February 12, 2024

Allegheny chosen as Pennsylvania’s 2024 River of the Year

Featured, Fishing, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Pennsylvania / Deborah Weisberg

The Allegheny River has been voted 2024 River of the Year in an online competition sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and administered by the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers.
The 325-mile western Pennsylvania waterway garnered 8,307 nods to beat the neighboring Youghiogheny River (7,212 votes), and the Lackawaxen River (4,740) in the northeast region.

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Two Pennsylvania men found guilty of bird poisonings

Featured, Home Page News, National News, News, Pennsylvania / Deborah Weisberg

A Beaver County, Pa, farm operator and one of his employees were found guilty in federal court Jan. 25 on three counts related to the unlawful killing of protected migratory birds.
Robert Yost, 52, of New Castle, and Jacob Reese, 27, of Enon Valley, both in Lawrence County, were convicted of poisoning 17 Canada geese, 10 red-winged blackbirds and a mallard duck with corn coated with carbofuran, a registered restricted-use pesticide, in June 2020. The verdict came 15 months after their October 2022 trial.

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Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Influenced vote on martens

Letters, Opinion, Pennsylvania / Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 16, 2024, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

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Commentary: Who is behind reintroduction of the American marten in Pennsylvania?

Featured, Opinion, Pennsylvania / Tim Flanigan / Bedford, Pa.

The Game Commission shortened the ruffed grouse hunting season to limit hunter harvest losses to a seriously depleted population of our state’s avian symbol.

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Consider the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Illinois for your 2024 solar eclipse destination

Blogs, Illinois, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion / Gretchen Steele

As the celestial event of the decade approaches, anticipation is building for the 2024 solar eclipse. Skywatchers and astronomy enthusiasts worldwide are planning their journeys to witness this rare spectacle.
Among the myriad of destinations, one stands out as an excellent choice for an enjoyable experience — the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Ill.

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Wisconsin Fishing Report – February 12, 2024

Fishing, Fishing Reports, Fishing Reports, Wisconsin / Wisconsin DNR Reports

Anglers here were walking out and having some luck catching yellow perch.

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Buzzards’ early return to Ohio a sign of an early spring?

Blogs, Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, Ohio, Opinion / Steve Pollick

Myth has it that turkey vultures return to Ohio when the state greens up. On the way home from town, just passing the old quarry, I could hardly believe my eyes – buzzards soaring! So soon, on Feb. 8!
In all my 50 years of watching these great soaring raptors – more properly known as turkey vultures – around Froggy Bottom environs, I have not seen them return for spring so early.

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North Dakota Fishing Report – February 12, 2024 – video

Fishing, Fishing Reports, Fishing Reports, North Dakota, Videos / Devils Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau Reports

Checking in from out on the Flats, where there was 22 inches of ice and a good walleye bite.

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Mosquito Creek Lake struggles on walleyes, good for bass in Ohio’s Trumbull County

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Ohio / Mike Moore

Walleyes have seen better days at Mosquito Creek Lake in Trumbull County.
The 7,850-acre lake is currently in the middle of a cyclical downturn in terms of its walleye population, said Curt Wagner, fish management supervisor for the ODNR Division of Wildlife in Akron.

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