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How will fall colors fare in Pennsylvania? Early drought may impact the southeast

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Leaf-peeping prospects in Pennsylvania may be mixed this fall, owing to wonky weather in part of the state earlier this year.
Foliage in the southeast region could pale in comparison to that of the central and northern counties, said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Paul Pastelok, because of “a really nasty drought during the heart of the growing season.”

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Pennsylvania Game Commission’s chief of wildlife recovery glad to return to state

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Forestry is very much a part of Scott Bearer’s family tree.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s new chief of wildlife recovery comes from a long line of woodsmen.
He learned to hunt from his father, who was chief of wildfire operations and planning for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. His great grandfather was the first district forester of Forbes State Forest in Westmoreland County.

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Suburban deer management expands in southwest Pennsylvania

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Oakmont is the latest in a growing number of suburbs around Pittsburgh to adopt a controlled archery program to manage an overabundance of deer.
After more than a year of debate, Oakmont council voted, 6-1, late this summer to approve targeted deer management using hunters and professional sharpshooters on designated properties. Nearly a dozen communities in and around Allegheny County have similar programs. In mid-September, one of the county’s largest municipalities, Penn Hills, held a special non-voting, public meeting to discuss its deer problem.

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Who should manage Pennsylvania’s insects? Study aims to find out

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Efforts underway in Harrisburg could bring stronger protection to Pennsylvania’s butterflies, bees, fireflies, spiders and countless other native terrestrial invertebrates, which pollinate crops, control pest and feed wildlife.
A gap in Pennsylvania conservation law has left thousands of species – from monarch butterflies to the Pennsylvania firefly, the state insect – without a state agency officially responsible for their oversight and conservation.

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Way less land for hunting spurs action from Pennsylvania Game Commission

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The Pennsylvania Game Commission has overhauled its Hunter Access Program this year in an effort to boost declining landowner participation and increase opportunities for hunters.
With enrolled properties at about 600,000 acres – down 77% from a peak of 2.6 million acres – the commission has launched a new website to handle bookings, with a digital map showing clear boundaries and land-use rules set by owners. Landowners can specify which species and types of hunting they will allow, and whether they will permit Sunday hunting.

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Pennsylvania stocking fewer steelhead in recent years

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Pennsylvania anglers may begin to see fewer steelhead in Lake Erie tributaries this fall as a result of stocking reductions that began three years ago.
After decades of stocking about 1 million smolts a year, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission began in 2024 to taper its numbers by more than half following a disease scare at the Tionesta State Fish Hatchery.

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Cocaine found after boats collide on Pennsylvania’s Sayers Lake

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A 20-year-old, Westbury, New York, man is due in court Oct. 14, following his arrest for possession of cocaine and other violations at Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir, as outlined in a criminal complaint by the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
Sebastiano Mario Abbatiello, the brother of the alleged kingpin of a cocaine-trafficking ring based in fraternity houses in State College, was arrested by state waterways conservation officers during a July 10 boating incident at the Bald Eagle State Park lake in Centre County.

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State E. coli report suggests many Pennsylvania rivers still disgusting

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Rivers and streams across Pennsylvania regularly test positive for harmful levels of fecal-related bacteria, according to a newly released report from PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center.
More than half of 653 monitoring sites sampled in 2024 and 2025 revealed at least one day when E. coli bacteria reached potentially unsafe levels for swimming. And 39% of monitored locations had potentially unsafe levels of fecal contamination on at least one-quarter of testing days.

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