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First hunter-killed bear in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County was taken illegally, PGC says

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The first black bear known to ever have been harvested in Lancaster County, Pa., was killed illegally in Drumore Township in early December, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
John Stoltzfus, 47, of Drumore Township, is charged with the unlawful taking of wildlife and trespassing, according to citations filed with District Judge William Mankin II, of Quarryville. Stoltzfus faces fines of up to $1,200, with restitution to be determined.

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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission selling North East Marina in Lake Erie

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The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is in talks to sell North East Marina – its beleaguered Lake Erie property – to the newly-formed North East Community Marina Authority.
The non-profit was created last spring by former Fish & Boat Commission board member Ed Mascharka and four other individuals intent on keeping the marina open to the public. It has been operating the marina since last June.

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200 dead snow geese signals return of avian influenza in Pennsylvania

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The Pennsylvania Game Commission suspects that avian influenza caused the deaths of 200 snow geese found Dec. 30 in the greater Allentown area.
Dead birds were recovered from two private properties – in Lower Nazareth Township in Northampton County and in Upper Macungie Township in Lehigh County. The situation was ongoing as of Jan. 3 because sick birds also were observed at both sites.

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Panther Hollow Lake restoration effort gaining steam in Pittsburgh

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An effort is underway to spur action on Panther Hollow Lake – once a recreational gem now in decay in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park.
Students in an environmental justice class at the nearby University of Pittsburgh have launched a petition on Change.org, aimed at mustering support for restoration of the 2.5-acre reservoir as a fishing and boating destination.

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Hunting license sales down slightly through the first half of the fiscal year in Pennsylvania

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Sales of general hunting licenses in Pennsylvania declined by nearly 2% in the first half of the fiscal year, with a total of 820,086 licenses sold from mid-June through Nov. 30. 
The 1.79% drop reflects that 14,913 fewer hunters had purchased licenses than during the same pre-firearms period in 2023, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission data. Agency spokesman Travis Lau called the decline “significant” and noted that it is part of a downward trend in hunting participation that began in 1982.

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Pittsburgh-area Christmas Bird Count, set for Dec. 28, ‘turns up birds not normally found here’

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For many Pennsylvanians, the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, now in its 125th year, is as much a part of the holidays as gingerbread men and tinsel-laden trees.
Held annually throughout the western hemisphere from mid-December through Jan. 5, it is the longest-running community bird-science project in the United States, providing valuable data about population trends, ranges, and diversity.
The Pittsburgh-area count, which is always conducted Dec. 28, is one of the more popular in the country, said Brian Shema, Audubon director of operations at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve in suburban Pittsburgh.

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Optimism around effort to return quail to Pennsylvania

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The Pennsylvania Game Commission is encouraged by the early results of a long-term mission to reintroduce bobwhite quail, a native species that disappeared from the landscape two to three decades ago.
The population of 87 quail translocated from other states and released at Letterkenny Army Depot in southeastern Pennsylvania last spring may be expanding based on what biologists heard this fall, according to Haley Keff, the state quail, pheasant and dove biologist. 
“We captured a snapshot of reproductive success when we conducted covey call surveys,” she said.

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Lawsuit filed over ATV use in Pennsylvania’s state forests and parks

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An environmental group has gone to court seeking a ban on all-terrain vehicles in Pennsylvania state forests and parks following the expansion of a trail system through the Northern Tier.
The non-profit Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation filed suit Dec. 2 in Commonwealth Court against Gov. Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and DCNR Secretary Cindy Dunn, claiming that recreational use of ATVs in forests is unconstitutional and the plaintiffs have violated their duty to protect forests from their ecological impacts.

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Abandoned, derelict boat problem bobs to top in Pennsylvania

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Federal and state officials are seeking to solve the problem of countless abandoned and derelict vessels (ADVs) littering waterways in Pennsylvania and nationwide.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the BoatUS Foundation have launched the development of a database that will pinpoint the locations of ADVs and track their removal while illustrating the environmental and navigation hazards they are causing on rivers and lakes.

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