More than one-third of Pennsylvania waterways are impaired, and the number is trending upward, according to a report from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
About 28,820 assessed stream miles – including 1,000 more than in 2022 – failed to meet one or more water‑quality standards for aquatic life, recreation, fish consumption, or drinking water supply.
More than a third of Pennsylvania streams impaired Read More »
How do you get a 52-inch muskie through an 8-inch hole in the ice?
“Not easily,” said Brett Baldwin, 25, a McKean County, Pa., angler who faced that once-in-a-lifetime challenge on the Allegheny Reservoir (Kinzua Dam) on Jan. 31.
Giant muskie through the ice is huge surprise for Pennsylvania angler Read More »
On the Delaware River, Laura Yeates rules.
At 41, Yeates, of Bethlehem, has caught enough big catfish to have earned the title Flathead Queen. It started about six years ago when the father of one of her son’s friends told her about the bite around Easton, where the Lehigh River meets the Delaware. Seeing a Facebook photo of a monster catch was enough to hook her interest, since she had only ever fished for trout, panfish and bass.
Meet Laura Yeates… Bethlehem, Pa.’s ‘queen of the flatheads’ Read More »
With the Three Rivers in Pittsburgh now an angling and boating mecca, an effort is underway to “redd up” their banks, as well.
The city of Pittsburgh and Riverlife, a nonprofit dedicated to optimizing the Downtown waterfronts, have launched UpKeep, a $6 million initiative. It will provide TLC to 15 miles of trails, parks, boat docks and other recreational amenities framing the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers.
Pittsburgh takes on project to clean up its river banks Read More »
The Conestoga River is Pennsylvania’s 2026 River of the Year, the result of statewide voting in an annual competition sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
The 61-mile waterway flowing through Lancaster County bested the Lower Schuylkill River and Chillisquaque Creek, with 2,510 out of 5,604 votes.
Conestoga named River of Year in Pennsylvania’s annual contest Read More »
A once-pristine southwestern Pennsylvania trout stream has been dropped from the state stocking schedule because of lead contamination from a nearby shooting range, as environmentalists call for faster enforceable action against the polluter.
Faster action is sought for lead-tainted Blue Hole Creek in Pennsylvania Read More »
Because he grew up loving the outdoors, Ray Morris had envisioned a career as a game warden or a forester.
Although fate put him on a different path, Morris, 83, of suburban Pittsburgh, has been making up for lost time since retiring 16 years ago as head of a global professional association.
Pennsylvania’s Ray Morris a longtime conservation leader in Allegheny County Read More »
Ice fishing came early this winter to much of Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier.
While open water persisted in the southern half of the state, hard-water fishing was in full swing from Crawford to Tioga to Pike counties. Union City tackle shop owner Jerry Van Tassel said anglers were augering holes on natural Canadohta Lake by mid-December, giving vibes of winters long past.
On many northern Pennsylvania lakes, ice has been nice during an ‘old-fashioned winter’ Read More »
Although U.S. Steel has been sanctioned for repeatedly leaking oil into the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh, clean water advocates say the penalties are too lenient.
An agreement signed with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Nov. 20 requires the manufacturing giant to pay $135,000 and implement stronger controls to prevent future petrochemical sheening discharges from outfalls at its Mon Valley Works – Irvin Plant.
U.S. Steel fine for pollution in Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River called ‘meager’ Read More »
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