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January 14, 2025

Survey results revealed for new Pennsylvania Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn recently shared the results of public surveys that will inform and guide the creation of the agency’s upcoming 2025-29 Pennsylvania Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.

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Ohio’s South Bass anglers eager for minnows get their shiners delivered

On Jan. 2, the last day of the Miller Boat Line ferry service, a flatbed truck from A-N-J Bait carrying tanks of emerald shiners arrived on South Bass Island at the request of dozens of the island’s winter anglers.
As a new forecast for some weeks of frigid weather was finally announced by local meteorologists, these anglers are hoping to use this preferred bait fish species when the lake freezes and allows ice fishing to commence.

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Dogs trained to sniff out invasive spotted lanternflies

Growers and conservationists have a new weapon to detect invasive spotted lanternflies early and limit their spread: dogs trained to sniff out egg masses that overwinter in vineyards and forests.
A Cornell University study found that trained dogs – a Labrador retriever and a Belgian Malinois – were better than humans at detecting egg masses in forested areas near vineyards, while people spotted them better than the dogs in vineyards.

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The chatty red squirrel: Known for scolding deer hunters

A machine-gun-like chatter echoing through the mixed hemlock, beech, and maple forest is the scolding that a deer hunter gets when he enters the territory of a feisty red squirrel. Weighing approximately 6 ounces and measuring only a foot long – half of which is tail  –  the little squirrel packs a large vocal punch.

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Ohio Insider: A new feature in Ohio Outdoor News

We have a new feature in Ohio Outdoor News that I’d like to draw to your attention. There’s a new outdoor personality profile that’s in the spot that typically holds the Sounding Board in the print editions.
The Sounding Board isn’t going away, but we’re going to publish those in every other issue. In odd-numbered issues, we’ll publish the outdoor personality profile, highlighting and telling a bit about a person in Ohio who loves the outdoors.

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