PA Environment Digest Articles
West Nile-Mosquito, Tick-Borne Diseases
*  [6/3/2024] DEP Adds Jamestown Canyon Virus To West Nile Virus Mosquito Monitoring Program For 2024
*  [5/20/2024] Shapiro Administration Announces Student Winners Of Lyme Disease Art Competition To Educate Public On Avoiding Tickborne Diseases
*  [2/5/2024] Dept. Of Health, Other Agencies Invite Students To Enter Tick, Lyme Disease Art, Video Contest
*  [10/30/2023] DEP Invites Counties To Apply For Mosquitoborne Disease Control Grants
*  [9/4/2023] Independence Conservancy Hosts Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [5/15/2023] Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Children's Art Contest Winners Attend Commissioners Meeting To Accept Awards
*  [4/24/2023] Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County
*  [3/20/2023] Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Holds Safe Steps Children's Art Contest
*  [10/24/2022] Citizen Science Parasite Hunters Needed: Penn State Researcher Asking Deer Hunters For Help In Biting Flies Research Effort
*  [10/3/2022] Health, DCNR, DEP: Protect Yourself From Mosquitoes, Ticks While Outdoors During Fall Months
*  [8/1/2022] Health/DEP/DCNR Urge Pennsylvanians To Fight The Bite And Protect Themselves From Mosquitoes To Prevent West Nile Virus
*  [7/18/2022] Dept. Of Health Reports First Human Cases Of Mosquito-borne West Nile Virus In Berks, Lancaster, Luzerne, Philadelphia Counties
*  [7/18/2022] Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Hosts Health Symposium July 30
*  [5/30/2022] Health/Education/DCNR Announce Student Winners Of Tick, Lyme Disease Art Competition
*  [5/16/2022] PA Trout Unlimited Has STREAM Girls/STREAM Keeper Program Materials Available
*  [5/9/2022] Allegheny College, East Stroudsburg University Join Forces To Take On Tickborne Diseases Through Local Tick Mitigation Study; Free Tick Testing
*  [3/28/2022] Westmoreland County Holds Special April 9 Recycling Event For Scrap Tires; Volunteers Needed
*  [3/21/2022] DEP: Deer Tick Virus Detected At Popular Iroquois Trail In Wyoming County
*  [3/14/2022] State Agencies Encourage Pennsylvanians To Protect Themselves Against Tickborne Diseases When Outdoors
*  [2/14/2022] Health Dept. Accepting Entries For Student Art Competition To Raise Awareness About Ticks, Lyme Disease
*  [1/24/2022] DEP: Public Urged To Take Precautions - Deer Tick Virus (DTV) Detected At High Levels In Clearfield County Park
*  [10/11/2021] DEP Accepting Applications For County Mosquito-borne Disease Control Grants Starting Oct. 15
*  [6/7/2021] Dept. Of Health, DCNR, DEP Remind Pennsylvanians To Watch Out For Ticks, Related Diseases
*  [5/30/2021] Bay Journal: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Mosquito Spray, PA DEP Orders Mosquito Programs To Stop Using Clarke’s Anvil 10+10 Pesticide
*  [5/10/2021] Pike County Task Force Releases Results Of First-Of-Its-Kind Baseline Tick-Borne Illness Study
*  [5/10/2021] Penn State Extension Webinar Series Highlights Tick Safety In Pennsylvania
*  [4/19/2021] Muhlenberg Poll Finds Heath Concerns Over Fracking, Climate Change Decline In PA
*  [4/19/2021] DEP Begins 2021 Black Fly Suppression Program
*  [3/29/2021] By Avoiding Ticks You Can Avoid Lyme Disease, Other Serious Illnesses; DEP Tick, Mosquito Surveillance Typically Starts In April
*  [1/25/2021] Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Educational Outreach & Insect Management Assistant
*  [10/12/2020] Dept. Of Health, DCNR, DEP: Protect Yourself From Ticks, Mosquitoes While Outdoors During Fall Months
*  [9/28/2020] DEP Reports 7 More Counties With Mosquitoes Testing Positive For West Nile Virus
*  [9/21/2020] Game Commission’s Lisa Williams And Wildlife On WiFi Recognized By National Assn. Of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
*  [8/24/2020] DEP Reports 8 More Counties With Mosquitoes Testing Positive For West Nile Virus
*  [8/17/2020] KPB: Waste Tire Collections To Help Prevent West Nile Virus In Cambria, Mifflin, Perry, Venango Counties Planned
*  [8/10/2020] Spotted Lanternfly Task Force Brings Together Expertise Of Scientists, Agencies; Public Can Help!
