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New disease now threatening Pennsylvania’s beech trees

Featured, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Pennsylvania /

A new disease impacting beech trees has spread across Pennsylvania, and foresters believe it could be potentially devastating. 
Beech leaf disease was first detected in Ohio in 2012 and appeared in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania – in Erie and Crawford counties – in 2016. Since then, the disease has been found in every county, most recently in Washington and Greene counties.

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Bill to give Pennsylvania Game Commission ability to set its own license fees

Featured, Fishing, Hunting, National Fishing, National Hunting, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

The Pennsylvania Game Commission could be on the verge of gaining the ability to set its own hunting license fees, similar to authority already given to the Fish & Boat Commission.
On June 21, state Rep. Thomas Mehaffie III, R-Dauphin, introduced House Bill 1440, which allows the Game Commission to change license classifications and set fees. As with the authority already given to the Fish & Boat Commission by the Legislature, the House and Senate Game and Fisheries committees would review any changes before they would be implemented.

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Smoke, drought create bizarre spring landscape in Pennsylvania

Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion, Pennsylvania /

The outdoors can be a harsh place.
Winter is the season when the natural landscape often takes a cruel turn, defined by frozen ground, frigid temperatures and chilling winds. The dull, barren winter landscape leaves little room for optimism, but eventually hope returns in the spring.
Sometimes, however, even the spring can be a bit merciless. According to Andrew Di Salvo, wildlife veterinarian for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, wildlife, like humans, are directly impacted by air quality.

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Maloney slams Pennsylvania Game Commission’s attendance at NWTF ‘Pub Crawl’

National News, News, Pennsylvania /

Events and expenses regarding a trip by approximately 30 Pennsylvania Game Commission staff, and three commissioners, to a convention in Nashville, is again being called into question by a state legislator.
In February, 33 Game Commission personnel attended the National Wild Turkey Federation Convention and Sport Show, which was held Feb. 15-19 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville.

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Pennsylvania poaching spree biggest case for PGC in last decade

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

A poaching spree involving three adults and three juveniles resulted in the largest case for the Pennsylvania Game Commission in the last decade. 
According to the agency, a group of six individuals in Franklin County admitted to shooting between 100 and 200 deer over a six-month period, from August 2022 to January 2023. 
Most of the deer were left to rot in the southern part of the county, from Waynesboro into Little Cove, where the poaching took place.

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Pennsylvania lawmaker wants two game commissioners sacked

Featured, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

A state legislator is asking Gov. Josh Shapiro to remove two commissioners from the Pennsylvania Game Commission board. 
In a letter dated May 23, state Rep. David Maloney, R-Berks, who is the Republican Chairman of the House Game and Fisheries Committee, asked Shapiro to consider removing commissioners Kristen Schnepp-Giger, who is president of the board, and Todd Pride.

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Wildlife crossings may be coming to Pennsylvania roads

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A resolution that passed the House may pave the way for wildlife crossings to be constructed on roadways in Pennsylvania. 
On May 23, legislators passed House Resolution 87, directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on the current status, management and benefits of conservation corridors in the state.

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Organization blames trout kill in Pennsylvania’s Bushkill Creek on concrete plant

Featured, Fishing, National Fishing, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

An environmental organization believes a maintenance procedure at a concrete plant and quarry resulted in a fish kill including wild brown trout on a section of Bushkill Creek, but the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission said it has not found any evidence. 
Maya van Rossum, CEO of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, said a significant fish kill occurred on Bushkill Creek on May 17 and 18 during planned maintenance operations to install and test new backup generators at the Buzzi Unicem quarry. 

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