Staff Report

Alexandria, Va. — Forty-six million Americans, or 15.8 percent of the U.S. population ages 6 and older, participated in fishing last year, according to the 2015 Special Report on Fishing released by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation.  The report details the state of fishing participation throughout the country in 2014, offering detailed information on […]

Harrisburg — Call it a “square-milestone.” Pennsylvania’s state game lands system, which since 1919 has provided critical habitat for wildlife statewide, and a network of lands open to public hunting and trapping, now tops 1.5 million acres. That’s a land base larger than the state of Delaware. And Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director R. Matthew

Linesville, Pa. — All those nightmare stories you’ve maybe heard about? They’re true, and then some. Hydrilla is as fearsome as advertised. “Everything negative you’ve heard is probably understated,” said Bob Morgan, lead aquatic invasive species ecologist with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission. “This is a nasty character.” And it’s in another popular Pennsylvania

Minneapolis, Minn. — A national environmental group is seeking federal protection for a subspecies of moose found in Midwestern states including Minnesota. The Center for Biological Diversity, along with a group called Honor the Earth, filed the legal petition July 9. It seeks Endangered Species Act protection for moose. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service