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Battle to save Huntingdon County’s Old Crow Wetland in Pennsylvania is over

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The three-year battle to protect an important wildlife area in Huntingdon County, Pa., has come to an end. Earthmoving for a convenience store/truck stop began in mid-July and continued into November, with the construction of a huge retaining wall on the lower end of the adjoining property.
In April, Rutters closed the deal on the farm fields near the intersection of Routes 22 and 26 just west of Huntingdon – purchasing the property for $427,500. This was the final step before beginning construction of a convenience store/truck stop that happens to be adjacent and immediately up-slope from the Old Crow Wetlands.

Battle to save Huntingdon County’s Old Crow Wetland in Pennsylvania is over Read More »

Pennsylvania archers take 21 elk during recent season

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Archers were met with mostly hot and dry weather for the 14-day elk season in Pennsylvania, which for the first time included two Sundays. Temperatures topped out in the high 70s to mid 80s almost every day.
“Elk were primarily found along the rivers and creeks in the valley bottoms. That’s not shocking – it was the only water available.”

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What’s the progress of Pennsylvania’s three newest state parks?

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Nearly three years ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced acquisition of three properties for the development of new state parks, covering an overall area of 3,425 acres.
This created the first state park in Wyoming County, as well as two others, and the $45 million investment brought the state park total to 124.

What’s the progress of Pennsylvania’s three newest state parks? Read More »

Commentary: Opposition to Freeman Run trout stocking experiment in Pennsylvania overblown

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I am primarily a wild trout angler, and I agree that, in general, Class A wild trout streams should not be stocked. However, I am amazed at all the attention, misinformation and exaggerated claims that have been flying around related to the proposed stocking experiment on a Class A section of Freeman Run in Potter County, Pa.
The sky is not falling. Note, it is a limited stocking experiment to learn what effect, if any, stocking has on the wild brown trout population in a three-mile section of the freestone stream.

Commentary: Opposition to Freeman Run trout stocking experiment in Pennsylvania overblown Read More »

Westmoreland club completes another important stream project in Pennsylvania

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After completing 18 projects on their namesake watershed, Tubmill Creek, the Tubmill Trout Club members in Pennsylvania turned their attention to another nearby degraded water – Shannon Run.
“The Shannon Run project is different because this is the first time that we were working on a native brook trout stream,” said project coordinator Lin Gamble.

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Commentary: Pennsylvania’s trout stream classification changes – gain or loss?

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A recent phone call from a friend about the status of a small central Pennsylvania stream gave me pause to reflect. The stream in question – I’ll call it “Rhododendron Run” (not its real name) – was stocked by the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission with a couple hundred trout. A few adults fished there, but for local kids, it was a safe place where they could walk or ride their bikes to fish. Landowners were happy.
A while back, the commission halted stocking.

Commentary: Pennsylvania’s trout stream classification changes – gain or loss? Read More »

Foundation makes wetlands, stream accessible for all in Pennsylvania

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Twenty-two cars and pickups nearly filled the parking lot at the Soaring Eagle Wetlands near Julian, Pa. The vehicles mainly belonged to anglers taking advantage of the access to a section of Bald Eagle Creek delineated as Keystone Select – and stocked with buckets full of big trout.
It should be no surprise that anglers flock to the state’s Keystone Stocked Trout Waters, because they provide excellent catch-and-release fishing for large trout. For three months out of the year, the biggest attraction at Soaring Eagle by far is the trout fishing.

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Lin Gamble earns Pennsylvania Outdoor News’ 2025 Person of the Year honor

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Many people had given up on Tubmill Creek, a stocked trout stream in northern Westmoreland County, Pa., but not Lin Gamble. Along with the non-profit Tubmill Trout Club, Gamble has been working to improve their namesake stream and its tributaries since 1998.
From its headwaters on Laurel Hill, Tubmill Creek flows northwest to where it is dammed to form Tubmill Reservoir.

Lin Gamble earns Pennsylvania Outdoor News’ 2025 Person of the Year honor Read More »

Pennsylvania’s Class A stream-stocking exemptions method altered

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Since the beginning of “Operation FUTURE” in 1981, Pennsylvania streams having a thriving population of wild trout have been removed from the stocking list. These streams, labeled Class A because of their high trout biomass, can provide excellent fishing without stocking.
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission regularly receives requests for some of these formally stocked streams to be returned to the stocking list.

Pennsylvania’s Class A stream-stocking exemptions method altered Read More »

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