A section of the Great Allegheny Passage in Fayette County, Pa., will remain closed indefinitely following a deadly rockslide Oct. 17, according to state officials who are investigating the incident.
A 79-year-old Wisconsin woman was killed and her husband seriously injured when a large volume of rocks tumbled onto their path as they were bicycling at mile marker 87.6 in Ohiopyle State Park.
Pennsylvania’s potential new archery elk record – a massive 8×8 typical bull – may be in jeopardy amid trespassing charges against a guide and a caller on the Centre County hunt.
Guide Mike Conaway and caller Abner Druckenmiller, both of Trophy Rack Lodge in Karthaus, are accused of taking hunter Michael Skvarla onto private property the landowner claims they did not have permission to access.
The city is helping pilot a new approach to managed mentored hunting by the Pennsylvania Game Commission as part of its ever-expanding controlled archery program.
Pittsburgh is one of many locations around the state where the commission runs organized mentored deer hunts for youths and adults but, unlike the agency’s resource-heavy programs in places like Philadelphia and the Poconos, the Pittsburgh hunt is more lightly managed.
Pittsburgh, PGC debut a new archery mentoring program Read More »
A Westmoreland County man has been convicted of homicide by vehicle in the February 2025 death of a friend who was trapped under the ice on Deep Creek Lake in Maryland.
Ricky A. Wise, 60, of Mount Pleasant, Pa., was found guilty by a jury in Maryland’s Garrett County Circuit Court Sept. 18 of two counts of homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and impaired by alcohol, and criminally negligent manslaughter in the death of David T. Linsenbigler, 58, of Greensburg.
Pennsylvania man is guilty of homicide in UTV, lake incident Read More »
A man who set out to win a catfish tournament may also have nabbed a Pennsylvania record.
David Taylor Jr., of Munhall, Pa., boated a 36.15-pound channel catfish night-fishing one of the rivers near downtown Pittsburgh Oct. 3 – appearing to beat the state record by a little less than a pound. As of Oct. 10, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission was awaiting paperwork from Taylor to consider making the feat official, according to agency spokesman Mike Parker.
Potential Pennsylvania record channel catfish released unharmed Read More »
Major League Fishing pro Matt Becker will compete for the largest single payout in bass fishing history on Old Hickory Lake near Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 28 to Nov. 1.
World Bass Enterprises’ The Champions will feature the top 25 anglers from B.A.S.S. and MLF’s Bass Pro Tour vying for a first-place payout of $1.25 million, and $3.25 million total. It’s a long way from the waters of southwestern Pennsylvania, where Becker learned to fish.
Sportsman Profile: Pennsylvania native Matt Becker seeing success on pro bass tour Read More »
Elizabeth Bruner grew up hunting, trapping and fishing, and now the outdoors is her work space, too.
As the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Cambria County forester, Bruner, 22, manages 56,000 acres of habitat across nine state game lands. “It’s my dream job,” said Bruner, “because I get to be in the woods every day.”
Pennsylvania’s Wildlife Leadership Academy celebrates 20 years Read More »
Three monumental trolls slated for construction across McKean County next year will have off-grid solar-powered spotlights and security cameras.
The 30-foot sculptures – Trolls in the Forest – to be hand-built of recycled and reclaimed materials by Danish environmental artist Thomas Dambo will be a permanent installation with 24/7 LED lighting and monitoring independent of the local utility grid.
It’s 98 down and hundreds more to go in ridding Pennsylvania waters – and streets – of deserted and lost boats.
Since Act 28 of 2025 took effect in January – authorizing municipal authorities to investigate abandoned, derelict and at-risk vessels (ADVs) within their jurisdictions – the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission has worked with police to identify owners of 99 ADVs reported under the new law.
Pennsylvania’s abandoned and derelict boat law having an effect Read More »
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