Game Commission and Fish & Boat Commission boards have been good old boys’ clubs.
Gruesome “fibromas” caused by a papilloma virus common across deer range.
Invasive insect is wiping out important tree species.
Precipitation in Keystone State is up 10% in last 20 years, according to National Weather Service.
It’s anyone’s guess at this point, and it may need to happen this year.
Many don’t believe CWD could spell the end for deer in Pennsylvania.
After nine years, new show about Pennsylvania elk will complement old one.
Senate Bill 1202 would allow the Pennsylvania Game Commission to decide which Sundays to incorporate into existing seasons.
So far, apparently, it’s been ignored. But with so little progress being made in reining in the disease steadily spreading through North America deer and elk herds, perhaps it is time for a fresh look at the culprit spreading CWD.
He lived in Pennsylvania most of his life and was a favorite of this blogger.
In Pennsylvania and across the Northeast and Great Lakes region, warm, soggy conditions to prevail.
After New Jersey governor bans bear hunting on state property, Pennsylvania Game Commission expects “visitors.”
Fishkill in Pennsylvania stream from lampricide shows risk of program that protects Great Lakes.
Researchers modeled fawn survival relative to the percentage of agricultural land cover. The estimated average survival to six months of age was about 41 percent in contiguous forest landscapes with no agriculture. For every 10 percent increase in land area in agriculture, fawn survival increased by almost 5 percent.
North-central Pennsylvania snake enthusiast claims Fish & Boat Commission ruined his reputation.
Compares CWD to the chestnut blight.
Pennsylvania hunters may get chance to hunt doves in managed fields.
It’s an effort that will be watched closely because one area is adjacent to the state’s elk range, and the results of CWD tests on culled deer will determine future action.
But removing antler-point restrictions will increase deer harvest, and that will no doubt be controversial.
By start of Pennsylvania pheasant season, permit sales about half of hoped-for level.
Rainy summer in Pennsylvania sets up forests for especially colorful fall.
Maternal stress is beneficial for prey animals, Pennsylvania research concludes.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree – and for better or worse, it’s all my fault.
Soil removes some emerging contaminants from wastewater in Pennsylvania study.
Abundant forest species seen as canary in a coal mine when it comes to climate.
University Park, Pa. —Researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences are spearheading a four-year-old collaborative effort to assess the impact of a warming climate on the Eastern red-backed salamander, a creature that lives on or under the forest floor. Because these salamanders do not have lungs, breathe through their skin and must live in damp places, they are extremely…
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