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Deadly screwworm is spooking Pennsylvania’s animal officials

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Although it may not have moved yet beyond the American southwest, Pennsylvania officials are taking measures to protect against a new and potentially devastating threat to livestock and wildlife – the flesh-eating new world screwworm (NWS).
While federal agriculture officials work to contain a growing outbreak in Texas and New Mexico, Pennsylvania agriculture secretary Russell Redding ordered a quarantine June 9 to try to keep the potentially deadly parasite from wreaking havoc here.

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Schuylkill River is Pennsylvania’s first National Water Trail

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The Schuylkill River Water Trail has been designated Pennsylvania’s first – and so far only – National Water Trail by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Already a National Recreation Trail, the Schuylkill was given higher-level status on National Trails Day, June 6, becoming one of just 40 such waterways in the country. Criteria is based on exemplary recreational value for fishing, paddling and wildlife watching, public access, conservation and stewardship efforts, and community engagement.

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Conservation partners make southwest Pennsylvania’s Pigeon Creek a better fishery

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Two years ago, Ken Yonek decided to take Pigeon Creek, a Monongahela River tributary in southwestern Pennsylvania, under his wing.
The retired chemist, now 82, saw potential in the 30-mile long Washington County fishery –as well as a need to upgrade its image – and set about organizing a watershed association with like-minded conservationists.

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Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill Hunting Club turns 100 this summer

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Schuylkill Hunting Club in Pennsylvania turns 100 this summer – a rare milestone members will mark with a July 4 celebration at their Lycoming County camp.
Bruce Squibb, the camp cook, is helping plan the centennial bash at the two-story cabin built by his grandfather and other charter members in Tiadaghton State Forest in 1926.

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Pennsylvania probing spate of water accidents

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Two children were injured – one fatally – in separate boating-related incidents in May, and an adult drowned in March, according to the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
Gesar Albarracin Guncay, 12, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., died May 27 when the inflatable raft he shared with four others capsized during a school excursion on the Lehigh River in Carbon County. The raft struck a strainer, or fallen tree, ejecting all occupants into the water, according to a Fish & Boat Commission report.

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Pennsylvania’s bass opener is different today, but tournament anglers still look forward to it

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While it may slip by unnoticed by many anglers, the opening day of bass season in Pennsylvania, the second Saturday in June, still holds excitement for folks who fish tournaments. 
Bass fishing has been allowed year-round since 2000, when the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission changed the closed season during the spawn to catch-and-immediate-release. However, there’s a moratorium on tournaments from mid-March to mid-June, which makes the season opener something to look forward to for thousands of club and elite tournament competitors.

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Bird flu blamed for death of popular eaglets monitored on livestream

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Two bald eaglets died in recent weeks in their tree nest in Pittsburgh, and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is the presumed cause.
Six-week old GH4 and GH3 began exhibiting signs of illness, including lethargy and weakness, several days before they passed on May 17 and 18 in the city’s Glen Hazel section, according to PixCams, which has live-
streamed the nest for 14 years and had never before recorded such a loss.

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Professor uses underwater drone to study river reef on Monongahela River near Pittsburgh

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Skip the sonar and snorkels.
Underwater drones could be the future of monitoring freshwater fisheries. David Argent, a PennWest California University fisheries and wildlife sciences professor, used a drone last year to evaluate aquatic life on the Monongahela River in the wake of a dam removal near Pittsburgh.

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Controversy grows over planned turnpike deep ‘cut’ through Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountain

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A massive turnpike modernization planned for the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel in southwestern Pennsylvania is drawing strong opposition.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission plans to build a 1,000-foot wide, 250-foot-deep highway through the Allegheny Mountain in Somerset County to bypass the existing twin-tube system, claiming it is needed to replace aged infrastructure, accommodate greater traffic volume, and provide for trucks carrying hazardous materials.

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