “I was so fun. I begged to come back again,” she said, adding that trips to the preserve are a regular occurrence for the family. “Sometimes, we go for my birthday to the fossil pit.” ​Her favorite part of this year’s show included “talking to...

Dec 10, 2024 | sungazette.com | John Zaktansky

Dec 10, 2024 Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association board president Michael Kinney and his girlfriend, Missy Gray, paddled the West Branch of the Susquehanna River the first 24 days of May. Along the way, they took a Birdnet PUC with mobile hotspot and Jackery battery with solar panels, a unit modified by Doug Fessler of Fessler IT Consulting to help record, ID and upload bird calls across the 228-mile adventure. The unit detected more than 22,000 calls...

Dec 5, 2024 | dailyitem.com | John Zaktansky

Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association Board President Michael Kinney and his girlfriend, Missy Gray, paddled the West Branch of the Susquehanna River the first 24 days of May. Along the way, they took a Birdnet PUC with mobile hotspot and Jackery battery with solar panels — a unit modified by Doug Fessler of Fessler IT Consulting — to help record, ID and upload bird calls across the 228-mile adventure.

Nov 19, 2024 | sungazette.com | John Zaktansky

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Fishery Biologist Vicki Blazer recently published an extensive study on PFAS in fish collected from nine sites, including five within the Susquehanna watershed, that show where these “forever chemicals” tend to congregate in a fish’s tissues and may shed more light on additional sources for PFAS contamination. “PFAS tend to be higher in a fish’s blood, plasma and liver while its muscle tends to be much lower in PFAS,” said Blazer.