Unlike the stalwart servicemen and women at the Tobyhanna Army Depot on the cold Pocono Plateau, I don’t have to get up at reveille to start my day.
At the adjoining state park and Tobyhanna Lake, it’s common see the air temperature far below freezing first thing on a January morning and for hours afterwards.
A look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the Jan. 5, 2024, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Calendar Read More »
City residents may soon have to give up foie gras, but they can relax about buying fur coats and taking horse-drawn carriage rides since only one of three animal welfare bills made it to a vote in City Council late last year.
Councilman Bruce Kraus effectively killed two of the measures he proposed when he motioned to hold them for four weeks in a mid-December session.
Pittsburgh City Council gets involved in animal welfare issues Read More »
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens and Waterways Conservation Officers. These reports are from the Jan. 5, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Large poaching ring apprehended in Bedford County Read More »
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation collaborated with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and private landowners to conserve what were 649 acres of private land in the heart of Pennsylvania’s elk range and place it in the public’s hands.
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conserves land in Pennsylvania elk range Read More »
Preliminary bear harvest figures indicate that hunters in Pennsylvania harvested 2,906 bears during all seasons in 2023. This is the first time in 16 years that the harvest has dropped below 3,000 bears.
The harvest was below 3,000 in 2007 and also in 2002, but you have to go way back to 1999 to find harvests consistently below 3,000.
Pennsylvania bear hunters take fewer than 3,000 bruins for first time since 2007 Read More »
Deer hunting isn’t over yet.
And in the newly created Deer Management Assistance Program unit spanning more than 140,000 acres in Dauphin, Northumberland and Schuylkill counties, hunters have even more time and additional opportunities.
Deer permits remain for Pennsylvania’s new CWD unit east of Susquehanna Read More »
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for information in connection with the illegal killing of a black bear discovered Dec. 2 in Fayette County.
The more than 200-pound female was found on State Game Land 51 off Saylor Road in Stewart Township after someone phoned in a tip to the Game Commission, said game warden and Southwest Region spokesman Seth Mesoras.
Asian longhorned ticks are the latest tick to surface in Pennsylvania but aren’t yet cause for alarm, according to Penn State entomologist Michael Skvarla.
Although the species was in the news recently in connection with the deaths of several cows in Ohio, Skvarla said there’s little evidence that longhorned ticks pose a threat to humans.
Asian longhorned ticks are in Pennsylvania, but no cause for concern yet Read More »
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