Scouring nearly 30 years of medical-database records, a group of doctors has found that nearly 40 hunters each year in Pennsylvania experience falls from tree stands that result in traumatic injuries. On its own, that […]
New Jersey’s bear population could double by 2022, and that could mean twice the trouble for parts of Pennsylvania. In August, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy banned bear hunting on state lands effective this year. […]
This photograph taken by Chris Krall should be hanging on a wall in an art gallery. A solitary great blue heron patiently waits in the early morning mist for an unsuspecting frog or fish to […]
Archery license sales have increased in each of the last nine years, yet Wes Waldron feels like he is part of a dying breed. Waldron, who serves as the Legislative Committee Chairman for the United […]
Martin Husovich photographed this copperhead earlier this month in the parking lot at Glen Onoko. Husovich said there was a light rain falling and he was surprised to see the snake out in such conditions. […]
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP — Brian Williamson knelt down on a rock outcrop in the middle of State Game Lands 207 and scrutinized the cracks for a rare, delicate plant. After a few minutes of searching, Williamson, […]
This coyote sure is curious about something as it passed through a field in Franklin Township. Jim Fazzi used a trail camera to capture the photo of the coyote during July, and judging by its […]
There are a lot of things I enjoy about bass fishing on a farm pond during the summer. Busting bass out of the lily pads tops the list, of course, but there is much more […]
DAVIDSON TOWNSHIP, SULLIVAN COUNTY — When the Pennsylvania Game Commission conducts its annual bear trapping each summer as part of a statewide population monitoring effort, the northeast agency staff times the work when the blueberries […]
RICE TWP. — Dave Wasilewski held death in his hand. Minutes later, he clutched a delicacy. That’s the routine when it comes to mushroom hunting – the poisonous varieties are just as common as those […]
Ponds and lakes are full and streams and the Susquehanna River have been flowing at full capacity — or more — this summer. So what does all the excess water mean for the fish that […]
Seven years ago I spoke to Andy Bensing for a story regarding legislation he hoped would pass in Pennsylvania. At the time, Bensing, who is an officer with United Blood Trackers, was urging the state […]
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