Margaret J. Krauss thought she knew about big mountains—that is, until she went skiing out west for the first time.
As her third child started college, Debra-Lynn Hook spent two and a half weeks in a rustic cabin amidst 200 acres of Michigan forest—to experience the grandeur and subtlety of the woods.
Some of the best places to stargaze also happen to be the best places to drill for oil. And as oil development has exploded, so has the amount of light pollution.
While many Pittsburghers seem a bit leery about dipping a toe in the Three Rivers, this marathon swimmer will regularly hit the waters for ten hours or more.
Open-water marathon swimmer Darren Miller says it's about time Pittsburghers stopped being freaked out about swimming in their signature waterways.
Pittsburgh's boating community is banging like never before. There's even a sailboat culture. His name is John Norton.
A citizen group in Pittsburgh is using cyclists—and some Home Depot ingenuity—to map some of the city's air pollution hotspots.
There are many cities in Pennsylvania that are rediscovering their waterfronts. And redevelopment projects have to have an eye on both fun and flooding.
One thing is clear: When a waterfront is involved in a development, it means more regulators, complexity, money and time. Even for low-impact projects.
This week on the Allegheny Front, we listen in on award-winning author and producer Scott Carrier's classic documentary about his canoe trip on the Green River.