*  [8/3/2020] DEP Reports 6 More Counties With Mosquitoes Testing Positive For West Nile Virus
*  [7/27/2020] Pennsylvania Reports First Human Case of West Nile Virus In 2020
*  [7/13/2020] Dept. Of Health: Protect Yourself From Ticks, Mosquitoes When Spending Time Outdoors
*  [7/13/2020] Penn State Extension: Tick, Lyme Disease, Tick-Borne Illnesses Thursday Webinar Series
*  [6/22/2020] Dept. Of Health Reminds Pennsylvanians About Ticks, Warns Some Symptoms Of Lyme Disease Similar To COVID-19
*  [5/4/2020] Ticks And Tickborne Diseases In Pennsylvania Webinar May 5
*  [4/27/2020] DEP Begins 2020 Black Fly Control Program In 35 Counties
*  [4/20/2020] DEP Climate Change Committee To Hear Presentation On Public Health Impacts Of Climate Change At April 30 Virtual Meeting
*  [4/20/2020] Counties, DEP Began Surveillance For Disease Carrying Mosquitoes, Ticks This Week; Longhorned Tick Expands Into 7 Counties
*  [3/9/2020] Help Wanted: Western PA Conservancy, Audubon, Northumberland Conservation District, Centre County Recycling
*  [3/2/2020] DCNR Good Natured Blog: When Bad Attracts Worse! - Barberry To Ticks To Lyme Disease
*  [2/17/2020] PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Releases Highlights Of Conservation District Accomplishments in 2019
*  [1/27/2020] Depts. Of Health/Education Student Art Competition - Don’t Let A Tick Make You Sick - To Raise Awareness About Ticks, Lyme Disease
*  [11/11/2019] Pike's Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Receives Environmental Partnership Award
*  [10/28/2019] Game Commission Advises Hunters To Take Precautions Against Mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis
*  [10/14/2019] DEP Now Accepting Applications From Counties For West Nile Virus Grants
*  [10/14/2019] Dr. Robert Ollar, Member Of Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force, To Present At Lyme Disease Conference In New York
*  [10/7/2019] Eastern Equine Encephalitis Now Found In 5th County - Luzerne County
*  [10/7/2019] Dept. Of Health: Outdoor Activities Planned This Fall? Protect Yourself From Diseases Carried By Ticks, Mosquitoes
*  [10/7/2019] DCNR Issues 2nd Fall Foliage Report, Get Tips On The Best Spots For Viewing
*  [9/30/2019] DEP Reports Chester County Resident Tests Positive For West Nile Virus
*  [9/22/2019] First Probable Human Case Of West Nile Virus Detected In Philadelphia
*  [9/22/2019] Mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis Confirmed In Erie, Carbon, Monroe Counties; Both People & Animals Can Be Affected
*  [9/16/2019] 31 Counties Now Have Mosquitoes Or Animals Testing Positive For West Nile Virus, The Latest: Fayette County
*  [9/9/2019] 30 Counties Now Have Mosquitoes Or Animals Testing Positive For West Nile Virus, The Latest: Northumberland County
*  [9/2/2019] 29 Counties Now Have Mosquitoes Testing Positive For West Nile Virus, The Latest: Montour County
*  [8/26/2019] Game Commission, Penn School Of Veterinary Medicine Partner To Help Address Chronic Wasting Disease, West Nile Virus, White-Nose Syndrome In Wildlife
*  [8/19/2019] 27 Counties Now Have Mosquitoes Testing Positive For West Nile Virus, The Latest: Centre, Dauphin
*  [8/12/2019] DEP Reports Mosquitoes Have Tested Positive For West Nile Virus In York County Bringing Season Total To 20
*  [8/5/2019] DEP Reports Mosquitoes Have Tested Positive For West Nile Virus In 2 More Counties Bringing Season Total To 17
*  [7/29/2019] DEP Reports Mosquitoes Have Tested Positive For West Nile Virus In 14 Counties, So Far
*  [7/22/2019] DEP Reports Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Snyder County, Bringing Total Counties To 8
*  [7/15/2019] DEP Reports Mosquitos In Philadelphia Test Positive For West Nile Virus
*  [7/8/2019] DEP Reports Mosquitos In Beaver, Delaware Counties First To Test Positive For West Nile Virus
*  [6/23/2019] Dept. Of Health Reminds Pennsylvanians To Protect Themselves From Ticks, Mosquitoes When Outdoors
