By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — It could be a defining time period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Between now and mid-April, landowners currently in the program and those who would like to be part of the program for the first time (in some cases, participants in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program) may …
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Lansing — The state’s largest outdoors group worries that a public access provision of the new Commercial Forest Act, while appearing to boost access efforts, may have the opposite effect. By requiring only those landowners who enrolled after 1995 to prove they’re allowing the access the law requires, the House-approved
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — Are at least some Pennsylvania Game Commission officials willing to strike a deal on deer management to get an increase in hunting license fees? Some believe the answer is yes after hearing Carl Roe, the newly hired executive director of the commission, present the agency’s annual report to
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Ice conditions vary greatly on lakes across Michigan. Unseasonably warm weather deteriorated ice in most of southern Michigan. Safe ice is still forming on many lakes. Anyone venturing out should exercise extreme caution. Always test the ice as you go since lakes can freeze unevenly. Wear a life jacket and carry ice picks. Beware of
By Dan Nephin Associated Press Writer Brookville, Pa. — A deer breeder awaiting sentencing in the theft of a massive buck from another breeder has been charged with operating an illegal deer farm and hunting operation. The Pennsylvania Game Commission filed 2,318 wildlife-related and criminal counts against Jeffrey Dean Spence, of Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, about
By Freddie McKnight Southcentral Correspondent Mapleton, Pa. — For a child, it can seem like an eternity must pass before the arrival of the magical age of 12 – the legal hunting age in the state of Pennsylvania. Such was the case for Tim Clevenger Jr. The Huntingdon County youth watched his father and other
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