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In the rolling grasslands of Lebanon County’s Fort Indiantown Gap, visitors can step away from the military training grounds and into the world’s only remaining population of the eastern regal fritillary butterfly.

The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population is seeing some positive signs after hitting near-record lows last year, according to a Chesapeake Bay Foundation survey done in Virginia and Maryland. Central Pennsylvania is part of the watershed, and the Susquehanna River is the largest source of freshwater to feed into the bay.