Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: No coverage of habitat loss
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor
July 27, 2026
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 31 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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Commentary: Pennsylvania Game Commission fending off sharks circling the agency’s funds
Dennis Duza / Montoursville, Pa.
July 27, 2026
For the purpose of full disclosure, I am a grateful and happily retired former Pennsylvania Game Commission employee who was fortunate to work for the agency for 35 years. In the 14 years since retiring,
Delaware River Basin fracking ban survives GOP challenge
Jon Hurdle / Inside Climate News
July 27, 2026
A Republican-led effort to end the Delaware River Basin’s ban on fracking fell short on July 14 after an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act was not brought before a congressional committee, allowing the
Westmoreland, Pa., man facing charges in kayak drowning
Deborah Weisberg
July 27, 2026
Stems from death of 17-year-old girl in Lake Erie in ’25
Pennsylvania Game Commission lists recent oil, gas and mineral deals
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
July 27, 2026
Pennsylvania game commissioners, at their July 10 quarterly meeting, approved the following oil, gas and mineral agreements:
Gear review: First impressions of the Carbon Synergy climbing sticks from Latitude Outdoors
Eric Morken
July 24, 2026
Eric Morken recently got the new Carbon Synergy climbing sticks from Latitude Outdoors after hunting with a set of carbon sticks from a different company the last few years that did not meet his expectations.<br
Court rules Pennsylvania Game Commission warrantless searches are unconstitutional
Peter Hall / Pennsylvania Capital-Star
July 24, 2026
Property owners have a greater right to privacy on their land under the Pennsylvania Constitution than under the U.S. Constitution, the state Supreme Court ruled July 21.
The decision is in favor of a
Bill Hilts, Jr.: The legend of Pennsylvania lure-maker Joe Renosky keeps on ticking
Bill Hilts Jr.
July 24, 2026
It was an opportunity to go fishing on Lake Erie with Capt. Mark Mohr of One Mohr Sportfishing. That alone should have been enough incentive. That alone should have been enough incentive.
Toss in
Study says Pennsylvania game lands don’t hurt the state’s counties
Jeff Mulhollem
July 24, 2026
State game lands have a huge positive impact on the state’s economy and don’t inhibit private development or shortchange local municipal coffers. That’s the conclusion of a study commissioned by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