*  [6/23/2019] June 24 Mosquito Spraying In Westmoreland County To Help Control West Nile Virus
*  [5/27/2019] DEP Our Commonwealth Blog: Black Fly Suppression Program Underway
*  [5/13/2019] Health, DCNR, DEP: Watch Out For Ticks, Lyme Disease As Weather Warms
*  [5/13/2019] Pike County Commissioners Recognize Mikki Weiss For Her Work On Tick Borne Diseases Task Force
*  [5/6/2019] Long-Term Research Finds Shift To Disease Carrying Ticks In PA Resulting From Changes In Climate, Land Use, Human/Animal Behavior
*  [4/22/2019] DEP Will Soon Begin Black Fly Spraying In 35 Counties
*  [3/18/2019] DEP/Health Announce New Statewide Tick Surveillance Program, Part Of A 5-Year Study Of Tickborne Illnesses In PA
*  [1/7/2019] Rep. Rapp To Make Full Lyme Disease Treatment Coverage A Priority As Republican House Health Committee Chair
*  [12/17/2018] Pike County Tick Borne Disease Task Force Has Donated Supply Of Tick Keys Available For Public
*  [11/12/2018] Dept. Of Health Confirms 6th Death From West Nile Virus, This Time In Dauphin County
*  [10/22/2018] LancasterOnline.com: Now 5 Deaths Statewide From West Nile Virus
*  [10/15/2018] 22 PA Counties Now Have Confirmed 72 Human Cases Of West Nile Virus, More Than Triple Last Year
*  [10/1/2018] 19 PA Counties Now Have Confirmed 55 Human Cases Of West Nile Virus
*  [9/24/2018] LancasterOnline.com: Health Dept. Confirms 2 Deaths In PA From West Nile Virus, 33 Human Cases Statewide
*  [9/10/2018] DEP: Aerial Mosquito Spraying Set For Luzerne County On September 10
*  [9/3/2018] DEP: Mosquito Spraying Set For Columbia, Lycoming, Schuylkill Counties On September 4 And 5
*  [8/20/2018] 3 People Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Franklin, York Counties; Schuylkill County Spraying Aug. 20
*  [8/20/2018] August Environmental Synopsis Available From Joint Conservation Committee
*  [8/13/2018] DEP: Positive West Nile Virus Results Reported In 4 New Counties Bringing Total To 56
*  [8/6/2018] Invasive Asian Longhorn Tick Confirmed In PA, State Urges Precautions To Protect People, Livestock, Pets
*  [8/6/2018] DEP: Record Mosquito Numbers Spread Positive West Nile Virus Results To 52 PA Counties
*  [8/6/2018] DEP: Mosquito Spraying To Control West Nile Virus In Westmoreland County Aug. 6
*  [7/30/2018] Dept. Of Health Reports First Human Case Of West Nile Virus This Season In Allegheny County
*  [7/30/2018] DEP To Conduct Aerial Mosquito Spraying July 30 As Flood Water Recedes In Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon Counties
*  [7/30/2018] DEP: West Nile Virus Found In 8 More Counties Bringing Total To 48; Wet Weather Offers Perfect Mosquito Breeding Conditions
*  [7/23/2018] DEP Reports West Nile Virus Now Found In 2 More Counties, 40 Total
*  [7/16/2018] Health, DEP, DCNR Highlight Tick, Mosquito Awareness, Opportunities To Spend Time Outdoors
*  [7/16/2018] DEP Reports West Nile Virus Now Found In More Than Half Of PA Counties, 38 Total
*  [7/9/2018] DEP, Health Take Additional Steps To Fight Lyme Disease, Zika And West Nile Viruses
*  [7/9/2018] DEP Reported West Nile Virus Found In 10 More Counties Bringing Total To 33
*  [7/9/2018] Mosquito, Tick Talk Hosted By Westmoreland Conservation District July 18
*  [7/2/2018] DEP: West Nile Virus Found In 11 More Counties This Week Bringing Total To 23
*  [6/25/2018] DEP: West Nile Virus Found In 9 More Counties This Week Bringing Total To 12
*  [6/18/2018] DEP Sets June 18 Mosquito Spraying In Lycoming County; West Nile Virus Found In 2 More Counties
*  [6/11/2018] West Nile Virus Found In York County, Targeted Spraying Operations Begin This Season
*  [4/16/2018] Get Outdoors PA Webinar On Preventing Tick Bites, Tick-Borne Disease April 18
*  [4/9/2018] Departments Of Health, DCNR Urge Residents To Learn About Lyme Disease
*  [2/12/2018] Game Commission Webinar: Ruffed Grouse Contracting West Nile Virus Feb. 15
*  [1/22/2018] DCNR Blog: Will A Harsh Winter Kill Ticks?
