Friday, February 10, 2012
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Tom VeneskySports Reportertvenesky@timesleader.com (570) 970-7230 |
State Rep. Ed Staback and Mountain Top resident Tommy Hollock have the same goal in mind. They both want to keep young hunters in the sport and attract more youth at the same time.
At one time Solomon Creek in Wilkes-Barre and Hanover Township was a picturesque trout stream. Its waters flowed clear and cool over a natural channel of stone and gravel, creating a perfect habitat for aquatic insects and native trout.
Volunteer help is something that Waterways Conservation Officer John Cummings relies on when stocking trout.
Don’t always believe what you hear.
I doubted that a recent recommendation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declaring the eastern cougar extinct would do much to silence the multitude of sightings that are generated each year.
Last May, Dan Figured, a law enforcement supervisor with the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Northeast Regional office, traveled to Gettysburg to participate in a golf tournament held to raise funds for families of police officers killed in the line of duty.
In the wake of what seems like annual budget cuts, it’s no surprise that the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is relying more and more on revenue generated from Marcellus Shale drilling on state forests.
For the last 33 years, Ken Klemow watched his colleagues at the annual Ecological Society of America conference step onto the stage to accept a national award that recognized them as the top ecology educators in the country.
It doesn’t really surprise me that the Humane Society of the United States and hunters alike expressed outrage that a 675-pound bear was killed illegally in Nescopeck State Park earlier this month.
No, this particular passport won’t get you to an exotic locale far away. It won’t allow you to jet-set across the globe and it won’t even get you across the border.
As the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins begin their three-game road trip at 7 p.m. today in Portland, they hope to chip away at a record.
WILKES-BARRE TWP.—Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Nick Petersen made a big promise to his newest fan in the early morning hours before Tuesday’s game against the Binghamton Senators.
WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Last week Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goaltender Scott Munroe sat down with head coach John Hynes and delivered a message.
There are two things that are predictable with each bear season: there are a lot of them out there and a good percentage are pretty big.
With a high bear population and plenty of big bruins, Pennsylvania has become a destination for out-of-state hunters.
Twelve games into his rookie season, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Brandon DeFazio admits he has learned a lot from his linemate and center, Zach Sill.
WILKES-BARRE TWP. – For the first two periods of Saturday’s game against the Norfolk Admirals, the Penguins built a 3-1 lead and looked to extend a few streaks.
HERSHEY — Down 2-1 to the Hershey Bears at the end of the first period on Friday, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins center Ben Street found himself anchoring a line with a mystery winger.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will look to extend their seven-game winning streak tonight what they take on the Hershey Bears on the road.
The hatred began last December, when the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Norfolk Admirals opened each game of a back-to-back pair of contests with a series of fights.