Outdoors

The robin responsible for this clutch of eggs won’t have to worry about being an “empty nester” anytime soon. Paul Pietruszewski of Mountain Top puts a basket on his deck every year for the robins […]

KIDDER TWP. — For his last in-season trout stocking of the spring, waterways conservation officer Aaron Lupacchini did something different. As the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stocking truck pulled up to Red Rock along […]

For years, anglers and whitewater rafters have often been at odds regarding the Lehigh River. The cause of the long-running disagreement are the water releases from the Francis E. Walter Dam into the river. Anglers […]

This ruffed grouse in Windham Township, Bradford County, gave Joe DeMarco plenty of time to take its picture during a recent encounter. DeMarco said the grouse flew to his car. After stopping to take a […]

Erika Machtinger has a lot of questions as to what is causing a mange epidemic in Pennsylvania’s black bears. In two years, she hopes to have answers and possibly a solution. Machtinger, who is an […]

When it comes to wildlife management, everyone has an opinion. Sometimes it doesn’t take a college degree to figure things out, yet there are other issues where it does take a trained biologist to make […]

Naweed Najib captured this scenic shot on a pond in Drums last week. This egret was patrolling the shallows for a fish or a frog, yet it is also displaying its breeding plumage. Called aigrettes, […]

The Pennsylvania Game Commission gave deer hunters more time afield when the board added an extra day to the fall archery season. In the future, rifle deer hunters could get more time as well. After […]

I hope the view held by some officials at Penn State University doesn’t reflect society’s mindset in general when it comes to the outdoors. And I worry that a recent decision by the university could […]

To many in the fly-fishing world, Joe Humphreys is a legend. A hero. The 89-year-old from Boalsburg has taught thousands of anglers how to fly fish. Celebrities such as former vice president Dick Cheney and […]