*  [12/18/2017] AG Shapiro Calls On Army Corps Of Engineers To Protect Great Lakes From Asian Carp
*  [10/9/2017] PA CleanWays Of Cumberland County Holds Tire Collection Event Oct. 21
*  [9/25/2017] 2 More Probable Human Cases Of West Nile Virus Reported In 2 New Counties, 12 For Season
*  [9/18/2017] 4 More Probable Human Cases Of West Nile Virus Reported, 10 For Season
*  [9/11/2017] September Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition
*  [9/11/2017] 2 More Probable Human Cases Of West Nile Virus Reported, Mosquito Positives In 2 New Counties
*  [9/4/2017] 3 More Probable Human Cases Of West Nile Virus Reported
*  [8/21/2017] DEP: West Nile Virus Mosquito Spraying Set For Lycoming County On August 21
*  [8/14/2017] Health, DEP Report First Probable Human Case of West Nile Virus In Montgomery County
*  [8/14/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In 2 New Counties
*  [8/14/2017] DEP: West Nile Virus Mosquito Spraying Set For Lebanon County On August 14
*  [8/7/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In 2 New Counties
*  [8/7/2017] Physician General, DEP, DCNR Urge Residents To Take Steps To Prevent Mosquito, Tick Bites
*  [7/31/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In Greene County
*  [7/24/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In 3 New Counties
*  [7/24/2017] Westmoreland Workshop On Preventing Mosquito-Borne Diseases July 26
*  [7/17/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In 13 New Counties
*  [7/3/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In 3 More Counties
*  [6/26/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In 5 More Counties
*  [6/19/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In 3 New Counties
*  [6/12/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In Lawrence County
*  [5/8/2017] Wolf, DEP Announce $2 Million+ In Mosquito Control Grants To 30 Counties
*  [5/8/2017] Environmental NewsClips - All Topics
*  [5/1/2017] DEP Begins Spraying To Control Black Flies; Only DEP Line-Item Not Cut But Increased By House GOP
*  [4/10/2017] PA Dept. Of Health Holds Zika Response Exercise, House GOP Budget Cuts Funding
*  [9/12/2016] First Case Of Sexually Transmitted Zika Virus Found In PA
*  [9/5/2016] West Nile Virus Mosquito Spraying Set For Bucks, Lancaster, York Counties
*  [8/29/2016] Health, DEP Conduct Exercise To Bolster PA’s Zika Preparedness, Response Planning
*  [8/29/2016] West Nile Virus Mosquito Spraying Set For York County Aug. 29, Bucks County Aug. 31
*  [8/22/2016] Zika Virus Mosquito Type At Pest Levels In 13 Counties, No Virus Found
*  [8/22/2016] West Nile Virus Mosquito Spraying Set For York County Aug. 22, Bucks Aug. 29
*  [8/15/2016] West Nile Virus Mosquito Spraying Set For Lancaster Aug. 15, Bucks Aug. 16
*  [8/15/2016] PA Secretary Of Banking & Securities Warns Of Zika Virus-Related Scams
*  [7/25/2016] DCNR: Increase In Lyme Disease Cases Can Be Linked To Climate Change
*  [7/18/2016] Dept. Of Health Now Distributing Zika Virus Prevention Kits For Pregnant Women
*  [7/4/2016] PA Reports First 2016 Human Case Of West Nile Virus In Indiana County
*  [7/4/2016] Pennsylvania Launches Zika Virus Prevention, Awareness Campaign
*  [6/27/2016] July 6 Facebook Town Hall On Zika Virus To Be Held By DEP, Health
*  [6/27/2016] Centre County West Nile Mosquito Spraying Set For June 28
*  [6/13/2016] Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing On Zika Virus, PA Has 19 Confirmed Cases
*  [6/6/2016] West Nile Virus-Carrying Mosquito Sample Detected In Centre, Franklin Counties
*  [5/16/2016] Gov. Wolf Announces Zika Virus Surveillance Plan, Risks Very Low In PA
*  [4/18/2016] DEP Begins Helicopter Spraying To Control Black Flies
*  [4/18/2016] PA Health Alerts Public Of Confirmed Link Between Zika Virus, Serious Birth Defects
*  [2/22/2016] Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District West Nile Virus Technician
