Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
September 25, 2023
A look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the Sept. 29, 2023, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission issues new rules for deer in CWD areas
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
September 25, 2023
Protecting Pennsylvania’s deer and elk from chronic wasting disease remains a priority, now as ever. That hasn’t changed.
But the rules for hunters who harvest those or any other cervids outside of Pennsylvania or
Pennsylvania Cuffs and Collars: Man charged with illegal taking of buck after calls are not returned from butcher shop
Staff Report
September 25, 2023
Field reports from Pennsylvania’s Wildlife Game Wardens and Waterways Conservation Officers published in the Sept. 29, 2023, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Large Pennsylvania Game Commission acquisitions help to create new game lands
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
September 25, 2023
Pennsylvania game commissioners at their recent quarterly meeting added substantially to the state game lands system, with three deals especially noteworthy.
First, the commissioners approved an oil and gas agreement with Pennsylvania General Energy
Federal judge strikes down USFWS hellbenders ruling
Ad Crable
September 25, 2023
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take another look at its 2019 decision denying endangered status protection for the eastern hellbender, the nation’s largest aquatic salamander that is found
Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources distributes $1.4 million for snowmobile, ATV projects
Staff and News Reports
September 25, 2023
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn recently announced new grant funding totaling $1,397,400 for all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and snowmobile facilities and trails in Pennsylvania.
“Thousands of avid ATV and snowmobile
Pennsylvania Game Commission board moves toward reintroduction of marten
Tom Venesky
September 25, 2023
The Pennsylvania Game Commission took a step forward with its plan to reintroduce American martens during the quarterly commissioner’s meeting on Sept. 16.
The board approved a motion to release the draft reintroduction
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Community tree planting at Irwin Run Sept. 30
Staff Report
September 25, 2023
The U.S. Forest Service is hosting a community tree planting event on Saturday, Sept 30, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Irwin Run Canoe Launch off Route 3002 (Spring Creek Road).
Trail-camera traps: Try these three early-season, off-the-path ideas
Site Staff
September 25, 2023
When it comes to trail camera placement, hunters often lean hard on the usual suspects. Field and food plot edges are obvious spots. Logging or access roads that wind their way through the woods also
