Exploring Rimrock: A Journey Through Stone and Ice
Deep within the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania lies Rimrock ...
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A chronological record of stories, dispatches, and histories from across the Allegheny Plateau.
Past Dispatches
The Paleobotany of the Plateau: The Fossil Ferns
While standard geological layers define the Allegheny Plateau (as seen in our survey of subsurface geometry), the true magic ...
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Subsurface Geometry: The "Pools" of Black Gold
The "pools" of oil beneath the Allegheny National Forest are a masterpiece of structural geology. To understand why the world...
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The Subsurface Pulse: Methane Mitigation & "Ghost Wells"
The Allegheny National Forest sits atop the birthplace of the American oil industry. While the "Green Gold" black cherry grow...
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High-Speed Conservation: Adrenaline and the Raptor Rescue
In the Allegheny National Forest, conservation isn’t always a quiet walk in the woods. Sometimes, it’s a high-sta...
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Cultural Stewardship: The Native Roots of "Kinzua"
Long before the CCC laid its first stone or the first oil derrick pierced the canopy, the Allegheny Valley was the ancestral ...
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The Undergrowth Mystery: Hunting the Rare "Moonwort"
While the Allegheny National Forest (ANF) is famous for its towering multi-use canopy—producing the world’s fines...
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The Tidioute Overlook: A Monument to the Middle Allegheny
The high ridges surrounding the Allegheny River have always offered spectacular views, but for nearly a century, one destinat...
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CCC: The Ghost Army that Built the Wilds
If you’ve ever sat at a hand-hewn picnic table under a massive stone pavilion in the Allegheny National Forest, or hike...
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