*  [2/8/2016] Zika Virus Prompts PA Health Alert For Pregnant Women Traveling To Affected Areas
*  [12/21/2015] Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District West Nile Virus, Vector Manager
*  [9/14/2015] Updated DEP Schedule For Mosquito Spraying
*  [9/7/2015] Updated DEP Schedule For Mosquito Spraying
*  [8/31/2015] Updated DEP Schedule For Mosquito Spraying
*  [8/24/2015] Updated DEP Schedule For Mosquito Spraying
*  [8/17/2015] Updated DEP Schedule For Mosquito Spraying
*  [8/10/2015] Updated DEP Schedule For Mosquito Spraying Next Week
*  [8/3/2015] Dept. Of Health Reports First Human Case Of West Nile Virus In Venango County
*  [8/3/2015] DEP Schedule For Mosquito Spraying Next Week
*  [7/27/2015] Snyder County Mosquito Spraying Set For July 27
*  [7/20/2015] Cumberland County Mosquito Spraying Set For July 20
*  [6/29/2015] Mosquito Spraying: Centre, Crawford, Cumberland, Schuylkill Counties
*  [6/22/2015] House Recognizes June 21-27 National Mosquito Control Awareness Week
*  [6/8/2015] DEP: Mosquito Spraying Set For McKean County On June 8
*  [6/1/2015] West Nile Virus-Carrying Samples Detected In York, Centre Counties
*  [5/4/2015] DEP Awards $2.05 Million In West Nile Virus Grants To 25 Counties
*  [8/11/2014] Department Of Health Reports First Human Case Of West Nile Virus In 2014
*  [8/4/2014] More Pennsylvania Counties Report Positive For West Nile Virus
*  [6/16/2014] West Nile Virus Spraying Underway In 5 Counties, Learn About Future Spraying Activities
*  [5/19/2014] West Nile Virus-Carrying Mosquito Detected, Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Areas
*  [4/21/2014] DEP Awards 26 Counties Nearly $2.1 Million In West Nile Virus Grants
*  [8/19/2013] Department of Health Reports First West Nile Virus Human Cases of 2013
*  [7/29/2013] Check West Nile Virus Hot Zones Map For Areas Of Concern Near You
*  [6/3/2013] DEP, Health: Take Precautions To Prevent West Nile Virus
*  [4/1/2013] DEP Awards 26 Counties Nearly $2.2 Million In West Nile Virus Grants
*  [10/15/2012] PA Ranks 3rd In West Nile Virus Human Cases, 1 Death In 2012
*  [9/17/2012] September Environmental Synopsis Newsletter Now Available
*  [8/20/2012] West Nile Virus Control Program Ramps Up In PA Hot Zones
*  [5/14/2012] West Nile Virus-Carrying Mosquito Is Pennsylvania’s Earliest Find
*  [4/2/2012] Horse Is First Veterinary Positive For West Nile Virus in 2012
*  [2/27/2012] Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Agricultural Conservationist, West Nile Technician
*  [7/19/2010] Health Officials Remind Citizens To Take Precautions To Reduce Exposure To Mosquitoes
*  [8/31/2009] Sen. White Urges DEP, Health Depts. To Reconsider Scaling Back West Nile Virus Program
*  [8/24/2009] DEP Will End Comprehensive West Nile Virus Spraying Due To Zeroed Budget
*  [8/17/2009] Health Department Confirms First Human Case Of West Nile Virus In PA This Season
*  [6/12/2009] Secretary Hanger, Sen. Mary Jo White Duel Over West Nile Virus Budget
*  [6/12/2009] DEP Asks Pennsylvanians To Help Battle West Nile Virus
*  [7/25/2008] Tests Confirm First Human Case of West Nile Virus in PA
*  [6/27/2008] To Eliminate Mosquitoes at Home: Dump It, Drain It, Treat It
*  [6/6/2008] Spraying to Help Control the West Nile Virus Is Now Underway
*  [3/14/2008] You and Your Family Are Invited to a Special World Water Day Event on March 22
*  [6/15/2007] First West-Nile-Positive Mosquito of Season Discovered in Blair County
*  [5/4/2007] House, Senate Celebrate 10th Anniversary of the PA Senior Environment Corps
*  [9/15/2006] See & Hear - Water Environmental Federation Sponsors 2 Free TMDL Development Webcasts
*  [2/24/2006] State College Water Reuse Project Wins Award for Engineering Excellence
*  [7/22/2005] State Reports First Positive Human Case of West Nile Virus
*  [2/11/2005] Regulations
*  [10/29/2004] Public Meetings on TMDLs Set in Clearfield, Schuylkill Counties