Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn joined staff and families at Little Buffalo State Park April 17 in Perry County to celebrate the 2026 graduating class of the department’s ranger and park manager trainee academy.
Pennsylvania rangers, park managers graduate Read More »
Ohio’s hunters enjoyed a shotgun start to the state’s wild turkey hunting season.
That detail applied to both Ohio’s youth – who enjoyed their own season – along with participants in the general season for all but five Northeast Ohio “Snow Belt” counties.
Early season turkey take shows numbers are up in Ohio Read More »
Microplastics can be found everywhere in nature – from drinking water to clouds in the atmosphere – but scientists have yet to fully uncover how severely they impact the environment or the precise factors driving their buildup.
A new study published by researchers at Penn State offers a fresh view of how microplastics traverse and influence watersheds, such as rivers and streams, across Pennsylvania and the world at large.
Study finds microplastics in Pennsylvania headwaters streams Read More »
The Landowner Resource Office was created to consolidate the Ag Tag and Deer Management Assistance Program, along with enhance existing programs such as the Certified Hunter Program – which has transitioned from a regional pilot to statewide – and the Hunter Access Program.
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 8, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Hands off PGC reserve funds Read More »
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission assisted the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit in enforcing a security zone on local waterways during the National Football League Draft April 23-25 to ensure public safety, safeguard event participants and protect the maritime transportation system.
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: PF&BC helps Coast Guard at NFL Draft Read More »
In 1999, when the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued its Light Geese Conservation Order – which allows a special season to harvest more of the overabundant white birds – snow geese populations had grown so large they were degrading the habitat in their arctic breeding grounds.
However, according to Ducks Unlimited, recent data suggest that these populations have now collapsed to levels not seen in 30 years.
Pennsylvania expected to remove conservation order season for light geese in spring ’27 Read More »
The Wisconsin DNR is drafting a new fisheries management strategic
WI Daily Update: Offer your input on DNR’s fisheries management strategic plan Read More »
This is not a story of a successful habitat restoration. Instead, this is a chronicle of a less-than-totally-successful operation in which, nevertheless, lessons were learned.
In the middle of Crow Wing County, Minn., land that my family has owned since the mid-1960s sits a 30-acre wetland. When I was a kid, it was a vibrant Tamarack bog with open water in which ducks and geese would land. My mom tells stories of catching largemouth bass in the pond.
Fighting hybrid cattails with fire proves tough, underscoring the need for expertise Read More »
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