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October 20, 2025

Deer tests positive for rabies in New York’s Columbia County

For the second time this year, a white-tailed deer has tested positive for rabies in New York, and recent reports say the animal interacted with a raccoon, a species that is a more common carrier of the disease.
On Sept. 26, a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) responded after a deer had reportedly ran into a school building in Copake, in Columbia County. Basic precautionary measures were taken and the animal was euthanized. Rabies can only be detected by examining the brain of a potentially infected animal.

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Pennsylvania panel seeks commission candidates

The Governor’s Advisory Council for Hunting, Fishing and Conservation is seeking qualified candidates interested in serving the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission as commissioner for its District 2.
District 2 consists of Beaver, Allegheny, Washington, Greene, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland, and Fayette counties.

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Grant applications being accepted for watersheds in two Pennsylvania counties

The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is seeking proposals for projects that would be funded through the Tulpehocken and Quittapahilla Watershed Grant Program.
Projects eligible for this program must support aquatic habitat enhancement, recreational access, and water quality in the Tulpehocken Creek and Quittapahilla Creek watersheds in Berks and Lebanon counties and be located wholly within the watersheds.

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Pennsylvania Game Commission predicts another good bear season is on tap

In many situations when you ask how things are going, the answer is “same old, same old” – not bad perhaps, but not overly exciting either.
When it comes to bear hunting in Pennsylvania, however, the “same old, same old” is something special.

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Notes off a soiled cuff: Is a change coming to Pennsylvania’s minimum size for keeping trout?

Have you ever wondered, like I have, where the state’s 7-inch minimum size for keeping trout came from. Seems too small, right? Well, at the Fish & Boat Commission’s Fisheries Committee meeting Sept. 30, staff discussed changing it to 8 or 9 inches.

Notes off a soiled cuff: Is a change coming to Pennsylvania’s minimum size for keeping trout? Read More »

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